A U.S. medical team was screening more Americans who work in a southern Chinese city as the State Department confirmed evacuating a number of government workers who experienced unexplained health issues like those that have hurt U.S. personnel in Cuba and China.
Read moreThe State Department on Tuesday defended its decision to deny a passport to an intersex applicant, telling a federal judge a passport’s very specific purpose leaves no room for it to be an instrument of self-expression.
Read moreSecretary of State Mike Pompeo reversed course on a plan from his predecessor Rex Tillerson on Tuesday lifting a hiring freeze at the State Department and aiming to fill scores of vacancies at the department.
Read moreA former Lithuanian judge sued the federal government Monday to block her extradition, claiming she faces possible persecution and even death in her home country after bringing to light child-molestation accusations against high-ranking officials.
Read moreThe State Department won’t intervene to halt the extradition of an ex-Lithuanian judge and parliamentarian wanted on charges stemming from her claim of a powerful pedophile network in Lithuania.
Read moreLess than 24 hours after assuming his post, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plunged Friday into NATO diplomacy as the allies sought to toughen their response to Russian interference on its periphery and elsewhere.
Read moreThe Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state Thursday by one of the slimmest margins in recent history.
Read moreThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11-9 Monday in favor of naming Mike Pompeo secretary of state, meaning the former CIA director will be thrust into the Senate for a full confirmation later this week.
Read moreA federal judge in Manhattan dealt a blow Monday to attempts to shed light on the U.S. government’s anonymous press briefings.
Read morePresident Donald Trump announced a major shakeup in his cabinet Tuesday, removing Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Read moreThe State Department announced Friday that the United States will open its new Israeli embassy in Jerusalem in May.
Read moreVice President Mike Pence was all set to hold a history-making meeting with North Korean officials during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, but Kim Jong Un’s government canceled at the last minute, the Trump administration said Tuesday.
Read moreThere will be no ‘bloodying’ of North Korea’s nose, state department nominees told a senate committee Thursday, but tougher sanctions on countries refusing to align with the U.S. posture on North Korea continues to be a high priority for the Trump administration.
Read moreAn American woman whose wife is from Italy brought a federal complaint Monday against the State Department, claiming it cited an internal agency policy to unfairly deny one of their sons birthright U.S. citizenship.
Read moreThe United States is investigating a range of possibilities beyond “sonic attacks” for the cause of U.S. diplomats’ mysterious illnesses in Cuba, the Trump administration told Congress on Tuesday, including the possibility of a viral attack.
Read moreThe State Department says President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of six mainly Muslim countries, North Korea and Venezuela is now fully operational. The announcement follows the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this week to allow enforcement of the ban as it is challenged in lower courts.
Read moreThe White House is discussing a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA director Mike Pompeo, according to multiple reports Thursday.
Read moreAn American woman charged with subversion in Zimbabwe for allegedly insulting the president on Twitter as a “sick man” made her first court appearance on Saturday as her lawyers disputed the charges that carry up to 20 years in prison.
Read moreThe Trump administration has put several large and significant Russian companies on a list of businesses and individuals linked to Russia’s defense and intelligence agencies. Anyone who does business with them could then be hit with new U.S. sanctions.
Read moreThe Departments of Justice and State this week announced a program they said will protect U.S. workers from being discriminated against by companies that hire foreign workers.
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