Critics say the layoffs will damage U.S. efforts to counter threats abroad and weaken its global leadership status.

The State Department is laying off over 1,300 employees as part of a sweeping reorganization plan that Trump administration officials say will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency...

It will likely result in hundreds of job cuts including members of the elite foreign service who advocate for U.S. interests in the face of growing assertiveness from adversaries such as China and Ru...