U.S. Department of State

The U.S. Consulate in Matamoros is on high alert after the murder of a Mexican federal officer who was assigned to the building’s security detail. While Mexico’s government is trying to downplay the murder as a traffic incident, U.S. consular officials are actively investigating to determine if there is a direct threat to any U.S. personnel, as the incident appears to have been a targeted attack.

Officials with the U.S. Department of State are pausing visa issuance for travelers with Afghan passports.

U.S. consular officials are warning travelers about the high risk of carjackings by cartel gunmen on the highways leading north to the Texas border. Just hours after issuing that warning, a group of cartel gunmen shot two men from Mexico who were heading to Texas to take advantage of the Black Friday specials.

The Trump administration’s White House joined the overwhelmingly leftist social media platform known as Bluesky, trolling users with a video that contained the administration’s “greatest hits.”

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.

Sinaloa Cartel gunmen killed close to two dozen rivals, hanging four from a bridge, dismembering some, stuffing them in bags, and stacking the rest inside a van. The gory crime scenes sparked terror as two main factions, the Chapitos and Mayiza factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, continue to wage a fierce turf war that killed hundreds and rages on, for almost a year, despite the many assurances by Mexico’s government about cracking down on cartel violence. The Sinaloa Cartel is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State.

A Department of State employee was fired after video footage surfaced that appeared to show him admitting he had given illegal migrants advice and helped them dodge deportation.

Protestors considering disrupting Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Tuesday Senate testimony might find themselves behind bars if they do so, Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) told Breitbart News exclusively.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the Global Engagement Center as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the “censorship-industrial complex.”

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) latest round of cuts featured 80 contracts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, including $2.1 million for a “senior advisor in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese doctor associated with Brown University, was quickly deported from the U.S. last week for supporting terrorists.

Mexico extradited 29 bosses from cartels designated by the Trump administration as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) on Thursday. Included in the list is the accused assassin of a cartel attorney in Dallas who U.S. authorities have wanted for 13 years. The first known image of Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez — “El Gato” — was first revealed by Breitbart Texas.

In an apparent attempt to appease U.S. officials who have been pushing for tariffs and punitive measures against Mexico for their alleged role in protecting drug cartels, that country’s authorities confirmed the extradition of 29 criminals wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice. These include a top drug boss behind the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, the two supreme leaders of Los Zetas Cartel, and the brother of the supreme leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation.

The United States government revealed there was “an increased risk” Afghanistan terrorists or “terrorist-affiliated individuals” accidentally received $293 million in funding from the Department of State, a report details.

The Department of State is advertising a $1.5 million grant opportunity to support pro-“LGBTQI+” activism around the world.

President Joe Biden’s Department of State, as well as other federal agencies, on Wednesday marked the first day of “Pride Month” with an image of the “Progress Pride Flag,” which supposedly calls for more inclusion by including stripes for trans and minority communities.

Secretaries of State and Defense visited Kyiv, Ukraine, in a surprise trip on Sunday and announced $713 million in military aid.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley privately blamed the State Department for the U.S.’s botched evacuation from Afghanistan, accusing Biden administration officials of waiting too long to sign off on operations out of Kabul’s chief airport, according to Axios. 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday expressed concern over the interim Taliban government, calling it not inclusive enough.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not deny that the U.S. must ask the Taliban for permission to get Americans out of Afghanistan during an interview over the weekend, days before President Joe Biden caved to the jihadis’ August 31 evacuation deadline.

President Joe Biden on Friday downplayed a confidential State Department cable warning in July of Afghanistan’s possible collapse as the Taliban swept through the country. 

The U.S. State Department said this week it recently fined U.S. defense contractor Honeywell $13 million after the company was found to have “harmed national security” by sharing sensitive information about U.S. military aircraft with China and other countries.

The “climate crisis” is forcing Central American girls to risk sexual violence during the journey to north, Secretary of State Blinken said.

Sen. Hawley, when commenting on the recent U.S.-China meeting, said that Communist China believes it can steamroll the Biden administration.

Biden’s nominee to head the State Department, during his Senate confirmation hearing, lauded Trump for being “tougher” on China.

The Trump administration is working to repatriate “an additional 9,000” American citizens stranded overseas because of the coronavirus global pandemic after helping over 25,000 return home, a State Department official revealed on Monday.

The U.S. Treasury Department this week handed over highly sensitive and closely held documents to Republican leaders in the Senate as part of a months-long probe into Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian company Burisma where he worked.

A top U.S. diplomat gave a private deposition Tuesday in the impeachment probe after House Democrats subpoenaed him following State Department efforts to block him from testifying.

The Obama administration dismissed warnings that the Ukrainian company that was employing Hunter Biden was corrupt, the Washington Post confirmed Thursday.

Michael McKinley, a former Latin America expert at the U.S. State Department with no direct knowledge about Ukraine, gave an impeachment probe deposition behind closed doors Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the weekend lambasted the impeachment investigation launched by House Democrats as a “silly gotcha game.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that his department sent Congress an “initial response” letter following a subpoena for documents linked to the House impeachment inquiry.

The State Department inspector general provided documents Wednesday supporting accusations of Ukraine-linked wrongdoing from Joe Biden and his son.

The inspector general (IG) at the U.S. Department of State has requested to provide an “urgent” briefing related to Ukraine to congressional staffers on Wednesday afternoon on a matter that he was made aware of four months ago, Breitbart News has learned.

The U.S. government has failed to assess the effectiveness of its multi-million dollar program to train American taxpayer-funded foreign forces to promote human rights, an audit found this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan before the next presidential election in the United States in 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared on Monday.