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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 ...
State Department says US 'unequivocally condemns' Israeli airstrike in Syria, calls for 'dialogue'
The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement ...
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 ...
Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says
Andry Hernández Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held ...
Trump’s DOJ wants states to turn over voter lists, election info
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the voter registration lists of several states, including Arizona — representing ...
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 USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July
The USDA has set a deadline of July 30 for states to hand over the sensitive data of tens of millions of people who applied ...
Rubio’s State Department to scale back foreign election criticism
The State Department will scale back its assessments of elections in foreign countries, only chiming in publicly when there ...
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 ...