U.S. Department of State

Leaked Emails Warn U.S. Diplomats Against Calling For Israeli ‘De-Escalation’ In Gaza

As Israel escalates its offensive, U.S. diplomats are being discouraged from publicly using three phrases that would urge calm.
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U.S. Evacuates Diplomats, Shuts Embassy In Violence-Torn Sudan

The United States has shuttered its embassy in Sudan as fighting between the Sudanese army and a rival powerful paramilitary group entered a second week.
By Matthew Lee, Tara Copp and Aamer Madhani, AP

Joe Biden Promised To Make National Security Agencies More Inclusive. Many Officials Are Still Waiting.

A former diplomat has been on a years-long quest to get answers about a sexual harassment allegation against a top State Department nominee, and several Biden appointees have filed Equal Employment Opportunity complaints.
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George H.W. Bush’s Pressure On Israel Provides Model For Progressives

As progressives renew their push for tougher conditions on U.S. aid to Israel, the actions of a Republican president could be a roadmap.
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‘Pale, Male and Yale’: Can The State Department Be Fixed?

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is the first ever chief diversity and inclusion officer at an agency notorious for discrimination and wrecked by a racist president.
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Mike Pompeo Insists Multiculturalism Is 'Not Who America Is'

The secretary of state lumped multiculturalism in with "woke-ism" as agents of U.S. downfall.
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Biden Pledges To Boost Number Of Refugees Welcomed To U.S. After Trump's Deep Cuts

The president-elect reiterated his pledge of 125,000 slots for refugees seeking to resettle in the U.S., striking a very different tone from Trump.
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U.S. Shipped Tons Of COVID-19 Supplies To China As Trump Dismissed Threat Here

Now desperate, the U.S. is accepting face masks, gowns and gloves airlifted from China.
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State Department Slammed After Website Gets 'Christian Leader' Makeover

The official government page was updated to tout Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech on his faith.
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Trump Defends Wife Of U.S. Diplomat Suspected In Death Of British Teen

The president appeared to say he has also driven on the wrong side of the road in a foreign country.
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