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

A rally is expected, with supporters “clapping out” departing State Department employees and protesting the layoffs at 4 p.m.

Along with rescissions hitting foreign aid, the new round of firings shows Trump is still bent on tearing down bipartisan ...

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The firings follow a major Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for State Secretary Marco Rubio's months-long plan to ...

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

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

Some laid off employees were seen carrying boxes out of the U.S. State Department as supporters bid them farewell with ...

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

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