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US imposes visa restrictions on Iran officials, telecommunications leaders
At the end of January, the State Department confirmed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had banned senior Iranian officials and their relatives from being in the US.
Trump nominee Jeremy Carl facing Senate pushback over history of antisemitic remarks
US reiterates call for all citizens to 'leave Iran now,' in security alert on open border crossings
Pentagon approves potential sale of F-15 support, equipment to Saudi Arabia
Rubio signs declaration to expedite delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel
Rubio said he had used emergency authority to expedite the delivery of military assistance to Israel to its Middle East ally, now in a fragile ceasefire with Hamas militants in their war in Gaza.
Trump orders revamp of US diplomatic corps to ensure they follow his agenda
Donald Trump has ordered a major State Department overhaul, empowering Rubio to reshape foreign service and enforce an "America First" agenda amid growing bureaucratic upheaval.
Speechwriter fired over white nationalist ties appointed to high-level State Department role
Trump administration draws fire for naming Darren Beattie, a former White House staffer dismissed over white nationalist ties, to senior State Department role shaping public diplomacy.
Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications
Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.
Israeli regional power should be embraced, says ex-US State Department adviser
During a roundtable discussion hosted by the JCFA and attended by ‘The Post,’ Hazem Alghabra, a former senior US State Department adviser, suggested Israel extend a message of peace to Syria.
Venezuela's Maduro says two US citizens arrested among group of 'mercenaries'
Maduro said the detained US citizens were "very high level" but did not provide further details or evidence of the arrests.
US proposes $8b. arms deal with Israel, including fighter jet munitions
The deal would need approval from House and Senate committees and includes artillery shells and air-to-air missiles for fighter jets to defend against threats such as drones.
'Every shot fired went into a man': Syrians recall horrors at site of suspected mass killings
Tadamon became infamous after a video emerged in 2022 showing a man in military fatigues leading unarmed, blindfolded men towards a large ditch.
US flies freed American Travis Timmerman out of Syria, official says
Timmerman went missing in June, according to his parents and was freed from prison earlier in the week after Syrian rebel groups ousted Assad.
Amnesty International genocide allegations are 'unfounded,' US State Dept. says
"People are entitled to draw their own conclusions. We disagree with the conclusions of such a report," the State Department Deupty Spokesperson said.
