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 ...

A senior State Department official faced tough questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he defended sweeping layoffs and the dismantling of the U.S.'s lead foreign aid agency.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.