Tag: State Department

Beltway Confidential

As threats to our national security grow, the Biden administration turns to Ibram Kendi

Mike Gonzalez · April 1, 2023 6:00 am

Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich.

White House sidesteps one question about US reporter detained in Russia

Christian Datoc · March 30, 2023 8:48 pm

The Kremlin Wall, the Spasskaya Tower, Red Square, the GUM department store, the St. Basil's Cathedral and the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge are decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities in Moscow.

National Security

US condemns Russia’s arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter

Mike Brest · March 30, 2023 5:51 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on on Capitol Hill March 22, 2023, during a Senate Appropriations State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee hearing on the Biden administration's fiscal 2024 budget request for the State Department.

‘Bulls***’ excuses: McCaul threatens to subpoena State Department over Kabul dissent cable

Jerry Dunleavy · March 27, 2023 7:18 pm

Rusesabagina has left Rwanda after getting freed from prison

Mike Brest · March 27, 2023 5:11 pm

Rwanda to free Paul Rusesabagina, man behind Hotel Rwanda, government says

Mike Brest · March 24, 2023 3:59 pm

A police officer walks past the rubble of a destroyed building at the scene of a blast outside a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia.

Beltway Confidential

Cut Somalia off from US aid

Michael Rubin · March 24, 2023 6:00 am

(AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

COVID-19 origins: Why the State Department’s testimony to Congress is crucial to finding answers

Robert Moffit · March 21, 2023 1:36 pm

War crimes: US accuses all sides in Ethiopian conflict

Misty Severi · March 20, 2023 10:24 pm

American citizen held hostage for six years in West Africa freed

Mike Brest · March 20, 2023 5:25 pm

FBI and State Department miss congressional deadline for documents on COVID-19 origins

Misty Severi · March 14, 2023 1:22 am

FILE - Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, on April 26, 2022.

Lawmakers call on State Department to issue travel advisory over Mexican pharmaceuticals

Misty Severi · March 13, 2023 9:50 pm