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Rubio terminates State Dept. foreign disinformation office, announces ‘deplatforming’ investigation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the closure of an office designed to counter foreign disinformation, which ...
Rubio announces closure of State Department effort that 'was supposed to be dead already'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces "closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center" ...
Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones ...
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 ...
Trump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo says
An internal document reviewed by The Post targets spending on humanitarian assistance, global health, and international ...
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 ...
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 ...
Trump official who helped dismantle USAID leaves role after ‘depriving millions’ of life-saving support
A senior State Department official who masterminded the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID) ...
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Marco Rubio’s Department of State has Zoomed Right Past McCarthyism to Something Resembling East Germany
Under the red-hot glare of the Eye of MAGA, Marco Rubio ... fossil fuel production, budget documents show. The move, outlined in a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget ...
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State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ... Bureau of Budget and Planning Director Douglas Pitkin, suggested $28.4 billion for agency operations as recommended by the Office of Management and Budget ...
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Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
That includes cuts demanded by the White House Office of Management and Budget ... It’s possible that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may insist — despite OMB’s demands — on saving some ...