Two related news, one follow-up and another in hindsight.

USAID apparently will be merged with the State Dept, which would mean a de facto mask off. That makes it less convincing for soft power but possibly more effective by not having to hide their intentions.

The news in hindsight is that Congress bipartisanly voted a bill to enable the Executive to strip non-profits "supportive of terrorism" off of their tax-exempt status. This gives the Executive legal authority to effectively kill by tax any anti-hegemonic organisation, and I believe this a helpful tool if they wish to consolidate their propaganda arms without having to deal with the pesky "battleground of ideas".

Edit: horrible grammar.