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

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 ...

More than 1,300 employees were forced out of the State Department on Friday, taking with them decades of specialized skills ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s ...

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

State Department to release letter to all employees Thursday evening informing them that it's officially moving to implement ...

The State Department is firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an ...

In connection with the departmental reorganization … the department is streamlining domestic operations to focus on ...

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

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