The departures are common when a transition takes place, but it is now happening more quickly and on a larger scale than under previous administrations, a U.S. official said.

President Donald Trump's transition team asked more than a dozen senior career diplomats to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, as the newly inaugurated president moves quickly to shape his foreign policy and the diplomatic corps.

Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.

Scores of State Department employees are planning to resign effective at noon Monday after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, sources told the Washington Post on Sunday. The resigning diplomats reportedly include John Bass,