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Rubio announces closure of State Department effort that 'was supposed to be dead already'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces "closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center" ...
State Department wants staff to report alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden's term
President Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio is asking staff to report allegations of anti-Christian bias during the ...
State Department says life-saving wheat headed for Yemen won’t go to waste and US may redirect ship after CNN reporting
The State Department said Thursday that the life-saving wheat aboard a carrier ship sailing toward southern Yemen will not go ...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, ...
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
DOGE associate is made acting head of foreign assistance at the State Department, a US official says
The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk's government-cutting team over the State Department, ...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The draft plan is part of a process involving the agency and the White House. It would eliminate almost all funding for ...
State Department shutters controversial Global Engagement Center after COVID censorship controversy
The GEC came under fire after it was revealed that the Biden administration had used it to pressure American social media ...