As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government, at least 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign ...

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a ...

Trump also fired Hampton Dellinger, who until recently served as the special counsel of the United States, a role that investigates alleged violations of federal civil service protections and ...

The State Department had about 80,000 employees in September, the latest numbers that are available. That included about 14,000 foreign service employees and 13,000 civil service employees.

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The Trump administration’s cuts have pushed many lifetime civil servants out. They have also disrupted people at the other end of the career spectrum: interns.

Federal agencies are rehiring and ordering back from leave some of the employees who were laid off in the weeks after ...

Civil servants swear an oath to the Constitution, and are required to apply the laws of the United States as enacted by Congress. Their salaries are paid by all U.S. taxpayers.

The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., with just over 3 million civilian civil service workers. These workers are responsible for everything from delivering your mail to ...