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President Trump's Gifts From Other Nations Include Golf Clubs, Portraits of Himself: Report

By Josh Wingrove and Gregory Korte / Bloomberg

How a College Reporter Broke a Ukraine Scandal Story

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Pompeo Declined to Sign Afghan Deal

By Kimberly Dozier

The Trump Administration Protested When Kenya Halted a Coal-Fired Power Plant

By Justin Worland
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Watchdogs Sue Trump Over Missing Putin Notes

"President Trump has taken unusual measures to conceal the details of these meetings"

By Vera Bergengruen

U.S.: 'Concern' Over Hong Kong Extradition Proposal

The proposed change “could damage Hong Kong’s business environment”

By Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg

Despite Denials, U.S. Embassies Are Celebrating Pride

Trump's State Department has denied requests by U. S. embassies around the world to fly rainbow flags on embassy flagpoles

By Alejandro de la Garza

Pompeo to Meet Putin as Trump Seeks Better Russia Ties

The two leaders had kept their distance as Mueller’s probe heated up

By Nick Wadhams and Ilya Arkhipov / Bloomberg

State Dept. Hired Cambridge Analytica's Parent Co.

Newly unearthed documents describing the relationship between SCL Group, parent company of embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica, and the State Department provide a rare glimpse into the nation’s effort to counter terrorist propaganda. The $500,000,...

By Pratheek Rebala / Center for Public Integrity

Does Rand Paul's Playbook Work?

It starts with a complaint. A vote that most Republicans would consider routine is actually a violation of important principles. So then a threat is made; a lengthy filibuster on the Senate floor might be...

By Nash Jenkins

Mike Pompeo Is Set to Become Secretary of State

Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State appears set for a smooth approval by the Senate after a last-minute change of heart from a key detractor. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced he would drop his...

By Nash Jenkins

Mike Pompeo Wants to Be the Top U.S. Diplomat. His First Job May Be Building a War Coalition

Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the State Department, tried to shed his reputation as a war hawk and portray himself as a consummate diplomat during a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. "Some of...

By Justin Worland

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Did Not Thank Trump in Farewell Speech

In a farewell speech, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson thanked career diplomats, servicemembers and the American people, but did not thank President Donald Trump, who fired him hours earlier via tweet

By Tessa Berenson

Tillerson Can Keep Tax Break After Leaving State Job After a Year

Rex Tillerson has departed as Secretary of State after a year, but he gets to keep one giant perk: a multimillion tax break he received when he left his job as CEO of ExxonMobil to...

By Justin Worland

U.S. Ambassador to Panama Quits, Saying He Can't Do His Job Under President Trump

John D. Feely has resigned

By Mahita Gajanan

U.S. Issues Highest Travel Warning for Parts of Mexico

The warning puts the states on par with war-torn Syria, Yemen, and Somalia

By Casey Quackenbush

How the U.S. Used Jazz as a Cold War Secret Weapon

It may not be too much of an exaggeration to say the jazz ambassadors could have saved the world

By Billy Perrigo

Rex Tillerson Could Become One of the Shortest-Serving Secretaries of State

Rex Tillerson could be on his way to serving one of the shortest tenures of any Secretary of State in U.S. history. The former ExxonMobil CEO may be replaced as the nation's top diplomat within...

By Alana Abramson

Yemen Could Be Out of Food in Six Weeks, Aid Official Warns

Johan Mooij expects food supplies in Yemen’s capital of Sana to run out in about six weeks. Mooij is the Yemen country director for CARE, one of several dozen humanitarian groups working with the United...

By Elizabeth Dias

Top Diplomat Says U.S. Has Lost 60% of Its Career Ambassadors Under President Trump

She wrote that diplomatic leadership ranks are being “depleted at a dizzying speed”

By Billy Perrigo
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