July 2025: TRUMP PRESIDENCY State Department to begin layoffs in effort to downsize government

State Department to begin layoffs in effort to downsize government
"The State Department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email “in the coming days” as a part of the Trump administration’s plans to downsize government.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Congress in May that the department planned to reduce its U.S. workforce by more than 15 percent — almost 2,000 people — as part of a sweeping reorganization intended to streamline what he has called a “bloated bureaucracy that stifles innovation and misallocates scarce resources.” 

Separately, he has accused certain bureaus within the department of pursuing a “radical political ideology.” 

Washington Post