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Judge halts Rubio’s plan to lay off almost 2,000 State Dept. employees
The Trump administration has argued that the State Department is bloated and layoffs are necessary. The court found that’s ...
US reduces the presence of staffers not deemed essential in the Middle East as tensions rise
The United States is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East and ...
An investigation accused a senior State Department official of having ties to Russia. Here's what we know
The posts pointed to an investigation (archived) published by U.K. news outlet The Telegraph on June 3, claiming that Beattie ...
Almost Entire Board Overseeing State Department Program Resigns in Trump Protest
"We believe these actions not only contradict the statute but are antithetical to the Fulbright mission and the values," the ...
US State Department Sanctions International Criminal Court Judges
On June 5, 2025, the United States Department of State sanctioned four individuals currently serving as judges of the ...
State Department transfers $250M to DHS self-deportation program
Millions of dollars in State Department funding will now support a program aimed at providing a monetary incentive for ...
Trump’s top diplomat in Africa leaving State Department
President Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take ...
Trump: Some US staff being pulled out of Middle East amid Iran nuclear tensions
The State Department said it had "ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel due to heightened regional tensions.” ...
Deputy secretary of State to hold talks in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel this week to Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala in an effort to ...