This is just the “tip of the iceberg,” Costs of War noted, as many other other transfers haven’t been disclosed.| Articles – Truthout
NEW YORK (THE PAVLOVIC TODAY) — On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio held his first meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday, a session that U.S. officials described as focused on strengthening bilateral relations. During a pool spray at the top of the meeting, The Pavlovic Today asked Secretary […] The post Rubio Holds Talks With Serbian President at UN, Avoids Trump Question appeared first on The Pavlovic Today.| The Pavlovic Today
In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio The post What Trump’s UNGA Speech Tells the World appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
The Trump administration has requested that the Supreme Court temporarily pause a ruling from a federal judge in Massachusetts that would require the State Department to give transgender and non-binary people passports with their chosen sex written, rather than forcing them to use the one on their birth certificate. U.S.…| TrumpFile.org
By elevating the builders within State, America’s ability to lead in an era of global conflict can be strengthened.| The American Mind
So-called human rights might involve desirable ends—but they cannot be allowed to claim the mantle of a natural right.| The American Mind
As Jerusalem looks to change war tactics, Washington defers| Responsible Statecraft
The foreign policy world is still making sense of the Trump Administration’s massive cuts to the US State Department last week. Under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nearly 1500 employeesR…| The Duck of Minerva
The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an u…| Techdirt
Editor’s note: On April 4, The Associated Press reported that two UT Austin graduates, who remained in the U.S. to work as permitted by their student visas, had their student visas revoked. The Texan has not independently verified this report. Multiple international students studying at UT have experienced a change in their visa status, University...| The Daily Texan
Levita Almuete Ferrer, a 64-year-old Maryland resident and former senior budget analyst in the State Department’s Office of the Chief of Protocol, pleaded guilty to embezzling $657,347.50 from the agency between March 2022 and April 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., announced. Ferrer abused her signature authority over a State Department checking account, […]| based underground
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO), Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, that paused all foreign assistance disbursement and obligations to assess “programmatic efficiencies and consistency” with his foreign policy objectives. The foreign aid paused by this EO totaled more than $2 billion in foreign aid, […]| Global Equality Today