The roles of some of the State Department employees fired last week overlap with priorities that President Donald Trump has laid out.

A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.

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

The State Department informed U.S.-based employees on Thursday that it would soon be laying off nearly 2,000 workers as part of a plan to downsize its domestic workforce.

Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump administration's plan to downsize the government.

Administration officials say the plan will cut down on unwieldy bureaucracy and modernize the agency.

Nearly 2,000 State Department employees face layoffs in a reorganization plan that amounts to a 15% workforce reduction under the Trump administration.

A senior State Department official faced tough questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he defended sweeping layoffs and the dismantling of the U.S.'s lead foreign aid agency.

The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency's top official for management said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's administration moves ahead with its plans to overhaul the U.

The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.

If California's legal challenge can't stop the Trump administration from withholding funds, the Education Department said over 100 employees could be affected.