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TEL AVIV — David J. Kramer, a former State Department official and longtime associate of John McCain, received a copy of the infamous, largely discredited 35-page dossier on President Donald Trump directly from the controversial Fusion GPS political opposition research firm, according to a report in the Washington Post.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has opened the possibility of the U.S. blocking imports of Venezuelan oil in an attempt to increase pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s ruling socialist dictatorship.

The deadline for Russia and the United States to meet the nuclear warhead reductions mandated by 2011’s Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) arrived Monday.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has hinted that the Venezuelan military could oust socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro as the country’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis reaches devastating proportions. Speaking at the University of Texas ahead of his five-stop Latin America tour,

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has left for a week-long tour of Latin America, where he will seek to promote the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda and shore up U.S. alliances in the region.

TEL AVIV — Reports that the FBI has been utilizing a second dossier in its investigation of unsubstantiated claims of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raise more questions about the credibility of the federal bureau’s already controversial probe.

The State Department confirmed to the Miami Herald this week that officials are aware of at least 19 cases of American citizens’ complaining of symptoms similar to the hearing loss and “cognitive issues” that U.S. diplomats have suffered after visiting Cuba.

Turkey is a sovereign nation and the U.S. isn’t going to get into an argument with it. But apparently, Washington isn’t going to stop Ankara from falling off a cliff, either.

Reports surfacing this week indicate that the Iranian regime has deployed online bots to push back against the people who want it dismantled and have relied on Internet access to organize protests.

Pakistani officials have continued to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to cut over one billion in military funding in response to Islamabad’s sluggish response to fighting terror within its borders. In a call to an American commander this week, one official claimed that the “entire Pakistani nation felt betrayed” by Trump.

In a piece titled, “Instagram Shuts Down Page of Iran’s Hero General Soleimani Again!” Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency protested the social media platform on Wednesday, which recently shut down IRGC-Quds Forces Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s page for a third time.

The State Department’s Protocol Office published documents Wednesday revealing that former President Barack Obama and adviser Ben Rhodes received over $5000 in gifts from the government of communist Cuba, including luxury rum and cigars.

Democrats are crying foul as President Trump prepares to loosen restrictions on firearm exports.

Representative Andy Harris (R-MD) has asked colleagues to sign a letter urging the U.S. State Department to improve relations with Hungary and end the Obama-era policy of funding media to “interfere in Hungarian elections”.

The State Department has approved the sale of $133 million worth of missiles to Japan in an effort to shore up its military defense as tensions with North Korea continue to escalate.

A video has surfaced on social media showing a former member of Iran’s Basij militia burning his ID card in solidarity with the people of Iran and against the Islamic Regime.

Anti-regime Iranians who are intent on seeing the dismantling of Iran’s Islamic regime have gone to war against pro-regime loyalists over social media.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published a piece on Sunday suggesting Iran’s late Reza Shah – the grandfather of Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi – committed a grave “evil” by banning the compulsory hijab.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that the State Department is working to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise to “fix” the Iran nuclear deal.

At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, United States U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke in support of the Iranian protest movement, criticized the regime in Tehran for suppressing the free speech rights of its citizens, and said the world would be carefully watching as events continue to unfold in Iran.

The State Department announced on Thursday that Iran’s Islamic regime has arrested at least 1,000 Iranians since protests began and announced that it will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the uprising and how to provide support for the people.

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that it would add Pakistan—and ten other countries—to its Special Watch List for severe religious freedom violations, citing the egregious abuse of Christians, Hindus, Ahmadi Muslims, and other minorities in the country.

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have reportedly deployed their forces to three provinces in an attempt to quash anti-government protests who are intent on dismantling the Islamic regime and replacing it with a free, democratically-elected government.

During a press briefing on Thursday, State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed that the US is suspending security assistance to Pakistan until takes “decisive action” against groups like the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network. Nauert said, “Today, we can confirm

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it will use Facebook and Twitter to communicate directly with Iranians who are protesting against the Islamic regime in favor of democracy and freedom, hours after Iran’s repressive government shut off access to Instagram and Telegram in an attempt to stifle the uprising.

In an interview with Voice of America published Monday, the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Andrew Peek revealed that the Trump administration is considering more sanctions on Iran should the regime escalate violence against the current wave of peaceful protests.

Both President Donald Trump and the U.S. State Department responded on Friday to widespread protests against the Islamic dictatorship in Iran, urging Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to avoid human rights abuses against peaceful dissidents.

The State Department released emails from Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin’s account found on a laptop belonging to husband Anthony Weiner.

Nearly 200 Middle East nationals, primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan, will arrive in the United States as refugees in January 2018 after President Trump failed to end a refugee deal with Australia that he committed to opposing.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has reportedly asked the US State Department to stop using the term “occupied” in official documents referring to Israeli control over the West Bank.

The Hungarian government has slammed the “Obama-era State Department elite” for doing “grave harm to Hungarian-U.S. relations”, which will take years to repair.

The State Department held a special press briefing Thursday with Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and spokeswoman Heather Nauert. The focus was the 2017 successes against the Islamic State (ISIS).

The Trump administration has approved the first-ever U.S. commercial sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine — green-lighting a decision that the Obama administration refused to make.

The State Department recently announced it was committing $700,000 to what might be called Project Overreach – an American government initiative to “help” the Hungarians get the “right” news.

The State Department told staff earlier this week that it will begin distributing the official portraits of Trump, Pence, and Tillerson.

U.S. government agencies have ordered half as many official photos of President Donald Trump and Vice President Michael Pence than they did under former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.