State Department cuts journey spending by $94 million below Trump

FIRST ON FOX: The State Department has spent almost $100 million much less on journey this yr than final amid a wider effort to trim budgets, in accordance with paperwork solely obtained by Fox News Digital.

From January to September 2024, the Biden administration State Department spent $306 million on overseas and home journey. At the identical level this yr, the division below President Donald Trump spent $212 million, in accordance with paperwork seen by Fox News Digital.

Some $37 million in cuts was targeted on home journey, largely pushed by a lower in convention attendance, which made up almost $7 million of the cuts.

Site visits and consultations throughout the U.S. additionally decreased by round $14 million and home particular mission journey was down round $5.5 million.

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Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of State, has led funds trimming on the State Department.  (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

Overseas journey decreased from $206 million from January-September 2024 to $149 million.

Site visits and consultations abroad have been down round $12.5 million and journey for coaching was down round $15 million.

“The Trump Administration has consistently been on the side of the American people and the American taxpayer, and these numbers prove that,” principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Piggot stated.

“We believe in real diplomacy, not meetings for the sake of meetings.”

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The State Department has spent almost $100 million much less on journey this yr than final amid a wider effort to trim budgets, in accordance with paperwork solely obtained by Fox News Digital. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency through Getty Images)

This travel-spending decline comes amid a broader effort by the Trump administration to shrink the division’s footprint and scale back abroad commitments. In April 2025, the Office of Management and Budget wrote a memo recommending the mixed funds of the State Department and USAID be lower almost in half within the upcoming fiscal yr.

A gaggle of individuals protest a discount in pressure affecting employees on the State Department. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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The plan would scale back the funds from about $55 billion to $28.4 billion, slash funding for humanitarian help and international well being applications by greater than 50%, and probably shut down or considerably reduce dozens of U.S. missions overseas.

And as of July, the division had initiated layoffs of over 1,300 home employees.