Overview

• The department confirmed it has formally removed the framework underpinning the Global Engagement Center and its successor, completing the shutdown initiated earlier this year.
• Officials said the apparatus had "devolved into tools for political censorship" rather than protecting Americans from foreign adversarial propaganda.
• The step follows congressional defunding and lawsuits by The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and Texas, as well as Secretary Marco Rubio’s closure order, which the department says aligns with President Trump's Jan. 20 free‑speech executive order.
• Beattie said remaining agreements with foreign governments are being unwound and described prior tactics that included outreach to tech platforms and funding third-party groups that affected domestic content.
• Beattie is overseeing a meticulous review of hundreds of thousands of emails, with the first tranche of documents expected for public release within weeks.