Merging USAID into the State Department is a good idea being carried out badly
Placing the administration of development aid within a country’s foreign ministry is not some strange, grasping display of ...
US citizen detained in Russia for drug possession, says state media
Russian customs service detained a 28-year-old US citizen at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow for possession of cannabis-laced ...
State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
The move against a half-dozen organizations followed an executive order from President Trump that said the United States ...
Judge temporarily blocks termination of USAID contracts in place before Trump inauguration
A federal judge Wednesday ordered the government to temporarily cease efforts to terminate foreign aid contracts and grants ...
US embassies around the world brace for staff reductions after memo from State Dept.
The State Department has begun instructing U.S. embassies around the world to start planning for staff reductions, sources ...
The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
US-funded aid work around the world has been largely brought to a standstill, multiple sources tell CNN, despite Secretary of ...
Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.
On at least 12 occasions over more than a decade, Rubio praised USAID’s work, from hurricane relief to battling infectious ...
Boston judge grills Justice Department on Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants
The Justice Department argued that the 14th Amendment has been misinterpreted by the Supreme Court and doesn’t grant ...
Wyoming identifies first human case of bird flu
The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making ...
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Alaska, one of two states without a cabinet-level agriculture department, is planning to create one
Under an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the new department will start July 1 unless voted down by legislators.
Thousands of DHS agents shift to deportation instead of drugs, weapons and human trafficking
Redeploying Homeland Security Investigations agents is part of broader Trump effort. But some fear many serious transnational crimes will go unprobed.
Linda McMahon faces confirmation hearing with fate of Education Department in limbo
Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before senators on Thursday.