Tag: State Department

U.S. officials say Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kerry to say Islamic State engaged in genocide

Pete Kasperowicz · March 17, 2016 12:40 pm

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called on the president to "do the right thing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC pleads to Obama: Call ISIS killings ‘genocide’

Anna Giaritelli · March 16, 2016 11:48 pm

State will miss deadline to declare Islamic State Christian genocide

National Security

State will miss deadline to declare Islamic State Christian genocide

Curt Mills · March 16, 2016 6:39 pm

If the depositions requested by Judicial Watch give rise to a reason to depose Clinton, the group said, it reserves the right to do so. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Watchdog group seeks to depose seven Clinton aides

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 11:58 pm

"These lawsuits are intended to expedite the release of records covered under FOIA that will allow Americans to hold Hillary Clinton accountable," Reince Priebus said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

RNC files four lawsuits over Clinton emails

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 7:07 pm

"In all our investigations and reviews, we use social media to the extent that the evidence leads us there," Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Homeland Security not fully using social media to screen visa applicants

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 5:34 pm

"[A]s long as Russia was aggressively weighing in militarily, they were removing, at least part of, the incentive for the regime to even engage in those kinds of conversations," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said about participation in the talks by the government of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

White House cautious over Putin’s pledge to leave Syria

Nicole Duran · March 15, 2016 12:33 am

State Dept. flips, refuses to say Iran violated U.N. resolution

National Security

State Dept. flips, refuses to say Iran violated U.N. resolution

Pete Kasperowicz · March 14, 2016 7:42 pm

A State Department spokesman told reporters Monday that while the department has offered to have Marco Rubio meet with Roberta Jacobson, "the senator has declined that invitation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

State: Rubio refused to meet with Mexico ambassador nominee

Pete Kasperowicz · March 14, 2016 6:57 pm

The State Department has reported that more than 2,000 classified emails passed through the server. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Second former Clinton staffer rejects congressional investigators

Rudy Takala · March 14, 2016 1:36 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: On the bright side…

Washington Examiner · March 11, 2016 2:00 pm

Mother of Benghazi victim hits Clinton for debate comments

Mother of Benghazi victim hits Clinton for debate comments

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2016 2:34 am