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As State Department office combating human trafficking faces cuts, former leader weighs in
For 25 years, the State Department has had an office tracking the scope of human trafficking and working to combat it. In ...
State Department says US 'unequivocally condemns' Israeli airstrike in Syria, calls for 'dialogue'
The State Department condemned recent Israeli strikes in Syria, and Secretary Marco Rubio announced a U.S.-brokered agreement ...
State Department firings will hit Trump admin’s ability to tackle its own priorities, sources say
The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the ...
Americans freed as El Salvador sends back Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States
The deal involved Venezuela taking men that the US President Donald Trump's administration had sent to El Salvador.
Rubio’s State Department to scale back foreign election criticism
The State Department will scale back its assessments of elections in foreign countries, only chiming in publicly when there ...
Memo on protesters cautioned that authority used to strip visas would face scrutiny
The contents of the memo were revealed during an ongoing bench trial in which the Trump administration is accused of ...
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State Dept layoffs necessary for ‘higher quality’ workforce, deputy secretary tells lawmakers
The complexity of the State Department’s layoffs stems from the hundreds of “competitive areas” it set up ahead of time.