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'It's sort of scary': Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts
Senior officials eliminate 3,000 positions in the biggest State Department reorganization since the Cold War, citing waste ...
Pritzker orders state agencies to assess potential effects of more Trump tariffs
JB Pritzker signed an executive order Monday directing state agencies to evaluate the economic impact Illinois could face ...
State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the ...
State Department security agency splurges $200,000 on Sydney junket
Senior leaders from the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service spent $200,000 on a junket-style trip to Sydney, Australia, in February.
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the ...
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State Department cuts hit cyber diplomats doing international engagements
Impacted units in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy include the Office of Bilateral and Regional Affairs and Office ...
Sources describe disarray at State Department after Trump administration's layoffs
Last week's sweeping State Department layoffs gutted some offices unexpectedly and forced staff to scramble, sources told CBS ...
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The State Department Shuts Down Its Office Combating Human Trafficking
As President Donald Trump takes a beating from his own MAGA crowd for his handling of the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the ...
State Department layoffs affect key Trump priorities like intelligence, energy, and China
The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Trump has laid out ...
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Salt Typhoon hackers compromise a state’s Army National Guard network
The group has been connected to intrusions into U.S. mobile networks and the hacking of dozens of high-profile U.S. officials.
Rubio begins mass firings at State Department: Key takeaways
Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a leaner foreign policy force that, he argues, will allow the United ...