The Trump administration is shutting down an office focused on battling foreign disinformation from countries such as China, Russia, and Iran, officials told The New York Times.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio put all 40 staffers at the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub on paid leave on Wednesday morning. It’s the initial step to having them fully removed from the department this spring. Last month, the department fired about 80 contractors working at the office and cut nearly all the contracts related to the office.
