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Downplaying Atrocities? Trump Plan to Close 'War Crimes Office' Sparks Concern
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses State employees
As 'Disgraceful' Muslim Ban Looms, Rights Groups Vow Resistance
Jake Johnson, staff writer
As President Donald Trump's " disgraceful and discriminatory " Muslim ban—which was partially reinstated by the Supreme Court earlier this week —is set to go into effect Thursday night, rights groups and attorneys are preparing to challenge the administration's " arbitrary " restrictions on who is permitted to enter the country. "It remains clear...
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Democracy Watchdog Turns Up Heat on White House to Answer for 'Illegal' Syria Strike
Nadia Prupis, staff writer
A watchdog group on Monday stepped up its efforts to get the Trump...
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Tillerson Says Human Rights Will Not Interfere with 'America First' Agenda
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed State Department employees in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Photo: Yuri Gripas / Reuters)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stirred outrage on Wednesday when he outlined...
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Rex Tillerson
Trump Administration Putting US Back on Path to War With Iran, Warn Experts
A protest sign at the 2014 People's Climate March in New York City.
'The Fight is Not Over,' Groups Vow, as State Dept Poised to Approve Keystone XL
State Dept. Memo Warning Employees Against Leaking Is Immediately Leaked
'A Vote for Climate Disaster': Senate Confirms Tillerson as Secretary of State
In Show of Internal Dissent, Federal Workers Rising Up Against Trump
Trump to State Dept. Officials Objecting to Muslim Ban: 'Get with the Program or... Go'
'Hostile Takeover': Oil & Gas Industry Now In Charge of US Foreign Policy
Blessing Marriage of Oil and State, Rubio Drops Opposition to Rex Tillerson
'Horrifying' Trump Budget Plan Would Privatize PBS and Destroy National Arts Endowment
Tillerson Called Out for 'Lying About Climate' During Confirmation Hearing
Obama Quietly Establishes Controversial Anti-Propaganda Agency
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine Russell meets with members of the U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council.
Another Witch Hunt? Trump Team Demands Info on State Dept's Gender Equality Programs

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Center for Biological Diversity
Lawsuit Demands Keystone Pipeline's Route, State Department Contracts...
Oil Change International
Oil Change International Statement on First Morning of Tillerson Hearing
350.org
Backed by Mass Opposition to Trump’s ‘Climate Denial Cabinet,’ Groups Hold Climate Teach-In
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
US Haiti Aid Reports to Congress Include “Incomplete Data,” Fail to “Link Projects and Outcomes,” New Review Finds
Earthjustice
Earthjustice Responds to President-elect Trump’s Secretary of State Pick
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)
State Dept. Emails: How Clinton Pushed Fracking
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