- Trump To Appoint State Department’s Heather Nauert As U.S. Ambassador To United Nations https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/healther-nauert-un-ambassador_us_5bdb61a7e4b09d43e31d3d4f?section=politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&__twitter_impression=true&utm_source=politics_fb&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages 11 comments politics
- The U.S. State Department has officially informed the United Nations it will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-gives-official-notice-of-withdrawal-from-paris-climate-agreement/article35885339/ 298 comments worldnews
- Protecting U.S. Investors from Financing Communist Chinese Military Companies - United States Department of State https://www.state.gov/protecting-u-s-investors-from-financing-communist-chinese-military-companies/ 10 comments wallstreetbets
- U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea - United States Department of State https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-maritime-claims-in-the-south-china-sea/ 5 comments worldevents
- State Department weighing "new information" from Israel in determining whether IDF unit violated U.S. law https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blinken-israel-mike-johnson-leahy-act/?ftag=CNM-05-10abh9g 20 comments politics
- The GameStop Case Is Not Over — The U.S. Department of Justice Investigates Short-Sellers. It could harm an industry that remains small in the United States. https://thepowerofknowledge.xyz/the-gamestop-case-is-not-over-the-u-s-department-of-justice-investigates-short-sellers-ec4c718d7f39 2 comments economy
- The U.S. Department Of Agriculture’s ‘Wildlife Services’ killed nearly 1.5 Million native wildlife last year in the United States to benefit the livestock industry. https://worldanimalnews.com/breaking-agriculture-departments-wildlife-services-killed-nearly-1-5-million-native-animals-last-year-in-the-united-states/ 31 comments worldnews
- An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta will be paid $2 million to “assist in explaining the real situation” of the army’s coup to the United States and other countries, documents filed with the U.S. Justice Department show https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics-lobbyist-usa/lobbyist-to-be-paid-2-million-to-explain-myanmars-coup-on-behalf-of-junta-iduskbn2b20ar?il=0 50 comments worldnews
- Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-acting-inspector-general-us-department-homeland-security-indicted-theft-governmnet?fbclid=iwar12byy85yfq-00o4fqinlolehqyrmchh5llctmeetr5t3c9ovi5ase7dxu 40 comments politics
- U.S. Department of State Official Reveals Trump’s Muslim Ban Has Denied Over 30,000 People Entry Into the United States https://www.theroot.com/u-s-department-of-state-official-reveals-trump-s-musli-1838441787 11 comments politics
- Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal. The U.S. State Department said it would impose additional sanctions on Russia after Moscow failed to give reasonable assurances it would not use chemical weapons https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/new-u-s-sanctions-over-chemical-weapons-would-be-illegal-kremlin-iduskcn1nc16f?il=0 6 comments worldnews
- A series of elections in India last week has exposed a major diplomatic problem for the U.S. State Department: The man expected to lead the world's largest democracy in 2014 is not legally allowed to enter the United States. http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/10/will_india_s_next_leader_be_banned_in_america#sthash.xtqdqz3h.dpbs 9 comments worldnews
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Wants To Double Its Domestic Drone Fleet "for surveillance missions inside the United States." http://www.businessinsider.com/government-domestic-drone-fleet-2012-11 6 comments politics
- U.S. Army battling racists within its own ranks: "A 2008 report commissioned by the Justice Department found half of all right-wing extremists in the United States had military experience" http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/usa-wisconsin-shooting-army-idusl2e8jho6k20120821 35 comments politics
- Michelle Bachman along with four conservative members of congress accuse a Muslim aide to Secretary Clinton of being “part of a nefarious conspiracy to harm the United States by influencing U.S. foreign policy with her high-level position at the State Department.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/michele-bachmann-vs-huma-abedin-the-ramadan-conspiracy/2012/07/19/gjqafdacvw_blog.html 6 comments politics
- Law enforcement in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain dismantled a global network of internet-connected devices that had been hacked by Russian cyber criminals and used for malicious purposes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/world/us-partners-dismantle-russian-hacking-botnet-justice-dept-says-2022-06-16/ 104 comments worldnews
- Announcing the U.S. – Afghanistan – Uzbekistan – Pakistan Quad Regional Support for Afghanistan-Peace Process and Post Settlement - United States Department of State https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-u-s-afghanistan-uzbekistan-pakistan-quad-regional-support-for-afghanistan-peace-process-and-post-settlement/ 6 comments pakistan
- U.S. Response to Turkey’s Renewed Survey Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean - United States Department of State https://www.state.gov/u-s-response-to-turkeys-renewed-survey-activity-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/ 75 comments europe
- Massive pumps departing U.S. for Japan nuclear plant. Two of the world's largest concrete pumps will depart the United States later this week as part of the effort to resolve the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/world/asiapcf/04/07/japan.concrete.pumps/index.html?hpt=t2 4 comments worldnews
- The United States has certified the authority of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to control certain assets held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any other U.S.-insured banks, the State Department said on Tuesday. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/iduskcn1pn1mj 90 comments worldnews
- A fuel spill from the U.S. Navy poisons the water of thousands in Hawaiʻi: the Hawai‘i Department of Health found that a United States Navy water well contained gasoline and diesel hydrocarbons at levels up to 350 times what is considered safe for drinking water. https://orionmagazine.org/article/voices-from-the-aquifer/ 11 comments environment
- The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department's announcement doesn't formally start the process of the U.S. getting out of the voluntary agreement. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_climate_withdrawal?site=ap&section=home&template=default 3 comments worldnews
