The U.S. State Department may start large-scale layoffs on Friday

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the US financial media Semafor, after the US Supreme Court paved the way for the Trump administration to advance its agency restructuring and streamlining plan, US State Department employees are preparing for large-scale layoffs that may be launched this Friday local time. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling that blocked the original layoff plan, and the scale of the layoffs may reach thousands of people. According to multiple sources, the US State Department has anticipated this ruling and is preparing to initiate the "mandatory layoff" notification process this week, but the specific timetable is still uncertain. While waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling, the US State Department has begun to prepare a broader restructuring plan: last month the department asked civil servants to submit updated resumes and updated the "Foreign Affairs Manual" to adapt to the needs of the restructuring.