Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver on Tuesday exempting “life-saving humanitarian assistance” from President Trump’s executive order pausing nearly all foreign aid during…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the suspension of visa issuance at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, the State Department said Sunday. In a…
House Democrats urged President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lift the foreign assistance freeze mandated by an executive order from earlier this week,…
President Trump pulled security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Thursday. The…
Two journalists disrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s last press briefing Thursday with criticism over his handling of the war in Gaza. “Your father-in-law was…
Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges in 2021, has been formally classified by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, according…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. this week. Netanyahu tapped U.S.-born Yechiel Leiter to succeed Michael Herzog as its…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to the Middle East in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. “On my way…
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said in a Sunday interview that the “State Department does not feel a need for” American evacuations…
The White House has issued a trio of veto threats against the first set of spending bills the House is scheduled to vote on, dismissing…
House Republicans are proposing a cut of about 11 percent to the State Department budget, in a proposal released Monday for the main funding bill…
The Biden administration said Saturday that U.S. officials are “deeply concerned” about the extensive military drills in the Taiwan Strait, putting pressure on China to…
Debates over U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine have dominated Washington this year, raising questions about U.S. economic and military support to various allies and…
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of…
President Biden has been briefed on a State Department report scrutinizing Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the White House…
The U.S. repatriated 11 Americans, six Canadians, four Dutch citizens and one Finnish citizen from northeast Syria on Tuesday, according to a statement from Secretary…
The Biden administration expressed deep concern Friday that Georgia’s government is pursuing another push for a Russian-inspired law criticized as targeting civil society groups, nongovernmental…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a new chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department. The position has been vacant for 10…
A State Department human rights staffer said she is resigning in response to the Biden administration’s policy on Gaza in a CNN opinion piece Wednesday.…
The US announced sanctions on Thursday against Nicaraguan Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, accusing her of assisting the “ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members”…