On Friday, the Trump administration laid off about 1,350 employees at the State Department. A number of news reports described the staff cuts as “devastating.” Others suggested that the downsizing ...

The State Department fired personnel and consolidated offices that help craft the U.S. diplomatic response to China’s ...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen criticized the State Department’s decision to lay off 1,300 employees as it is seen as a retreat from global commitments and a victory for adversaries such as China and ...

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Humanitarians in Sudan, where a three-year civil war has made assistance increasingly difficult, warn that a vacuum left by ...

State Department Undergoes Major Workforce Changes More than 1,350 U.S. State Department employees were terminated on Friday as part of significant personnel changes implemented by the administration.

Former "The View" personality Meghan McCain sneering Saturday attack on State Department workers who were swept up in a purge ...

Videos capturing some of the more than 1,300 State Department employees who have been fired by President Trump’s Secretary of ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran career diplomat Nicholas Burns about the Trump administration's plans to downsize the State Department.

While Secretary of State Marco Rubio continued his diplomatic tour across Asia, back in Washington, the State Department he leads was busy carrying out a massive restructuring, one that included […] ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the White House chief of staff — have been impersonated in recent weeks using artificial ...