NBC News posted on 12 July 2025 an account titled "Veteran U.S. Diplomats Baffled after Mass Layoffs at State Department" by Abigail Williams.
This is a report on the 11 July dismissal of more than 1,300 State Department civil and foreign service personnel. It focuses on the way the State Department conducted the firings and the response of those fired and those who kept their jobs.
