The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

More than 1,300 employees were forced out of the State Department on Friday, taking with them decades of specialized skills ...

Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the diplomatic corps will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote its interests ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s ...

State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...

U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization ...

Administration officials say the plan will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency.

The involuntary staff reductions are part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce.

In our news wrap Friday, the State Department is laying off at least 1,300 employees as part of the Trump administration's ...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tour the Texas flood devastation and the State Department begins laying ...