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

Impacted units in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy include the Office of Bilateral and Regional Affairs and Office ...

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

The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the ...

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

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

President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale back human rights offices, saying the "bloated ...

A 15% cut to domestic staff will result in more than 2,000 employees losing their jobs -- including around 700 at the department's Foggy Bottom headquarters Primary Menu Sections US News ...

The White House is reportedly eyeing big cuts to the State Department’s budget and eliminating U.S. spending on NATO and the United Nations. The Washington Post and The Associated Press both ...

A line saying that Washington does not support Taiwan independence has been removed from the US Department of State's website. The website updated its fact sheet on relations with the island on ...

A draft executive order outlines the Trump administration’s plans to gut significant parts of the State Department, including ending nearly all of its Africa operations while closing embassies ...

— -- The Trump administration's proposed budget for the State Department that was rolled out Monday has two things in common with last year's proposal: It calls for a one-third cut to the ...