Morale craters at State Department as mass layoffs loom Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the agency “bloated,” yet as violence spiked in the Middle East, staff say they’ve been ...

State Department employees already bracing for mass layoffs faced another blow Friday in the Supreme Court s ruling that district courts cannot issue universal injunctions against President ...

The U.S. Department of State is preparing to cut its workforce by 2,000 employees as soon as Friday, three sources told NBC News.

The State Department could begin laying off hundreds of Washington, D.C.-based staff, according to internal correspondence.

Sixty Democratic lawmakers told Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday to refrain from moving ahead with mass layoffs of State Department employees and to lift a hiring freeze at a time of ...

The U.S. State Department has approved $30 million in funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the State Department said on Thursday, calling on other countries to also support the ...

State Dept. further prepares for mass layoffs even as court block remains A judge specified last month that State, like most major agencies, cannot yet move forward with RIFs.

The State Department described the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran as “fragile” but “steady,” despite some earlier concerns about each side violating terms of the ...

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters on Tuesday that she had no information to provide on $30 million in funding for an Israeli-backed foundation distributing food in Gaza ...

Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73.

The State Department has selected 16 companies for the 10-year, $5 billion GLOBALCAP contract vehicle to support U.S. foreign policy initiatives worldwide to strengthen peace, security and ...

The GLOBALCAP contract covers a wide range of services across areas such as training and mentoring, logistics and equipment support. The State Department has awarded 16 companies positions on a ...