Mass Layoffs Begin at the State Department

Mass layoffs begin at the State Department - KXAN Austin

US State Department begins layoffs in Trump’s shake-up of diplomatic corps

Mass layoff came days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for US president to gut entire government positions.

Mass layoffs begin at the State Department

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees Friday, the latest DOGE effort to shrink the size of the federal government. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the layoffs to begin, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio called them necessary to make his department more efficient. "Our reduction of force was done, I'm very proud to say, I think, I would argue, probably in the most deliberate way o…

Mass layoffs at State Department have begun

Mass layoffs at the U.S. State Department have begun. Almost 3,000 employees will depart the agency as part of the cuts and deferred retirement, with layoffs of more than 1,100 civil service employees and nearly 250 foreign service officers, according to an internal State Department notice seen by NBC News. NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell joins Chris Jansing to report more details.

State Department to begin mass layoffs of civil servants, foreign service officers

The State Department will begin mass layoffs of civil servants and foreign service officers as part of their restructuring plan.

State Department Begins Mass Firings