DOGE’s shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) significantly impacted North Carolina, which was the fourth-highest state recipient of USAID funding in the country.

I think we have finally gotten to the breaking point where we are not going to take it anymore,” said Harriet Turner, a ...

But the Trump administration has also directly canceled nearly two dozen grants in North Carolina, largely to do with COVID-related research, gender, minority groups and climate research.

Protesters opposed to cuts and actions by DOGE and Elon Musk rally outside of the N.C. Legislature, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.