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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 ...
Show of support outside the US State Department as mass layoffs begin
Some laid off employees were seen carrying boxes out of the U.S. State Department as supporters bid them farewell with ...
Forced-out U.S. diplomat on mass layoffs at State Dept.
A U.S. diplomat laid off from the State Department after over 20 years says cutting the types of programs she worked on will ...
Rubio begins mass firings at State Department: Key takeaways
Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a ...
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 lays off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic ...
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the diplomatic corps will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote its interests ...
Applause as Teary State Department Workers Exit After Mass Firings
Videos show emotional scenes as tearful State Department employees emerge to applause from colleagues after being abruptly ...
Trump Guts State Department And Staff Warns People Should Be ‘Scared’
Donald Trump likes to say he’s about America first. What we’re witnessing here is America in retreat,” Democratic Sen. Chris ...
More than 1,000 people laid off at US State Department
The involuntary staff reductions are part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce.
State Department lays off more than 1,300 workers
The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald ...