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

The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has ...

Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.

Trimming up the State Department turned out to be a much bigger hassle than anyone could have anticipated. “It to us three months to get a list […] ...

On Friday, the Trump administration laid off about 1,350 employees at the State Department. A number of news reports described the staff cuts as “devastating.” Others suggested the downsizing will ...

The department is the latest state agency to announce cuts after more than 50 employees were let go from other departments in June.

Senior officials eliminate 3,000 positions in the biggest State Department reorganization since the Cold War, citing waste while critics warn of damage to U.S. diplomacy.