The German Foreign Ministry has produced a report for the European Union (E.U.) found China was responsible for approximately 80 percent of attempts to circumvent sanctions against Russia. The classified report has not been formally released to the public yet, but German newspapers and TV networks were able to see copies of it on Tuesday. […]
State Department planning to shrink U.S. staff by 3,400 in massive reorganization
The State Department is planning a sweeping reorganization of its bureaus and U.S. staff, with around 3,400 jobs eliminated and almost half of its domestic offices closed or consolidated in the coming months, the department told lawmakers Thursday, according to documents obtained by CBS News. The plans were previewed by senior State Department officials last […]
Trump administration will “aggressively revoke” some Chinese students’ visas, Rubio says
The federal government will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese international students, including those studying in “critical fields,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday — the latest restriction on foreign students. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese […]
Trump Administration Prepares To Vet Foreign Students’ Social Media Before Granting Visas
It appears the State Department is preparing to vet the social media accounts of foreign students who want to attend college in the U.S. before granting them visas. On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered all U.S. embassies to stop scheduling new interviews for certain visas, including those used by international students. Rubio’s message, […]
Marco Rubio: Judge’s Order Blocking Deportations to Cause ‘Irreparable Harm to U.S. Foreign Policy’
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.” Rubio’s comments came in a late-night filing to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts after Judge Brian Murphy, appointed by […]
Watch Live: Marco Rubio Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 21. Rubio pushed back hard against Democrats attacking the Trump administration’s immigration policies in hearings on Tuesday, calling out Sen. Tim Kaine for objecting to accepting South African refugees because they are white and shaming Sen. Chris Van Hollen for […]
Rubio to Sen. Kaine on Afrikaners: ‘You Don’t Like That They’re White’
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. The heated conversation took place during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, with Kaine calling the State Department’s […]
Rubio and Van Hollen get into heated exchange over Trump policies during Senate hearing
Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, engaged in a heated exchange Tuesday as the nation’s top diplomat defended the Trump administration’s foreign policy while testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. For seven minutes, Van Hollen criticized Rubio on his handling of issues ranging from the […]
Watch Live: Marco Rubio Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, May 20. Secretary Rubio will be answering questions about the State Department’s proposed budget. Rubio has been a key member of President Donald Trump’s second administration, working with the president and Vice President JD Vance to broker a ceasefire between India and […]
JD Vance meets Pope Leo at the Vatican, gives him a Bears jersey
Rome — Pope Leo XIV and Vice President JD Vance met at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts aimed at making progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vance, a Catholic convert, had led the U.S. delegation to the formal Mass opening the pontificate of the first […]