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Rubio announces closure of State Department effort that 'was supposed to be dead already'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces "closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and ...
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a ...
Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones ...
Opinion
Marco Rubio’s Department of State has Zoomed Right Past McCarthyism to Something Resembling East Germany
Under the red-hot glare of the Eye of MAGA, Marco Rubio has shrunk to invisibility. Under his leadership, the Department of State has zoomed right past McCarthyism to something resembling East Germany ...
Rubio shuts State Dept. foreign disinformation office, citing censorship
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of an office designed to counter foreign disinformation, which conservatives claim was used to silence free speech.