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Trump Draft Proposes Radical Reshaping of State Department
A draft Trump administration executive order circulating among US diplomats proposes a radical reduction to and restructuring ...
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down a State Department office that had sought to ...
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Trump draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department
An internal document has been circulating among US diplomats that proposes a radical restruction of the US State Department, which includes drastic reductions to sub-Saharan operations, envoys and ...
State Department says life-saving wheat headed for Yemen won’t go to waste and US may redirect ship after CNN reporting
The State Department said Thursday that the life-saving wheat aboard a carrier ship sailing toward southern Yemen will not go ...
State Department shutters controversial Global Engagement Center after COVID censorship controversy
The GEC came under fire after it was revealed that the Biden administration had used it to pressure American social media ...
DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office
The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for ...
Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put about 40 employees on leave who had tracked disinformation by China, Russia, Iran and ...
DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says
The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk’s government-cutting team over the State Department.
Judge orders State Department to provide passports to transgender people despite Trump order
A judge ordered the State Department to provide six transgender and nonbinary people passports after finding 'irrational ...
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US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, confirming reporting by MIT Technology Review.