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Trump surveys Texas flood damage; layoffs begin at State Department
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and the State Department begins laying ...
State Department layoffs: Diplomats brace for mass firings after months in limbo
A rally is expected, with supporters “clapping out” departing State Department employees and protesting the layoffs at 4 p.m.
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
The Trump administration is pressing ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will ...
State Department to lay off 1,300 civil servants, foreign service officers
The State Department will lay off more than 1,300 people as part of a broad restructuring plan, Reuters is reporting. The layoffs will affect 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers, ...
BREAKING: Mass layoffs expected at State Department
U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit ...
Rubio’s Cuts at State Department Demote Longtime U.S. Values
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s ...
State Department to begin layoffs in effort to downsize government
The department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email “in the coming days,” according to a staff memo ...
State Department says reorganization plan moving to implementation
A plan to overhaul the U.S. State Department and lay off employees is moving into the implementation phase following a ...