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US State Department

"This Is What Fascists Do": Trump Attempted to Suppress State Dept Analyst's Testimony on Climate Crisis

State Department Requiring Visa Applicants to Reveal Social Media Accounts, Raising Deportation Concerns

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A phone is passed over a scanner during a demonstration at Miami International Airport on March 4, 2015.

"They can falsely attribute some social media activity to you and claim you lied about it."

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Facebook's Hire of Patriot Act Co-Author Raises Questions on Company's Commitment to Privacy

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Sometimes I feel like, somebody's watching me.

"What could go wrong?"

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If You Cannot Trust Saudis With Bone Saw, Says US Lawmaker, 'You Should Not Trust Them With Nuclear Weapons'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry

Trump administration's secret authorizations of nuclear technology sales to...

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo en route to Brussels for NATO meeting, April 2018.

Among Questions Raised by Pompeo's Faith-Based Only Press Call: 'How Many Muslim Reporters Invited?'

President Donald Trump holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Trump Admin to World: Your Human Rights Record Doesn't Matter So Long As We Get Ours

Rebuking Trump State Dept, Democrats Unveil Proposals Asserting Reproductive Rights Equal Human Rights

U.S. Ambassador David Friedman

In Latest Assault on Palestinian Rights, US Shutters Jerusalem Consulate

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Replicating Regime Change Playbook, Pompeo Says US Obligated to 'Take Down' Hezbollah in Venezuela

soldier in Syria

Calling for US Troop Withdrawal, House Dems Demand 'Diplomatic, Political, and Humanitarian Strategy for Syria'

New Study Details 'Staggering' $6 Trillion (and Counting) Price Tag of Endless US War

Sign reads: "Women's rights are human rights."

Hundreds of Lawmakers and Organizations Demand State Dept. Stop Excluding Women's Rights From Human Rights Reports

'How Did the War With Iraq Turn Out?' CodePink's Medea Benjamin Interrupts Trump Official's Warmongering Iran Speech

Native American Tribes Sue Trump Over 'Unlawful' Keystone XL Approval

'Ethnic Cleansing by Bureaucracy': Trump Administration Denying Passports, Accusing Latino Citizens of Having Fake Birth Certificates

Trump Administration Announces $200 Million Cut in Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians

Newswire

National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Responds to State Department's Decision to Suspend Funding to Grantee Using Funds to Attack U.S. Civil Society...

Amnesty International - USA

Trump Administration Undermines State Department’s Human Rights Report

Human Rights Campaign

Kavanaugh Lied Under Oath & Must Be Held Accountable

Sierra Club

Trump Administration Releases Sham Review on Keystone XL

Win Without War

New Refugee Cap Cements Trump Legacy of Bigotry and Hate

Amnesty International - USA

State Department Gathering on Religious Freedom Must Lead By Example

Views

Conn Hallinan

“Are You Serious?” Awards 2018

Alfred W. McCoy

Golden Shower Diplomacy and the Hidden Meaning of American Decline

Juan Cole

Top Six Reasons Mike Pompeo Should Not Be Secretary of State

Basav Sen

The State Department Drama Shows Just How Far Trump Will Go for Big Oil

Christopher Brauchli

The Secretary and the Lord

Richard Silverstein

With Mike Pompeo, Trump Is Heading into Dangerous Waters

Jim Lobe, Eli Clifton

Pompeo: Springtime for Irano/Islamophobes

Juan Cole

Top 5 Signs Donald Trump Might Be an Effing Moron

Jim Lobe

Nikki Haley: Neocon Heartthrob

John Shattuck, Kathryn Sikkink

The US Turns Its Back on Human Rights

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