DOGE shut down on July 4 – what it saved and the human cost worldwide

The US government's DOGE project, which slashed foreign aid spending, ended on 4 July 2025. An AJLabs analysis finds that while the cuts produced budgetary savings, they came at a human cost in countries dependent on US humanitarian and health funding. The report documents the scale of lives lost or put at risk as a direct consequence of the funding withdrawals.