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State Department, Sweeping Reorganization

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 employees Friday morning.

USA Today · 2d

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 applause and hugs.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 3d

State Department Lays Off 1,300 Employees in Sweeping Reorganization

The State Department is laying off more than 1,300 employees as part of a sweeping reorganization plan that Trump administration officials say will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency.

Supreme Court OKs Trump layoffs at Education Department

USA TODAY on MSN · 9h

Supreme Court lets Trump fire hundreds of Education Department workers and dismantle the agency

WASHINGTON − An ideologicaly divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order.

The Washington Post · 12h

Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department for now

A lower-court ruling had prevented Trump officials from slashing more than a third of the Education Department’s more than 4,100 workers.

Reuters · 2h

US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to gut Education Department

The justices lifted a federal judge's order that had reinstated nearly 1,400 workers affected by mass layoffs at the department and blocked the administration from transferring key functions to other federal agencies.

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State Department to begin mass layoffs of about 1,800 employees in coming days

The State Department informed U.S.-based employees on Thursday that it would soon be laying off nearly 2,000 workers as part ...

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State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the ...

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State Department cuts China policy staff amid major overhaul

The State Department fired personnel and consolidated offices that help craft the U.S. diplomatic response to China’s ...

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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 ...

State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

In connection with the departmental reorganization … the department is streamlining domestic operations to focus on ...

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State Department tells staffers that layoff notices are coming soon

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.

Rubio’s Cuts at State Department Demote Longtime U.S. Values

Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s ...

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State Department fires leaders of Afghan relocation efforts

The layoffs, which were confirmed by the San Diego-based coalition AfghanEvac, come amid the Trump administration’s plan to reorganize the State Department, which began cutting its workforce by around ...

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State Department lays off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

The department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments ...

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