More than 1,300 State Department employees were fired Friday in a downsizing ordered by President Donald Trump and touted as ...

The involuntary staff reductions are part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce.

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Republican leaders say the cuts are necessary to make the department more nimble and efficient, but diplomats say they will ...

Dismissals are part of major reorganization of department, which proponents have touted as a streamlining measure and critics ...

Mass layoff came days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for US president to gut entire government positions.

The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was aware of the reported death of a U.S. citizen in the Israeli-occupied West ...

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

Former diplomats and critics say the firing of foreign service officers risks America's ability to counter the growing ...