A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.

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

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the ...

The State Department informed U.S.-based employees on Thursday that it would soon be laying off nearly 2,000 workers as part ...

The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy ...

The complexity of the State Department’s layoffs stems from the hundreds of “competitive areas” it set up ahead of time.

State is poised to be the first agency to move forward with RIFs after receiving the Supreme Court's blessing.

In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education ...

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

No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...

Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump ...