STATE DEPT LAYOFFS

FILE — Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. The State Department formally notified employees on Thursday, July 10, 2025, that it was about to begin layoffs as part of a consolidation plan that Trump administration officials say will reduce bureaucratic bloat but that critics call a shortsighted blow to American diplomacy. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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