Among the scores of offices the U.S. State Department eliminated last week in its dramatic revamp, the shuttering of one ...

Trump administration officials have defended the mass dismissals, saying they are overdue and necessary to make the ...

Last week's sweeping State Department layoffs gutted some offices unexpectedly and forced staff to scramble, sources told CBS ...

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

The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the ...

The department is the latest state agency to announce cuts after more than 50 employees were let go from other departments in ...

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

The State Department is firing over 1,300 employees in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump ...

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

Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee are demanding answers within one week from Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the Trump administration’s firing of thousands of State ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks John Dinkelman, new president of the American Foreign Service Association, about how layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy.

Carrying boxes past signs of thanks for their service, fired State Department workers were hugged and applauded as they left their headquarters for the last time. More than 1,300 State Department ...