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You wouldn’t know it from the media, but Clinton’s efforts to smash the last glass ceiling has come crashing down around her as the result of a devastating report by CBS News about cover-ups of rampant sex crimes and drug

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called whistleblower Edward Snowden “a hero” and says he has been in indirect contact with the ex-CIA employee who exposed a vast US surveillance programme. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in

CBS News: State Department officials say cases of wrongdoing among employees have been covered up. Senior correspondent John Miller reports on the investigation.

Remember that whole media/Democrat meme earlier this year about The Greatest Secretary of State Ever! Yeah, well, that 2016 propaganda push is finally starting to wear off. In a new Gallup poll, Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating has tumbled 6 points,

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Fox News host Chris Wallace he would use the nominations of Samantha Power to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland to become the next assistant secretary for European

The State Department sent a document dump of 97 pages to the House Congressional Oversight Committee late Friday night relating to Ambassador Susan Rice’s five Sunday television appearances last September, in which she falsely blamed the deadly attacks on the

Three decades after 63 people were killed in a bombing there, the U.S. embassy in Beirut is not classified as “high threat,” even though Lebanon as a whole is listed as “critical,” Hezbollah has a strong presence near it, and

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who led up the embattled Accountability Review Board largely hand-picked by the State Department and tasked with getting to the bottom of American failures in Benghazi, gave a deposition behind closed doors on Tuesday. According to

Pursuant to a July 18, 2012 Freedom of Information Act request, Judicial Watch obtained documentation on January 15 and April 16, 2013 concerning an FBI anti-terrorism training materials purge. The purge revolved around the removal of materials deemed “offensive” to

According to a report by the State Department press pool, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to U.S. criticism of excessive force by Turkish law enforcement by saying the United States should “look at themselves.” The Associated

After reports of violence and excessive force by Turkish law enforcement in response to protests this week, the U.S. government has called for investigations by Turkish officials. When questioned if the U.S. government trusts Turkey to conduct a fair investigation,

During the State Department press briefing on Monday, a pool reporter expressed comments by Prime Minister Erdogan saying, “…before taking his flight out of the country, he said that, quote, the U.S. should look at – they should look at

(AP) Building of new US-Mexico border crossing stallsBy JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated PressTORNILLO, TexasJesse Grado walks cautiously past a welder whose work throws off a spray of brilliant sparks as construction crews lay slabs of concrete for a bridge over the

A new report on world international terrorism activities released by the State Department asserts that there were “no known operational cells” of Al Qaeda or Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere during the year 2012. This is despite the report acknowledging

State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked about the threat of terrorists crossing the United States’ southern border in light of the Department’s 2012 Countries Report and Iran’s terrorist activities in the Western Hemisphere. Psaki said that the Countries Report

Portland, Oregon — An American Muslim with ties to a mosque that has reportedly been connected to convicted terrorists in the past has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US State Department.  Yonas Fikre

In addition to leaving Inspector General posts at key agencies vacant, a March 5 report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform claims the Obama administration has ignored 16,906 recommendations from 73 agency OIG’s that could potentially save taxpayers $67 billion

Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News is reporting that after Ambassador Christopher Stevens died, U.S. officials told the Benghazi Medical Center to use a “John Doe” pseudonym on his death certificate. A U.S. official claimed this was done to avoid making

On May 31, the State Department made it clear they haven’t ruled out letting Iran take part in the upcoming Syrian peace talks. Although the Obama administration has been critical of Iran for sending Hezbollah fighters to support Assad in

On Friday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing Hillary Clinton’s approval rating collapsing in the wake of the Benghazi investigation. In today’s poll, just 52% of voters have a favorable impression of Clinton, while 40% have an unfavorable view.

(AP) US woman facing drug charge released in MexicoBy CRISTINA SILVAAssociated PressNOGALES, MexicoAn Arizona woman held in a Mexico jail for a week on a drug-smuggling charge was freed after a court reviewed her case, including key security footage, and

While the Obama Administration scrambles to respond to a host of multi-agency scandals, five cabinet level agencies are still without Inspector Generals. These agencies are the Departments of State, Interior, Labor, Defense, and Homeland Security. The National Endowment for the Humanities

Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington is famed for its beautiful shoreline and acres of recreational area. But it’s also home to a not insignificant level of radiological contamination. The federal government’s known about it since 2009, according to local reports.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for Benghazi emails “between Obama’s reelection campaign and the State Department” on the day of the attack, the days around which Ambassador Susan Rice blamed the

The Tunisian government issued a two-year suspended sentence to 20 militants convicted of attacking the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia on September 14th of last year. According to the Associated Press, thousands of militants protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia

Spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday that the State Department has not decided if it will comply with a congressional subpoena demanding documents related to the crafting of Benghazi talking points for Susan Rice. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a five-page

The United States has denounced Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria’s civil war and ordered the terror organization to withdraw from the conflict. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of State on Wednesday: [W]e condemn in the strongest terms Hassan

(AFP) The two US embassy employees shot and wounded at a nightclub in Venezuela’s capital Caracas work in the office of the defense attache, the State Department said Wednesday.State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told reporters that one of the men

A Massachusetts state audit has found at least 1,164 dead people received millions in public benefits in recent years and the state has given out $18 million in benefits to people who were deceased or using the Social Security number

State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell told journalists on Tuesday that “no court order is required” for the Department to turn over records of journalists’ movements within the Department building or any information deemed necessary to “cooperate” with Department of

As international sanctions against Syria were reversed, the Administration has avoided comment on U.S. involvement in the region by referring to other agencies, elected officials, or simply refuse to give “details.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney avoided answering questions

(AP) Temporary fix set for crumpled I-5 bridge in Wash.By MIKE BAKER and MANUEL VALDESAssociated PressSEATTLEWashington state plans to install within weeks a temporary fix for an interstate highway bridge that crumpled after being hit by a truck, tossing cars