The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by Trump as he moves to reduce the footprint of the federal government.

In a cryptic email, an official announced the closures amid reported plans by President Donald Trump to effectively close the department down.

The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.

The University of Washington has frozen non-essential hiring and travel, effective immediately, amid federal and state ...

News comes about a week after Trump officials drafted an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be ...

According to the department, more than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another ...

By Alexandra Alper, Tim Reid, Marisa Taylor and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education said on ...

Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time ...

Former Republican Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Labor in a bipartisan ...

A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors is asking a federal judge to intervene in any destruction ...

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond directed workers to return to state buildings four days a week to be in alignment with California schools.