A U.S. Department of State employee was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified national defense information to individuals he believed were working for the Chinese government.
Republican chairmen of two key House committees dedicated to confronting the Chinese Communist Party are urging the State Department to issue a separate travel advisory for Somaliland, arguing that distinguishing it from Somalia would recognize Somaliland’s stability and democracy, encourage U.S. investment, and strengthen Washington’s ability to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the Horn of Africa — with the lawmakers stressing, “Strengthening cooperation with Somaliland is a productive step in advancing America’s security and diplomatic objectives in the region.”
Marco Rubio announced Friday that Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will oversee the final closeout of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The State Department announced a new round of sanctions against employees of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday in response to that institution’s accusations of human rights abuses and international crime against Israel and the United States.
The Trump administration imposed additional sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for attempting to prosecute American officials, as well as those of allied countries, especially Israel.
The USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, set the stage for a trade deal that was agreed upon just days after it hosted a delegation of cabinet officials sent by President Donald Trump.
The United States will impose visa restrictions on Brazilian government officials involved in the Mais Medicos (“More Doctors”) program.
The U.S. State Department published its annual global human rights reports on Tuesday, featuring a profile on the Chinese Communist Party that accused that government of a host of atrocities including genocide, slavery, worker abuse, forced abortions, and various forms of torture against dissidents.
The U.S. State Department will announce on Wednesday that it had imposed visa restrictions on unnamed government officials from Grenada and several African states, in addition to members of the Cuban Communist Party, in relation to Havana’s longstanding Cuban health worker slavery scheme.
The U.S. State Department has found that the human rights situation in the United Kingdom has deteriorated over the past year, pointing to the growing level of censorship from the government.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday he will nominate Tammy Bruce, currently the State Department’s spokeswoman, to serve as Deputy U.S. Representative to the United Nations with the rank of ambassador.
Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over as head of Haiti’s transitional government on Thursday, a few hours after infamous gang boss Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier told residents of Port-au-Prince to stay out of the way while his forces overthrow the government.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday that the United States doubled its reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.
The U.S. State Department abstained from judging massive constitutional changes in El Salvador this week that removed term limits on the presidency, asserting the sovereignty of the country and disagreeing with the assessment that the country is comparable to other dictatorships.
President Donald Trump’s State Department, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is planning to crack down on the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who overstay their visas each year.
The Trump State Department on Monday said the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act undermines free speech and that it is “completely unacceptable” to suppress criticism of mass migration.
The United States is severing ties with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) — the cultural engagement arm of the United Nations (U.N.) — citing the agency’s drift from its founding mission and embrace of radical ideologies such as globalist priorities, anti-Israel bias, and the admission of the “State of Palestine” as a Member State as incompatible with American interests.
A growing number of embassies of foreign countries in Havana, Cuba, are struggling to access cash as Cuban regime banks freeze their accounts, claiming they simply do not have cash on hand to give, multiple sources told Breitbart News this week.
A State Department senior official told Breitbart News that the State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) will participate in this week’s Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit, Michigan, as part of its mission to advance the State Department’s labor policy toward the “national interest.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s overhaul of the State Department is well underway as the department cuts waste and streamlines processes, senior officials detailed Monday.
Top Cuban Communist Party officials spent the weekend griping after the U.S. State Department limited visa access.
Iran’s state-run PressTV on Wednesday heaped praise on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Palestinians. Albanese was hit with sanctions by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday for engaging in lawfare against Israel and the United States.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacked and sank the Greek-operated bulk carrier ship Eternity C near the Houthi-controlled port city of Hodeidah on Monday.
An imposter has been posing as Secretary of State Marco Rubio in order to contact other high-level officials, including foreign ministers and a member of Congress, since at least June, the Washington Post reported.
WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Ratcliffe ripped Democrats during a closed-door briefing of senators on Thursday by comparing President Donald Trump’s successful airstrikes eliminating Iran’s nuclear program to former President Barack Obama’s failures with his Iran nuclear deal, Breitbart News has learned.
The Trump administration must accept Americans’ claims of transgender identity when issuing passports, a judge said Tuesday.
Ambassador Monica Crowley, the Chief of Protocol for the United States, told Breitbart News exclusively that the big 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army parade on Saturday in Washington will be a “patriotic celebration” of the history of the first branch of the U.S. military but also serve to inspire Americans for the future.
The government of Kosovo reportedly agreed this week to “temporarily” accept a small number of migrants deported from the United States until they can be returned to their home countries.
Cuba issued a warning to the head of the U.S. embassy in Havana, Mike Hammer, accusing him of “interfering and unfriendly conduct.”
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that the department isn’t doing anything new with visa holders and isn’t just looking at Chinese students and “whether you are a Chinese student
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning complained on Thursday that it was “unjustified” and hypocritical for the United States to revoke the visas of students linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on foreign officials engaging in censorship of Americans.
A popular singer from Chiapas, Mexico has announced he has cancelled his U.S. tour after the Trump administration denied his visa request.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a federal judge’s court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens to South Sudan will cause “significant and irreparable harm to United States foreign policy.”
“America first does not mean America alone,” Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at Department of State explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.
The U.S. finally has a president who is “prioritizing peace,” Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at Department of State explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.
The State Department on Thursday accused Sudan’s military of using chemical weapons during its long and brutal civil war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The junta that rules Sudan denied the allegations and accused Washington of siding with the RSF.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, May 21.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 21.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Democrats over the Trump administration’s recent acceptance of South African refugees, telling Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) that he does not “like the fact that they’re white” in a Tuesday exchange.
