Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, has left the State Department, a U.S. official said on April 13.

An internal document has been circulating among US diplomats that proposes a radical restruction of the US State Department, which includes drastic reductions to sub-Saharan operations, envoys and ...

A draft White House executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department, including eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting down embassies and consulates ...

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison ...

The State Department's Global Engagement Center, tasked with combating foreign disinformation, has been shut down by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio stated the center restricted freedom of ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the closure of a State Department effort that he accused of spending millions on censorship. "I am announcing the closure of the State Department’s ...

The State Department has closed its Global Engagement Center, citing concerns over free speech. The office had flagged disinformation from countries like Russia, China and Iran. Critics say the ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put all 40 staffers at ... It’s the initial step to having them fully removed from the department this spring. Last month, the department fired about 80 ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down a State Department office that had sought to counter foreign disinformation, accusing it of censorship and ...

In a statement, Rubio claimed the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office at the State Department, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center, had “spent millions of ...

The U.S. State Department has reportedly placed all full-time staff who were previously reshuffled to a remnant of what critics call its censorship office on administrative leave as the agency ...

US State Department Closing Office Aimed at Countering Foreign Disinformation By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down ...