Nearly 2,000 Employees Expected to Be Laid Off as Part of Plan to Restructure and Downsize the Agency The U.S. State Department has begun widespread layoffs after a…
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U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Syria Amid Leadership Shift
Sanctions on Assad and extremist groups remain as Washington weighs diplomatic options The U.S. has lifted broad sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Assad regime in…
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State Department Plans to Trim 3,400 U.S. Staff in Restructuring Effort
Layoffs and resignations will address redundancy and trim down several bureaus. The State Department is implementing a major internal restructuring that will result in more than 3,400 U.S.-based…
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Vice President and Secretary of State Meet with Pope Leo
They exchanged gifts and discussed “current international issues” during the private meeting. Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of…
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State Department Announces Closure of Over 130 Offices
Secretary Rubio says, “We are reversing decades of bloat and bureaucracy at the State Department,” The U.S. State Department is planning to close 132 offices, a 17 percent…
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First Lady and Secretary of State Honor Women of Courage
Mrs. Trump says courage is strengthened in love. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump honored a group of eight women selected for the 19th…
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Second Lady Heads President’s Delegation to Special Olympics
She led the group that attended the opening ceremony for the World Winter Games. Second Lady Usha Vance traveled to Turin, Italy, for the Special Olympics World Winter…
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Vice President Visits Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
He took the tour before the Munich Security Conference and meeting with the Ukrainian president. On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance made a…
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ACLU Sues Administration for Ending Asylum Protections
The group claims Congress has given asylum seekers legal protections at the border. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued President Trump’s administration this week for the executive…
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President’s Administration Dismisses Members of 2 EPA Oversight Boards
Requests that members nominate replacements for the panels. President Trump’s administration dismissed all members of two boards within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Clean Air Scientific Advisory…
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