The State Department began laying off more than 1,300 employees on Friday as part of a sweeping reorganization aimed at reducing waste and eliminating redundancy. The layoffs, which began on Friday, resulted in the elimination of 1,107 civil service worker positions and 246 foreign service officer positions, according to internal notices obtained by multiple outlets. Moving scenes at the State Department today—something I’ve never witnessed in over two years of covering the Department. Employees packed up years of service into cardboard boxes, leaving the building with tears, hugs, and applause. https://t.co/Wooyr2s50t pic.twitter.com/rHQn5JMWdM — Rabia İclal Turan (@iclalturan) July 12, 2025 In all, 1,353 positions were eliminated in this initial wave, with officials signaling that this is only the beginning of a larger effort to cut…
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