Tag: State Department
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program that promotes international educational exchanges resigned on Wednesday because of what they said was...
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now...
Pete Marocco, Who Helped Gut Foreign Aid for Trump, Leaves State...
Pete Marocco, who worked with Elon Musk’s team to oversee the gutting of foreign aid and the dismantling of the main U.S. aid...
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats overseas to scrutinize the social media content of some applicants for student and other types...
U.S.A.I.D. Workers Brace for the Worst
The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front...
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human...
The State Department has fired about 60 contractors who work for its democracy, human rights and labor bureau, a division whose programs have...
U.S. Considers Sending Israel 24,000 Assault Rifles Held Back Under Biden
The Trump administration is considering sending 24,000 assault rifles to Israel that had been held up at the State Department on the orders...
Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze
President Trump’s sweeping executive order to halt foreign aid threatens to freeze a U.S. program supporting security forces inside a notorious camp in...
Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio walked into the State Department on Tuesday for the first time in his new job, taking the reins...
Scores of Senior Diplomats Are Leaving Posts as Trump Takes Office
A transition team for President-elect Donald J. Trump has asked scores of senior career diplomats to resign from their positions on Monday, as...
