Tag: State Department

Former NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal would become the first-ever state basketball sports envoy to Cuba. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Shaquille O’Neal named basketball envoy to Cuba

Rudy Takala · June 24, 2016 7:18 pm

Clinton staff removed donor meetings from State Dept. schedules

Clinton staff removed donor meetings from State Dept. schedules

Sarah Bedford · June 24, 2016 1:14 pm

Hillary Clinton did not hand over the email to the State Department when she was asked to relinquish all work-related communications. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)

Clinton withheld emails discussing secret server

Sarah Bedford · June 23, 2016 11:01 pm

Dem Senator Rebukes Obama Admin: America Shouldn’t Be Iran’s ‘Chamber of Commerce’

Jenna Lifhits · June 23, 2016 8:40 pm

State Department spokesman John Kirby said he was not permitted to explain what changed. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

National Security

State Dept.: Trust us on Iran-Boeing deal

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2016 8:22 pm

Bryan Pagliano's deposition Wednesday was one of seven to be taken in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch over personnel records from Clinton's tenure. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Clinton IT aide repeatedly pleads the Fifth

Sarah Bedford · June 23, 2016 8:02 pm

House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said Thursday that one of the final hurdles to releasing a final report is an ongoing negotiation with the Obama administration over how much of the report should be classified. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Gowdy, White House in talks over classifying Benghazi report

Joel Gehrke · June 23, 2016 7:32 pm

John Kirby confirmed reports that North Korea launched two ballistic missiles this week into the Sea of Japan. (AP Photo)

State Dept.: North Korea missile sanctions may not work for a ‘long’ time

Pete Kasperowicz · June 22, 2016 8:59 pm

The State Department warned that the situation for many Iraqis is dire. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

U.S. holds pledging conference to help Iraq defeat ISIS

Diana Stancy Correll · June 22, 2016 8:33 pm

Documents show State Dept. tried to give Clinton official email

Documents show State Dept. tried to give Clinton official email

Sarah Bedford · June 22, 2016 6:54 pm

Bryan Pagliano has invoked his Fifth Amendment rights each time he has been asked about the private server during the past year. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Clinton IT aide testifies in email case

Sarah Bedford · June 22, 2016 3:31 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., lambasted the secretary of state and former top diplomat Hillary Clinton for pushing to increase the number of Syrian refugees by 650 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sessions: Kerry, Clinton ‘totally wrong’ on refugee policy

Anna Giaritelli · June 21, 2016 11:31 pm