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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 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 ...
Pete Marocco, Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID, abruptly leaves State Department role
In his time in the post, Marocco worked alongside Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but also clashed ...
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.
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Sec of State Rubio and Danish Foreign Minister Post VERY Different Takes Following Greenland Meeting
Are you curious about the tenor of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's meeting with the Danish Foreign Minister? Well, it ...
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Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, poses with counterparts during a ...
Trump administration appoints junior officer to oversee US Foreign Service, sources say
A national security lawyer who entered the foreign service just four years ago will oversee the State Department's global ...
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Donald Trump wants to deport foreign students merely for what they say
EVERY TIME I find one of these lunatics I take away their visa.” That is how Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, last month described the Trump administration’s push to deport foreign university ...