Trump administration notifies Congress of a plan to cut 3,448 State Department jobs
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On Thursday, the Trump administration formally alerted Congress to a major shake-up of the State Department that would cut thousands of jobs, trim or merge hundreds of offices, and shift the agency’s human rights bureau toward President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. The overhaul forms part of Trump’s effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy and steer the remaining toward his stated goal of prioritizing American interests at home and abroad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who first announced the plan in April, said the department had listened to lawmakers and crafted a structure that “will result in a more agile Department, better equipped to promote America’s interests and keep Americans safe across the world.” The notice to Congress says more than 300 of the department’s 734 bureaus and offices will be streamlined, merged, or closed. The domestic civil and foreign service workforce, which stood at 18,780 on May 4, will lose 3,448 positions. Nearly 2,000 workers will face direct job cuts, while more than 1,500 will leave under deferred resignations. Rubio said the department had expanded in size and spending without matching results, and the updated blueprint responds to questions lawmakers have raised since April. The plan does not announce layoffs for staff posted overseas or locally hired employees. Major structural changes are coming to the State Department The top post for civilian security, democracy, and human rights will disappear, along with offices that monitor and follow war crimes and conflicts worldwide. In its place, a Senate-confirmed undersecretary for foreign assistance and humanitarian affairs will supervise a revamped Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The notice says this bureau will ground U.S. diplomacy in “traditional Western conceptions of core freedoms” and be led by a deputy assistant secretary for “Democracy and Western Values.” The new under secretary will also…
