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News Articles: state department

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

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  • World

Marco Rubio defends foreign affairs cuts and Trump's Russia talks in Senate hearing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending major cuts in the foreign affairs budget as he testifies on Tuesday before the Senate committee where he used to serve.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
The State Department releases the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices annually.

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  • Investigations

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights

The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.

April 19, 2025
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By:
  • Graham Smith
Visitors look over a 2024 Cybertruck in the Tesla display at the Electrify Expo, last July.

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  • Politics

Top Democrats ask Rubio for answers on now-canceled $400 million Tesla plan

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

March 07, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A screenshot from the Youtube video from EducationUSA entitled, "What is Unique about a women's college?"

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  • News

State Dept. staffers get mixed messages on how to serve international students

A State Department program meant to convince international students to pursue higher education in the United States can't seem to get answers on whether they're allowed to talk about increasing diversity in U.S. classrooms.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

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  • Politics

USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency

Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
A Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla dealership on Dec. 20 in Corte Madera, California. A State Department procurement document suggested the Trump administration planned to buy $400 million worth of Tesla vehicles to transport diplomats. The administration now says no such purchase is planned.

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  • Technology

A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal

The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who has increasingly embraced unfounded conspiracy theories in recent years, is one of several fringe media figures who have surfaced at Trump administration events.

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  • Media

These far-right media figures are getting center stage under Trump

The Trump administration has welcomed far-right media figures in the White House briefing room and elsewhere, even as it restricts access for established news outlets.

February 21, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Tom Dreisbach
A USAID officer watches as a US military C-17 cargo plane taxis to a stop at Kathmandu's international airport on May 3, 2015.  International aid continues to pour into Nepal to help victims of a massive earthquake on April 25 killed at least 7,200 people and devastated vast swathes of one of Asia's poorest countries.

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  • Global Health

Why does Musk want USAID 'to die'? And why did its website disappear?

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
In this image made from video, Mexico's police officers stand guard at the Ensenada station in Ensenada, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Bodies found in Mexico identified as missing American and two Australians

Thieves apparently killed the three, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico's Baja peninsula, to steal their truck because they wanted the tires, Mexican authorities said.

May 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20.

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  • World

A State Department official warns Israel of 'major' reputational damage in Gaza war

Assistant Secretary of State Bill Russo told Israeli officials last week the Gaza war is damaging Israel's global reputation, potentially lasting a generation, according to a readout obtained by NPR.

March 22, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with human rights leaders at the State Department in Washington on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

State Department approves sale of tank ammunition to Israel, bypassing Congress

The Biden administration said it has approved the emergency sale of nearly 14,000 rounds of ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in southern Gaza.

December 09, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, talks to the press 11 July 2001.

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  • Law

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters trying to enter the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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  • Law

Ex-State Department aide sentenced to nearly 6 years in Capitol riot attacks

Federico Klein joined other Trump supporters in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 siege — a mob's fight with outnumbered police for control of a Capitol tunnel entrance.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Josh Paul resigned from the State Department on Wednesday, citing his objection to continued U.S. arms transfers to Israel.

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  • Politics

A former State Dept. official explains why he resigned over U.S. arms sent to Israel

Josh Paul tells NPR why the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed him to quit the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. Experts say it's unlikely to change much.

October 19, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
GFPE Executive Director Paige Pushkin said federal grants received by five Georgia counties will fund "creative, meaningful, and much-needed programs for students in rural Georgia. I can’t wait to see all that is accomplished.”

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  • Education

Five rural Georgia school districts receive grants for innovative programs

The five school districts were among school systems located in counties with populations of 35,000 or fewer invited to participate in a series of workshops that guided them through the process of developing innovative programs.

September 28, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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