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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 ...
State Department of Human Services’ chief leaving next month, will be replaced by Medicaid director
Kristi Putnam, secretary of the state Department of Human Services, will depart late next month to return to Kentucky after ...
US reduces the presence of people not deemed essential to work in the Middle East as tensions rise
The United States is drawing down the presence of people who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East due to ...
Trump confirms US personnel are being removed from parts of Middle East
President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that U.S. personnel are being "moved out" of parts of the Middle East amid ...
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 ...
Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect
A federal judge in San Francisco has stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the State ...
State Department reveals plan to deliver 'life-saving' meals to 1.4M starving children
Senior State Department official tells Fox News Digital new funding approval will "nourish over one million of the world's ...
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Judge blocks State Department layoffs
The Trump administration has sought special dispensation to imminently cut staff at State, but employees won a—potentially ...
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Why the Right Hates the National Security State
He served as Senior Director for the Middle East at the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration.
Federal judge in trial of Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols' death recuses himself days before sentencing
U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris issued a one-sentence order saying he was recusing himself, just days before he was ...
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 ...