A recently-created program known as the Ben Franklin Fellowship (BFF) has placed dozens of employees at President Donald Trump’s State Department, potentially paving the way to remake the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 130 retired diplomats and other former senior U.S. officials issued an open letter on Thursday criticizing a planned overhaul of the State Department that could see ...

Rubio’s plan would shutter most of the State Department’s offices devoted to human rights and lay off an estimated 80% of the DRL staff, most of whom are experts in human rights and democracy.

Last month, the State Department issued a "Do not travel" warning for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

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The US State Department is reportedly planning to revoke British band Bob Vylan’s US visas due to their recent antisemitic comments. Vylan, a London-based duo mixing punk rock and hip-hop, recently ...

The State Department announced Monday that it reved visas for a British rap group after it called for the death of Israeli soldiers onstage over the weekend. […] ...

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.

At the same time he is proposing massive layoffs at the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing staffers to work longer hours and push out more propaganda to polish the image ...

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 ...

Former President Joe Biden joined thousands of mourners as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda.