Tensions boiled during a heated House hearing as lawmakers clashed with State Department official Jose Cunningham about the Trump-era reorganisation plan that led to the firing of over 1,300 employees ...

Trump administration officials have defended the mass dismissals, saying they are overdue and necessary to make the ...

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated ...

The state of Oregon has agreed to pay $15 million to thousands of former and current state employees who experienced issues ...

Carrying boxes past signs of thanks for their service, fired State Department workers were hugged and applauded as they left ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks John Dinkelman, new president of the American Foreign Service Association, about how layoffs will affect the State Department and American diplomacy.

The Senate has passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep ...

Last week's sweeping State Department layoffs gutted some offices unexpectedly and forced staff to scramble, sources told CBS ...

A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.

The State Department is trimming back the overall scope of its layoffs, compared to what it told Congress last month, with ...

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

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