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2 weeks ago | 
nhpr.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen
NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctpublic.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen
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1 month ago | 
krcu.org | Michele Kelemen
The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts at the State Department, which is in charge of that policy. The changes have veteran diplomats worried. And the gutted aid agency USAID has been absorbed into the State Department. We'll see what the loss of USAID funding has meant for the search for truth about Syria's civil war. Copyright 2025 NPR
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Michele Kelemen
Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Michele Kelemen |Lauren Frayer |Greg Dixon
The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts at the State Department, which is in charge of that policy.
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | James Hider |Michele Kelemen
President Trump said that the United States will hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, starting Saturday. "We have a very big meeting, and we'll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious," Trump said, as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. During his first term, Trump withdrew from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by then-President Barack Obama.
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1 month ago | 
btpm.org | Michele Kelemen
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:When a disaster strikes somewhere in the world, U.S. aid workers usually jump into action, but Friday's earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand come as the Trump administration was firing the remaining employees at America's lead aid agency. Here's NPR's Michele Kelemen. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has a regional hub in Thailand.
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1 month ago | 
news.prairiepublic.org | Michele Kelemen
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1 month ago | 
wxxinews.org | Michele Kelemen
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1 month ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Michele Kelemen
U.S. humanitarian relief teams are usually among the first to respond to major disasters. But Friday's deadly earthquake in Myanmar came as the Trump administration fired USAID's remaining employees. Copyright 2025 NPR
