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US completes deportation of 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling
Eight men deported from the United States in May and held under guard for weeks at an American military base in the African ...
Over 100 former senior officials warn against planned staff cuts at US State Department
More than 130 retired diplomats and other former senior U.S. officials issued an open letter on Thursday criticizing a ...
UN blasted for funding committee 'created to destroy the Jewish state,' despite budget crisis
The U.N.'s decision to hire four new staff for its controversial anti-Israel commission, despite an ongoing liquidity crisis, ...
State Department unveils patriotic 'America First' rebrand as part of sweeping makeover
The rebranding effort seeks to establish “consistent branding" across all State Department programs and offices to best ...
USAID programs now being run by State Department as agency ends operations
The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as ...
State Department bans visas for English punk duo Bob Vylan after Glastonbury performance
Bob Vylan led crowds in chants of "free, free Palestine" and "death, death to the IDF" at the English music festival Saturday ...
Lawmakers Tell Rubio to Refrain From Mass Layoffs at State Department
Democrats say they are worried about reports that about 700 career diplomats will be fired. The agency has said it plans to ...
Thousands of State Department Workers Brace for Layoffs
State Department employees already bracing for mass layoffs faced another blow Friday in the Supreme Court’s ruling that ...
US deports 8 men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling, mostly men not from there
War-torn South Sudan is a country the State Department advises against travel to due to “crime, kidnapping, and armed ...
Island Beach State Park reopens for now, but the problems that led to Saturday’s closure persist
Officials said the park is still experiencing sewer line blockage issues that kept visitors away for at least part of the ...
State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules
Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized ...
State Department reps attend nuclear forensics meeting in Italy
U.S. State Department representatives met with nuclear forensic scientists from around the world Tuesday at this year's annual Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group meeting in Italy.