Edward Wong

Washington, D.C.

Diplomatic Correspondent at The New York Times

Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.

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Trump Aides Close State Dept. Office on Foreign Disinformation

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Edward Wong

1 hour agoHong Kong Post on Wednesday announced it was suspending shipment of all packages to the U.S. as a result of the Trump administration’s tariffs and the removal of an exemption that allowed lower value shipments to the U.S. duty free. Key Facts Authorities in Hong Kong said Wednesday the city’s postal …
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong |Karoun Demirjian

But, according to a U.S. official familiar with the department's review, it is likely that the White House will send Congress a budget proposal this spring that is substantially similar to what the memo outlines in an effort to press lawmakers to formalize downsizing efforts that are already underway. Agencies are facing a deadline this week to submit detailed reorganization plans to the White House explaining what cuts they will make to help further shrink the federal government.
Trump administration memo proposes cutting State Department funding by nearly half

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Edward Wong |Karoun Demirjian |NYT Washington

The Trump administration could cut nearly 50% of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out a downsizing plan being given serious consideration by department leaders, said two U.S. officials. The plan was drawn up as the White House pressures agencies to make significant budget cuts.
Pete Marocco, Who Helped Gut Foreign Aid for Trump, Leaves State Department

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Edward Wong

10 hours agoPete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, has left the State Department, a U.S. official said on April 13. President Donald Trump's administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon …
Trump Administration Cuts Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian |Edward Wong

The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
U.S. Commanders Worry Yemen Campaign Will Drain Arms Needed to Deter China

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong |Eric Schmitt

American military officials say the Pentagon might need to dip into stockpiles in Asia to replenish supplies in the Middle East, congressional aides say. U.S. commanders planning for a possible conflict with China are increasingly concerned that the Pentagon will soon need to move long-range precision weapons from stockpiles in the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, congressional officials say.
Trump administration revokes visas of South Sudanese in clash over deportees

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Edward Wong |Hamed Aleaziz

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country’s transitional government had refused to accept in a “timely manner” citizens who were being deported by the Trump administration. Rubio also said in a social media post that he would “restrict any further issuance to prevent entry” of South Sudanese, blaming the “failure of South Sudan’s transitional government” to accept the repatriations.
Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong |Hamed Aleaziz

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country's transitional government had refused to accept in a "timely manner" citizens who were being deported by the Trump administration. Mr. Rubio also said in a social media post that he would "restrict any further issuance to prevent entry" of South Sudanese, blaming the "failure of South Sudan's transitional government" to accept the repatriations.
Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmar

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong |Hannah Beech

One of the aid workers had flown in from Washington, and the other two from Bangkok and Manila, where the aid agency has regional operations. Other aid agency employees said they were furious over the way the workers in Myanmar had been fired. Separately, U.S. diplomats said on Friday they were worried that changes in the top ranks of the State Department that took place that day could presage wider purges and layoffs to come there.
U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eric Schmitt |Edward Wong |John Ismay

The U.S. strikes, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Operation Rough Rider after the troops Theodore Roosevelt led in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, likely could continue for six months, officials said. A senior Pentagon official late Thursday pushed back on the assessments described by the congressional and allied officials.