The Trump administration has embarked on a bold and controversial plan to streamline and downsize the federal government, in part by eliminating newer federal employee positions. In his executive ...

The Diplomatic Security Service was once thought of as a premier law enforcement organization. It was always supposed to be that way. The vast majority of DSS agents, analysts, engineers, and other ...

TOKYO (NEXSTAR) — Safety and security are always top of mind when the Olympics roll around. Here’s how the state department helps protect our athletes. Keeping Team USA safe is an important job and it ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks Bill Miller, former head of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, about the fallout after a former ambassador was charged with being a foreign agent for Cuba.

The Diplomatic Security Service traditionally focused on protecting diplomats, helping secure overseas missions and managing background checks. Now it is doing beat-cop work. By Edward Wong Reporting ...

Paul Houston, the deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and assistant director of the Diplomatic Security Service for Threat Investigations and Analysis, came to the ...

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 ...

Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of State is now accepting applications for the 2025 cohort of the William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security (Clarke DS) ...