Want to know more about the Diplomatic Security Service? Also referred to as DSS, it is the Department of State’s law enforcement and security element. It operates in over 275 countries around the ...

"People are really going to care about the quality of our national security and are going to take this process seriously," ...

Diplomatic security staff whose usual job is protecting diplomats and keeping information safe have been authorized to investigate and apprehend illegal migrants under new Department of Homeland ...

Rubio is enacting his organizational change to break the stranglehold of the type of bureaucratic quagmire that runs counter ...

(Justice Department via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded guilty on Friday to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol ...

the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). DSS personnel are the proverbial “tip of the spear” when it comes to international diplomacy and emergency response. This very small ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is slashing 132 offices around the world, saying the department had become bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The State Department previewed plans Tuesday to lay off roughly 2,000 staffers and close down 132 bureaus abroad as part of an “America First” overhaul of the diplomatic agency.

He called the current State Department “bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission” and said the reorganization would “empower” the department. “Region-specific ...

You can get in touch with Kate by emailing k.plummer@newsweek.com, or by following her on X at @kateeplummer. Diplomatic security staff whose usual job is protecting diplomats and keeping ...