Trump administration taps right-wing ideologue for senior State Dept job
The Trump administration has appointed to serve as the top public diplomacy official at the State Department a former speech ...
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian ...
USAID to be merged into State Department, 3 U.S. officials say
USAID will remain a humanitarian aid entity, but its funding and workforce will be significantly reduced, officials said.
USAID Controversy Live Updates: Nearly All Of USAID’s 10,000 Global Staffers To Be Placed On Leave
Nearly all of USAID’s global workforce will be placed on administrative leave starting Friday, according to a notice on the ...
What Is the Full Cost of Dismantling USAID?
The speed with which the Trump administration took USAID apart will be felt for years to come.
Republican Lawmaker Addresses Reports USAID Will Fold Into State Dept
House Foreign Affairs chairman Brian Mast said he'd like to see USAID move closer to the State Department in a push for "appropriate command and control." ...
Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last
The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...
Democrat places blanket hold on Trump’s State Department picks over targeting of USAID
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket ...