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Rubio’s plan would shutter most of the State Department’s offices devoted to human rights and lay off an estimated 80% of the DRL staff, most of whom are experts in human rights and democracy.
Last month, the State Department issued a "Do not travel" warning for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.
State Department employees already bracing for mass layoffs faced another blow Friday in the Supreme Court s ruling that district courts cannot issue universal injunctions against President ...
The State Department may begin laying off hundreds of D.C.-based employees as soon as this Friday, according to internal correspondence among staff.
The GLOBALCAP contract covers a wide range of services across areas such as training and mentoring, logistics and equipment support. The State Department has awarded 16 companies positions on a ...
The State Department will review the social-media accounts of foreign student-visa applicants, and applicants will be expected to have all social-media profiles set to “public.” “The ...
Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect Rubio ordered U.S. embassies to fire all remaining staffers with the USAID ...
A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked the State Department from implementing an agency-wide reorganization plan that includes nearly 2,000 layoffs.
A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State Department, saying that it was prohibited behavior under an… ...
Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state, criticized the U.S. ambassador to NATO in a reply to a routine social media post about meetings with foreign diplomats.
President Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month and Jonathan Pratt, the African Affairs Bureau deputy assistant secretary, will take his ...
Judge blocks State Department layoffs The Trump administration has sought special dispensation to imminently cut staff at State, but employees won a—potentially short-lived—reprieve.