A leaked draft of an executive order to reorganize the U.S. Department of State reveals plans to slash entire departments and bureaus dealing with Africa, human rights, women’s rights, international religious freedom and climate change while tightening political control over the foreign service and handing more authority to the White House and political appointees.
The State Department has denied the document’s authenticity, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissing it as a “hoax” in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
