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An internal memo shows that the White House Office of Management and Budget proposed reducing the combined budget of the State Department and USAID to $28.4 billion — a $27 billion cut from the amount approved by Congress for 2025.

In a new war on federal workers, State Department employees are told to snitch on people with Pride flags

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, including the United Nations, many of its agencies and for NATO headquarters

The document cites examples of bias such as retaliations for seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandates