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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
By Tara Law
Pompeo Declined to Sign Afghan Deal
By Kimberly Dozier
The Trump Administration Protested When Kenya Halted a Coal-Fired Power Plant
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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
June 18, 2019
U.S.: 'Concern' Over Hong Kong Extradition Proposal
The proposed change “could damage Hong Kong’s business environment”
By Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg
June 10, 2019
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
June 9, 2019
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
May 11, 2019
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
August 21, 2018
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
April 23, 2018
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
April 23, 2018
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
April 12, 2018
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
March 13, 2018
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
March 13, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to Panama Quits, Saying He Can't Do His Job Under President Trump
John D. Feely has resigned
By Mahita Gajanan
January 12, 2018
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
January 11, 2018
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
December 22, 2017
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
November 30, 2017
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
November 22, 2017
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
November 9, 2017
President Trump Just Directly Contradicted His Secretary of State
The two had very different comments on Qatar
By Tessa Berenson
June 9, 2017
Sen. John McCain Warns Rex Tillerson: 'We Are a Country With a Conscience'
He does not agree with his "America First" policy
By Maya Rhodan
May 8, 2017
State Department Issues Travel Alert for Europe
After several attacks in major European cities
By Julia Zorthian
May 1, 2017
Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over State Department Websites Promoting Mar-a-Lago
The complaint argues the Mar-a-Lago promotion was a "clear misuse and abuse of taxpayer funds"
By Alana Abramson
April 25, 2017
Watch Live: Melania Trump Presents State Department’s International Women of Courage Award
The First Lady will present the award to 13 women from around the world
By Zamira Rahim
March 29, 2017
At Least 2 Senior State Department Diplomats Resign
It's unclear why the staffers left
By Reuters
January 26, 2017
Russia Rocks Tillerson Hearing
To listen to Rex Tillerson’s grilling in the Senate, the Secretary of State’s portfolio under incoming President Donald Trump comes down to one challenge: Russia. Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil and a government neophyte,...
By Philip Elliott
January 11, 2017
Tillerson Faces Tough Hearing, Likely Confirmation
The Secretary of State's nomination is a proxy for Democrats' anger
By Philip Elliott
January 10, 2017
Secretary of State John Kerry Formally Apologizes for Past LGBT Discrimination
"On behalf of the Department, I apologize to those who were impacted by the practices of the past"
By Maya Rhodan
January 9, 2017
Obama Refugee Officials Worry About Trump
Officials at the State Department and beyond are anxious about what the Trump presidency means for their work
By Maya Rhodan
January 8, 2017
Trump Mulls Exxon CEO as Secretary of State
He's a wealthy outsider, like Trump
By Zeke J Miller
December 11, 2016
New Clinton Emails Suggest Favors for Donors
A new batch of emails released on Tuesday appear to show that Hillary Clinton and her aides at the State Department sought to intervene on two occasions on behalf of donors to her philanthropic efforts...
By Sam Frizell
August 10, 2016
U.S. Urges 'Thorough' Probe Into Cambodian Activist's Murder
Vocal government critic Kem Ley was shot dead on Sunday
By Rishi Iyengar
July 11, 2016
Read FBI Director James Comey's Speech on the Hillary Clinton Email Probe
The FBI recommends that no charges be brought against Clinton
By Maya Rhodan
July 5, 2016
U.S. Diplomats Call for Strikes Against Syrian President
The memo states American policy has been "overwhelmed" in Syria
By Rishi Iyengar
June 17, 2016
Global Terrorist Attacks Declined Last Year
74% of all deaths due to terrorism took place in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan or Syria
By Simon Lewis
June 3, 2016
Freedom, Sanctions and North Korean Ice Cream: Q&A With Defector Hyeonseo Lee
The celebrated author tells TIME about her latest project to help North Koreans trapped in China
By Charlie Campbell / Seoul
May 27, 2016
Lawsuit Over Emails Could Hurt Clinton More Than FBI Probe
Two top aides will testify
By Massimo Calabresi
May 17, 2016
Kenya Defends Deportations of Taiwanese to China
Taipei says Kenyan officers used teargas to force the deportees out of holding cells and onto a plane
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
April 13, 2016
The State Dept. Thinks Even You Are Hot Enough to Get Robbed Overseas
The @TravelGov account apologized for a tweet advising Americans to keep their self-esteem in check
By Daniel White
March 30, 2016
Clinton's Email Troubles Come With Bad Political Timing
The investigation will be slow, deliberate and torturous for the presidential candidate
By Massimo Calabresi
January 29, 2016
Worldwide Travel Alert For U.S. Citizens
It will stay in place until February
By Tessa Berenson
November 23, 2015
U.S. and Vatican Respond to Escalating Burundi Crisis
Two days before Pope Francis leaves for his first ever visit to central and east Africa and days after State Department officials concluded a two-week visit to the region and the Holy See, President Obama...
By Elizabeth Dias
November 23, 2015
U.S. State Department: Syrian Refugees Welcome
Only two percent of refugees are young, single males of fighting age
By TIME Staff
November 18, 2015
Top Clinton Aide Appears Before Benghazi Committee
Huma Abedin worked with Clinton at the State Department
By NBC News
October 16, 2015
U.S. Wary of Opening Doors to More Syrian Refugees
Just 1,500 resettled since civil war broke out in 2011
By Josh Sanburn
September 4, 2015
Clinton Emails Include 150 Now Deemed Classified
The State Department released 7,000 emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server on Monday night, including 150 containing information now deemed to be classified. The email dump, the third since Clinton handed over the work-related emails...
By Sam Frizell
August 31, 2015
Hillary's Lawyer Ready for War
Longtime Hillary Clinton ally and lawyer David Kendall is a legal mastermind now entering a highly political arena
By Massimo Calabresi
August 14, 2015
Here's What the Law Says About Hillary Clinton's Emails
Two key questions: Did she know material was classified and did she act negligently handling it?
By Massimo Calabresi
July 29, 2015
Officials: Classified Emails 'Should Never' Have Been On Hillary Clinton Server
"Security referral" triggered by potential copies of classified documents on Clinton's home server, lawyer's thumb drive drive.
By Zeke J Miller
July 24, 2015
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