In a transcript released Wednesday, a State Department watchdog ousted amid probes into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s alleged misuse of agency funds told Congress he has not seen a good reason for his removal.
Read moreIn search of information on whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered federal workers to do personal errands for him and his wife, NBCUniversal sued the State Department in federal court for “records of electronic communications between Susan Pompeo’s personal email address and email addresses with a @state.gov domain name, sent or received on or between April 26, 2018 and November 13, 2019.”
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Calling out President Donald Trump for “an assault on the integrity and independence” of government watchdogs, House Democrats are asking the State Department to hand over records on the recent firing of its inspector general.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday denied that he recommended firing the State Department’s independent watchdog in retaliation for investigations into Pompeo’s conduct, but declined again to provide reasons for Steve Linick’s dismissal as inspector general.
Read moreBuzzfeed reporter Jason Leopold sued the State Department for information on its modeling of Covid-19 pandemic scenarios, and the Federal Election Commission, et al., for its plans, memos, etc. on the pandemic, in separate FOIA complaints in federal court.
Read moreAmplifying scrutiny on the recent firing of the State Department inspector general, one lawmaker revealed Monday that Steve Linick had been investigating not only Secretary Mike Pompeo but President Donald Trump as well.
Read morePresident Donald Trump fired the State Department’s inspector general Steve Linick late Friday, an independent watchdog who had begun an investigation into improper behavior by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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There’s only one place Dana Zzyym is certain to go: back to square one. The 10th Circuit on Tuesday reversed and remanded the intersex American’s passport application back to the State Department for reconsideration.
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China hit back Wednesday at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claims that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, saying he “doesn’t have any” evidence.
Read moreU.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday rejected U.S. arguments for fielding low-yield nuclear warheads, warning that an attempt to use such weapons against Russia would trigger an all-out nuclear retaliation.
Read moreThe Washington Post sued the State Department in federal court for information on U.S. diplomats’ visits to Wuhan, China in 2018, regarding the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “studies on bat coronaviruses,” and the diplomats’ urging the U.S. to provide support to the lab, “because its research on bat coronaviruses was important but dangerous,” and the U.S. refusal to provide such support.
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The State Department has advised against all international travel because of the coronavirus, but that didn’t stop Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from flying to Afghanistan this week.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital Monday amid a lengthy political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases — all of which threaten an already-floundering peace process.
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The United States warned Americans to avoid all international travel and told citizens abroad to return now or face an “indefinite” absence, and California’s governor asked all 40 million residents to stay home, to try to slow a pandemic toll that on Friday surpassed 10,000 people worldwide.
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The United States and Mexico are working on a plan to close their border to nonessential travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said Thursday.
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Badly strained ties between the United States and China are deteriorating further with the two sides hurling harsh accusations and bitter name-calling over responsibility for the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Read moreJohn Doe sued the Department of State for $10 million in federal court, claiming he gave it information that “led to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of the terrorist organization, Lebanese Hizballah,” and it refused to pay him under its Rewards for Justice program.
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Human rights groups asked a federal judge Friday to shut down a shadowy advisory committee to the Trump administration, saying its uniformly religious focus puts gay rights at risk as well as protections for abortions and birth control.
Read moreA federal court in Washington ruled that conservative group Judicial Watch may depose former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a lawsuit relating to her use of a private email server during her tenure at the State Department. The court also ruled that the group may subpoena Google for records relating to her emails.
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