In a shift from prior administrations, the State Department will impose indefinite suspensions without pay for foreign service employees who have had their security clearances suspended or revoked, ...

WASHINGTON >> The American Foreign Service Association urged the State Department on Wednesday to not go ahead with a planned overhaul that likely would see around 2,000 layoffs, saying it should ...

Every year, the State Department completes a thorough process involving multiple layers of review to determine who in the foreign service will get promoted. For some of the employees approved for ...

Democrats say they are worried about reports that about 700 career diplomats will be fired. The agency has said it plans to lay off 2,000 employees soon. By Edward Wong and Michael Crowley Reporting ...

The foreign service officer failed to disclose his contact with the woman, the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party official, the State Department said. By Neil Vigdor The State Department has fired ...