State Department unveils massive overhaul of agency, 15 percent staff reduction

Trump aide's CNN interview devolves into standoff as she tries to wrest control from host

A Trump administration spokeswoman tried to take over her own interview with CNN's Pamela Brown in a combative defense of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce appeared Wednesday morning on CNN's "Situation Room," where she defended Rubio's cuts to the diplomatic co...

Rubio makes Republicans' biggest dream come true — but kills America's soft power in the process

The GOP has tried to take down the State Department for decades

Massive Change to State Department: Thousands in Staff Cuts, Closing 100 Foreign Offices in Drastic Overhaul - Geller Report

For far too long, the State Department is infamous for working in the interest and employ of the foreign nations and adversaries they were assigned to – not in our national self interest. State Department employees weren’t putting American and Americans first. It’s an enormous undertaking. Foreign Service is a different kind of animal. Most get subsumed by the culture at State and the snakes in Foreign Service. Pompeo, Tillerson and Condi was co…

Trump administration looking at closing 27 overseas embassies and consulates

Rubio Announces Sweeping Reorganization Of State Department

Rubio Announces Sweeping Reorganization Of State Department Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a plan on Tuesday to significantly restructure the Department of State to reduce “decades of bloat.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a final press conference at the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels on April 4, 2025.…

Rubio unveils major cuts to State Dept.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the…