The U.S. Department of State is seen on January 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) A reorganization of the State Department will get rid of the agency’s science and ...

Jennifer Storm-Jenkins who serves in the Bureau of Information Resource Management at the Department of State shares how analytics & AI are impacting decision-making processes, how the department is ...

Over 1,300 State Department employees are receiving the layoff notifications. The State Department is sending formal layoff notices to 1,107 civil service employees and 246 foreign service officers ...

In August 2025, the U.S Department of State released its annual "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," which omitted previously reported human rights violations, including "political freedoms, ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday rolled out the first stage of a major plan to reorganize the US State Department with changes that will eliminate 132 domestic offices, cut around 700 ...

President Donald Trump wants to radically shrink the State Department — leaving it with fewer diplomats, a smaller number of embassies and a narrower remit that critics argue could hand China wins ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling. By Michael Crowley Michael Crowley covers the State Department and U.S. foreign policy.

Editor’s Note: Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The ...

The US Department of State will soon change its default typeface from the stalwart, stodgy Times New Roman to the younger, cooler Calibri. It’s a move the State Department says is intended to improve ...

On behalf of the U.S. State Department, John Kerry has issued a formal apology for the department's pattern of discrimination against LGBT employees during a period beginning in the 1940s and ...

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