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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 ...
State Department cutting 1,353 jobs amid downsizing
The State Department on Friday began notifying 1,353 affected workers of their pending job losses as the department reduces ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
US State Department Fires More Than 1,300 Employees
The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees on Friday. The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s plan ...
State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...
Senate Democrats join fired State Department employees to rally against layoffs
Senate Democrats on Friday joined State Department employees in protest of the Trump administration’s decision to layoff ...