Trump administration taps right-wing ideologue for senior State Dept job
The Trump administration has appointed to serve as the top public diplomacy official at the State Department a former speech ...
Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job
Darren Beattie, who's claimed the FBI was responsible for the 2021 attack on the Capitol, has been named acting ...
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New pick for high-level State Department job: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work."
Remember way back in the Before Times (like, 2018) when being caught at a white nationalist conference would tank your ...
Trump administration hires hardcore pro-Trump ideologue to run public diplomacy at State Department
The Trump administration has hired a “Make America Great Again” ideologue to run the State Department's worldwide public ...
Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role
Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended ...
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A wave of Trump-demanded departures hits the State Department
A large number of senior career diplomats who served in politically appointed leadership positions at the State Department have left their posts at the demand of the incoming Trump administration, ...
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State Department staff shakeup accelerated ahead of Trump's inauguration, 2 sources say
At least 20 State Department officials were told to resign from leadership roles before Trump took office, two sources said.
Gov. JB Pritzker bans convicted Jan. 6 participants from consideration for state jobs, in memo
In a letter addressed to director Raven DeVaughn, Pritzker says those who participated in attacks violated the State's ...
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Trump: USAID ‘run by a bunch of radical lunatics’ after reports of merger with State Department
President Trump on Sunday slammed the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), arguing it is poorly run after ...
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What does the head of the State Department do?
This tough job demands significant intelligence ... implements all of the president’s foreign policies through the State Department, which includes several agencies, including the Foreign ...