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

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

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

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

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 ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio began mass firings at the State Department on Monday, part of a reorganization plan to form a ...

The US will continue to stand for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Cuba,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.