State Department

The State Department on Thursday announced what it described as the “next steps” in the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), including recalling officials from headquarters and “redirecting” resources.

Earlier this week, an Israeli plane imprinted with the word “peace” on the outside of its cockpit flew from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, symbolically sealing a landmark diplomatic deal between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are calling for the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate what they say are “multiple” potential violations of the Hatch Act at the Republican National Convention (RNC) by top Trump administration officials.

China, not Russia, is the foreign power that represents the greatest threat to the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Hannity" on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced new restrictions on Chinese diplomats in the United States – a move he said was in response to similar restrictions placed on American diplomats.

State Department records made public Tuesday show that the U.S. Embassy in Kiev monitored the Twitter accounts of 13 people, including Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, in the spring of 2019 for posts about Ukraine and related topics in what "smacks of an enemies list," Fox News contributor John Solomon told "Hannity."

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has issued the largest list of presidential pardons since he came to power seven years ago.

Turkey has long been a NATO ally, but its growing support for the designated terror group Hamas is said to be fracturing diplomatic ties with both Israel and the United States.

Rep. Elliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced Friday the committee would begin working on a resolution to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt after he spoke at the Republican National Convention this week. 

The House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel says Sec. of State Mike Pompeo ‘refuses to comply with a subpoena for records which critics say show political misuse of State Department resources.’