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Live updates: Mass layoffs hit State Department; Trump to tour Texas flood devastation amid rescue efforts
Live updates and the latest news as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and ...
State Department to start layoffs in coming days, cutting U.S. staff by 15%
The State Department is planning to lay off hundreds of U.S. staff, part of the Trump administration's plan to slash the size ...
State Department workforce reduction: ‘There are simply too many people’
State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...
State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department will start firing more than 1,350 U.S-based employees on Friday as the ...
US State Department to fire over 1,300 employees as Trump admin. aims to shrink federal gov't
As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government, at least 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign ...
Rubio Tells Top Russian Diplomat of Trump’s Frustration Over Putin’s War
The U.S. secretary of state met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of a gathering of Southeast Asian nations, ...
State Department tells staffers that layoff notices are coming soon
The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon ...
The State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under a Trump administration plan
The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments ...
US secretary of state meets Chinese counterpart in Malaysia
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting. The United ...