State Department, layoffs
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The State Department is firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an internal notice seen by CNN.
State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement “targeted reduction in domestic workforce.”
State Department employees already bracing for mass layoffs faced another blow Friday in the Supreme Court’s ruling that district courts cannot issue universal injunctions against President Trump’s policies.
The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to staff Thursday evening.