NEW YORK — Documents released on Saturday related to the wiretapping of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page reveal information that contributed to the government’s application to monitor Page originated with the State Department under the Obama administration in October 2016.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Americans in an interview Thursday to dismiss any claims by the Russian government that President Donald Trump had come to any agreements with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their meeting this week.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert sharply rebuked the Russian government during Wednesday’s regular press briefing, calling Moscow’s response to election meddling allegations “absurd” and insisting that the two countries did not come to any agreements at this week’s Helsinki summit.
The U.S. State Department ramped up visa restrictions on officials from the communist regime in Nicaragua, accusing members of dictator Daniel Ortega’s government of “undermining democracy” and being responsible for “ongoing attacks” against university student protesters, journalists, and clergy.
North Korean officials on Thursday reportedly requested a meeting headed by a U.S. general to discuss the repatriation of American troop remains from the Korean War a day after failing to appear at scheduled talks between the two sides in the Korean border village of Panmunjom.
The State Department revealed Thursday that a second American citizen in China has suffered adverse health effects similar to those of an American diplomat in Shanghai and 26 diplomats in Havana, Cuba, part of a wave of attacks of unknown origin.
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters Tuesday that North Korea can expect “no surprises” in U.S. policy as delivered by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during his upcoming visit this week.
The U.S. State Department confirmed Thursday that a 26th person suffered adverse health effects of unknown origin at the American embassy in Havana, Cuba. The Cuban government condemned Washington for publicizing the incident, while Cuban state media insisted the reports are “not real.”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, apparently triggered by the pending reimposition of American sanctions on Iran next month and ongoing protests over the nation’s depleted economy, went on a tirade against the United States on Wednesday where he said the regime would “bring America to its knees” and suggested that half of America’s population is “ashamed of their government.”
The U.S. State Department issued a demand to the communist government of Cuba Tuesday to free its over 100 known political prisoners – in particular two doctors known to be suffering health problems in prison – and ends its policy of harassing, torturing, and jailing “counterrevolutionary” voices.
A fight between career officials and Trump political appointees at the State Department bureau is now breaking out into the open, over a recent Trump political appointee.
NEW YORK — Anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele visited the Obama State Department to brief officials there about the infamous, largely discredited dossier in October 2016, it was revealed during a Senate hearing.
The U.S. State Department confirmed Thursday that the number of American citizens suffering “health effects” from an unspecified attack at the American embassy in Havana, Cuba, has risen to 25.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration abandoned its decision this week to suspend funding for the Syria Civil Defense, a volunteer rescue force widely known as the White Helmets, releasing millions of American taxpayer dollars in funding for the group, according to the State Department.
U.S. President Donald Trump should make the “gross human rights violations” committed by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s regime part of the ongoing discussions to denuclearize, the candidate to serve as the American ambassador in South Korea told lawmakers Thursday.
Top State Department officials recently launched a crackdown on suspected leakers, with spokeswoman Heather Nauert leading the charge in grilling possible culprits.
The State Department confirmed on Wednesday that numerous employees in China are receiving “ongoing” medical evaluations after a U.S. citizen at the American consulate in Guangzhou was diagnosed with a brain injury in an incident that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described as “entirely consistent” with injuries in Havana, Cuba.
An outraged Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state-run news outlet of North Korea, accused the United States on Friday of promoting the desecration of the Quran in response to the publication of the State Department’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
The State Department, in its regular briefing Tuesday, refused to confirm whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would advocate for the human rights of the North Korean people while meeting with Kim Yong-chol, the highest-ranking envoy from Pyongyang to visit America in almost two decades, this week.
A report released by State Department on Religious Freedom on Tuesday accused Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime in Venezuela of allowing “anti-semitic overtones” to taint the actions of the nation’s institutions, including the court system.
China tortured, harassed, and imprisoned “hundreds of thousands” of Muslims and Christians in 2017 for practicing their faith outside of the control of the staunchly atheist Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the U.S. Department of State (DOS) noted in a report released on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday at a press briefing to unveil the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report that the United States will host a ministerial summit to bring together “like-minded” countries to discuss action against religious persecution.
The U.S. State Department affirms in its annual International Religious Freedom Report, published Tuesday, that the communist regime controlling North Korea “considered Christianity a serious threat, as it challenged the official cult of personality and provided a platform for social and political organization and interaction outside the government.”
NEW YORK — In his newly released book, Sen. John McCain admits he knew the anti-Trump dossier that he infamously passed to the FBI contained “unproven accusations”, “mostly raw, unverified intelligence” and allegations about which the senator “had no idea” if “any were true.”
The State Department urged the Iranian people in a press briefing Tuesday to take it upon themselves to see that a free and thriving democracy prevails in their country, ruled by a hardline Islamic regime since the fall of the late shah in 1979.
The United States has increased the funding it will send to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to the recent Ebola virus outbreak by $7 million, the State Department announced on Tuesday.
The U.S. embassy to China issued a health alert on Wednesday to all Americans living in the country after a U.S. citizen working at the consulate in Guangzhou reported symptoms disturbingly similar to the “sonic attack” victims at the U.S. embassy in Cuba in 2016.
Associated Press’s Matt Lee grilled State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert on Secretary Mike Pompeo’s statement Thursday supporting the “fundamental rights” of the LGBTI community, accusing Pompeo of hypocrisy.
The Democratic National Committee is seeking assistance from the Trump administration to sue the Russian government over its alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Thursday that the Trump administration has no plans to use taxpayers’ dollars to rehabilitate the communist North Korean economy, a concern arising from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s comments that the United States is willing to help that economy grow.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement on Thursday condemning nation states that punish or sentence to death people solely based on their sexual identity.
Authorities in Pakistan blocked a U.S. diplomat from leaving the country on Saturday after he allegedly killed a motorcyclist while driving and ignoring a red light last month.
The US has dispatched Marines to bolster security at US diplomatic facilities around the Middle East, Hadashot TV news reported Saturday citing a CNN report, two days ahead of the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
The government of Pakistan has announced that it will impose “reciprocal” restrictions on the travel of U.S. diplomats after the Trump administration implemented similar measures.
President Donald Trump’s State Department will reportedly announce a new trade agreement with United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, scoring a victory in a trade dispute over UAE’s subsidizing its two state-owned airlines to the detriment of U.S. airlines and workers.
“I want the State Department to get its swagger back,” Pompeo said in remarks after the swearing-in ceremony, promising to make American interests a priority.
U.S. Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan this week urged the Taliban to “turn their bullets and bombs into ballots” and “run for office” in response to the terrorist group’s announcement of its spring offensive, which the narco-jihadists say will focus on “crushing, killing and capturing American invaders.”
National pro-life groups and religious freedom advocates are celebrating the Senate’s confirmation of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) will vote to confirm Ric Grenell as the next U.S. ambassador to Germany, ensuring the confirmation of what will be the highest-ranking ever openly gay person to serve the United States government. Grenell was nominated last year to the position by President Donald Trump.
Rodong Sinmun, the state newspaper of North Korea, condemned the United States as the “worst human rights abuser” in the world in an editorial Wednesday protesting the State Department’s recent report on the status of human rights around the world.
