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The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Focusing on it will only make Americans more vulnerable to actual threats.
The Trump administration’s global campaign against ‘radical left terrorism’ is built on a national security memo
NSPM-7 marks a major conceptual shift in U.S. counterterrorism policy, departing from approaches that primarily targeted foreign threats.
A year after State layoffs, ex-feds say US is paying the price in Iran and Ebola crises
New legislation would enable foreign service officers pushed out by the Trump administration to rejoin the department without retaking the Foreign Service Officer Test.
'A huge grab of power': Trump is defying Congress on foreign aid
Experts say administration officials have largely refused to follow many Congressional orders, likely in violation of the law.
Trump strips civil-service protections from thousands of feds
Defense, State, DHS positions among those converted to at-will jobs.
USAID’s abrupt shutdown increased violence in Africa, study shows
Such shocks motivate armed groups in ways well-planned aid reductions do not.
StateChat users move to older AI model as State dumps Anthropic
The chatbot's new model is trained on data only through May 2024, 13 months behind Claude.
Defense civilians, other feds abroad fret about making rent during shutdown
Some employees say their foreign landlords have little sympathy for their “U.S. issue.”
Shortly after laying off hundreds, State hires new class of foreign service staff
The firing-hiring combo is "the definition of wasteful government spending,” according to one staffer.
This isn’t how wars are ended: a veteran diplomat puts Trump-Putin summit in context
Hastily convened without Ukrainian input, the summit is "amateurish and is unlikely to yield real results," says Donald Heflin, now a Tufts professor.
Trump's terror-prevention cuts leave Americans exposed
Since February, at least five government offices devoted to countering violent or terrorist groups have been slashed or shuttered.
Mass layoffs are imminent, State Department tells employees
The diplomatic agency is poised to be the first to move forward with SCOTUS-blessed RIFs.
How to restart nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Tehran is weakened, but hardly neutralized.
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Ready, slash, aim: USAID-State merger proceeding without key plans, IG finds
State set hiring goals without a strategy, began the merger without finishing the plan, and is slated to dismiss an oversight board before the effort is complete, the inspector general found.