- U.S. recalls cable saying India and UAE are “in Russia’s camp” | The State Department has recalled a cable to U.S. diplomats that instructed them to inform counterparts from India and the United Arab Emirates their position of neutrality on Ukraine put them "in Russia's camp". https://news.yahoo.com/u-recalls-cable-saying-india-012125149.html 45 comments worldnews
- Briefing With Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor P. Nagy and U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Michael A. Raynor on the Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region - United States Department of State https://www.state.gov/briefing-with-assistant-secretary-for-african-affairs-tibor-p-nagy-and-u-s-ambassador-to-ethiopia-michael-a-raynor-on-the-situation-in-ethiopias-tigray-region/ 17 comments geopolitics
- The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to deport. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visas-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-wont-issue-some-visas-in-four-nations-in-deportation-crackdown-iduskcn1bo1w4?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 19 comments worldnews
- Americans who travel to North Korea despite ongoing warnings risk "unduly harsh sentences" for actions that would not be considered a crime in the United States, the U.S. State Department said in its latest travel warning on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-north-korea-travel-iduskcn0y71aa?il=0&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 11 comments worldnews
- U.S. troops will begin training regular Ukrainian military forces later this year in an expansion of their current mission, which so far has been limited to instructing Interior Ministry national guard units, the State Department said on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/24/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-iduskcn0py28a20150724?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 5 comments worldnews
- The United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/7/26/tripoli-libya-embassy.html 3 comments worldnews
- A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and Washington will raise the incident at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/13/us-iran-missiles-usa-un-iduskcn0s72et20151013?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 4 comments worldnews
- The United States plans to announce espionage charges Monday against five Chinese individuals in the military who are believed to have spied on American companies and stolen trade secrets - the U.S. Justice Department would be publicly accusing China of cyber spying for the first time. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-cybercrime-usa-china-idusbrea4i09420140519 12 comments technology
- "The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes on at least $1.2 billion hidden in offshore bank accounts, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday [2 January 2012]." http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-usa-tax-swiss-indictment-idustre81203m20120203?article 5 comments politics
- Secret reports: The United States spied on Danish ministries and the defense industry. The Treasury Department, the State Department, and the defense firm Terma were targets of U.S. espionage, sources said. https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/hemmelige-rapporter-usa-spionerede-mod-danske-ministerier-og-forsvarsindustri 13 comments europe
- The United States believes that the Yemen that emerges from civil war should not contain any Iranian-backed threat to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. State Department official told a conference in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-usa/future-yemen-should-hold-no-iranian-backed-threat-u-s-official-iduskbn1o804k 6 comments worldnews
- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in New York on Sunday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. State Department said in a brief statement. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-ministers/tillerson-russias-lavrov-to-meet-on-sunday-u-s-state-dept-iduskcn1bs0w7?feedtype=rss&feedname=politicsnews 10 comments worldnews
- "The U.S. military has detained more than 200 Afghan teenagers who were captured in the war for about a year at a time at a military prison . . . in Afghanistan,the United States has told the United Nations. The U.S. State Department characterized the detainees held since 2008 as 'enemy combatants'" http://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/us-200-teens-have-been-detained-in-afghan-war-4101218.php 19 comments worldnews
- The United States has evidence that the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 has transferred its crude oil to the Syrian government, breaking assurances it gave not to sell crude to the country, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-tanker-usa/u-s-says-it-has-evidence-adrian-darya-1-oil-transferred-to-syria-iduskcn1vx2zy?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 53 comments worldnews
- The United States said Thursday that Nicaragua has expelled three American government officials. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the officials were kicked out of the Central American country Tuesday. He said such action could set back U.S.-Nicaraguan relations on trade and other matters. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_united_states_nicaragua?site=ap&section=home&template=default 7 comments politics
- Top U.S. State Department nominee pledges tougher action on Turkey | The United States should be open to working together with its European allies to bring sanctions against Turkey should it continue violating the rule of law ... https://ahvalnews.com/us-turkey/top-us-state-department-nominee-pledges-tougher-action-turkey 34 comments europe
- Arturo Sarukhan, who served as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2013, tweeted on Tuesday that a former U.S. diplomat told him the U.S. State Department’s protocol emphasizes to world leaders that they should use Trump’s D.C. hotel for official visits. https://thinkprogress.org/former-mexican-ambassador-trump-hotels-6fc52c7ce8f5/ 225 comments worldnews
- Abdel Wahab al-Humayqani, labeled a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by the U.S. Treasury Department, says that the United States is doing more to stoke terrorism than defeat it in Yemen, and offers advice as to how things should be done. http://washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/yemeni-global-terrorist-says-he-hascounterterrorism-advice-for-washington/2014/02/15/c689f72a-8e51-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html?tid=hp_more 41 comments worldnews