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Trump administration plans to slash all but 300 jobs at USAID
Politics

Trump administration plans to slash all but 300 jobs at USAID

By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
February 7, 2025
What is USAID and why do Trump and Musk want to shut it?
Politics

What is USAID and why do Trump and Musk want to shut it?

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Meg Kinnard and The Associated Press
February 4, 2025
Over 50 USAID senior officials put on leave over fears they might thwart Trump orders
Politics

Over 50 USAID senior officials put on leave over fears they might thwart Trump orders

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
January 28, 2025
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits in a hearing
Politics

A new lawsuit backed by crafters of the 1997 Leahy law says the federal government is carving out loopholes for Israel despite ‘reasonable’ evidence it violated international law

By Ellen Knickmeyer and The Associated Press
December 17, 2024
US government offers $10 million reward for tips on Russian firm interfering in election
Politics

US government offers $10 million reward for tips on Russian firm interfering in election

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October 19, 2024
Alphonso David, President, Chief Executive Officer, Global Black Economic Forum
Newsletters

A heated debate about DEI might be missing the point 

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October 11, 2024
Here’s how to renew your passport online
Lifestyle

Here’s how to renew your passport online

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September 19, 2024
The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed
Lifestyle

Americans can now renew their passports online. Here’s how

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September 18, 2024
Photo of Tigran Gambaryan
Finance

How a former U.S. special agent got stuck in a Nigerian prison—while his family pleads for the State Department to intervene

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August 26, 2024
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough looking tense
Politics

Government says Veterans Affairs and State Departments were swept up in Russian-backed Microsoft hack

By Charles Gorrivan, Jamie Tarabay, Evan Gorelick and Bloomberg
July 3, 2024
8-person State Department team known as ‘The Firm’ aids countries when China cuts off trade: ‘We run a consulting firm that does not have to advertise’
Finance

8-person State Department team known as ‘The Firm’ aids countries when China cuts off trade: ‘We run a consulting firm that does not have to advertise’

By Didi Tang and The Associated Press
May 27, 2024
Hong Kong is seeing growing internet censorship, and some American companies are using burner phones when visiting, says a top US diplomat
Tech

Hong Kong is seeing growing internet censorship, and some American companies are using burner phones when visiting, says a top US diplomat

By Alan Wong, Sarah Zheng and Bloomberg
March 2, 2024
I’m a Black woman who quit the State Department over racial gaslighting. Here’s why prestigious workplaces can be toxic for people like me
Commentary

I’m a Black woman who quit the State Department over racial gaslighting. Here’s why prestigious workplaces can be toxic for people like me

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February 29, 2024
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Politics

With Israel and Gaza at war, there’s no smoking gun pointing to Iran yet, but that doesn’t stop some from seeing it

By Paolo Confino and Nick Lichtenberg
October 11, 2023
A Saudi Arabian man dressed in a traditional thobe stands in front of a sign the reads Israel in a large conference hall.
Politics

Potentially historic deal to normalize Saudi-Israel relations is ‘off the table’ after this weekend’s 9/11-scale attack, top political analyst says

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October 9, 2023

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