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The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
The State Department has shut down its office that sought to deal with misinformation and disinformation that Russia, China ...
Student visa terminations have quickly hit over half of all states. What's behind it.
As schools like Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and more say their international students’ visas are being revoked, lawyers say ...
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a ...
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.
White House proposal axes UN, NATO funds and halves State Department budget
The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to slash the State Department’s budget by $27 billion – nearly half – and ...
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 ...
DOGE staffer appointed as acting head of US State Dept foreign assistance office
The administration of President Donald Trump has appointed a key member of billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government ...
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 ...
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 ...
Proposed State Department cuts could have ‘devastating effects’ on US global influence
Funding cuts to the State Department and international organizations at the level reportedly under consideration would be in keeping with President Donald Trump’s departure from traditional ...
State Department reveals status of man erroneously deported to El Salvador
The Trump administration told a judge on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man deported to El Salvador in error, is still ...