Politics
Trump uses Reagan-era policy to ban taxpayer-funded gender-transition surgeries(The Daily Signal) â President Donald Trumpâs State Department will soon expand the scope of the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars for abortions. âThe department will… Read More
Courts
State Department sued for records related to man on trial for second attempted Trump assassination(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The State Department was hit with a lawsuit on Monday to turn over any records related to communications with Ryan Routh, who is currently on… Read More
Courts
State Department slams latest instance of leftist ‘judicial overreach’(The Daily Signal) â The State Department is condemning a Biden-appointed federal judgeâs ruling barring the Trump administration from using the presidentâs latest travel ban to deny visas to foreigners… Read More
Government
US authorities to screen for âanti-Americanâ ideologies among immigrants applying for benefits amid broader safety pushThe Trump administration announced new guidance to significantly expand vetting procedures for immigration benefits, such as green cards, to those with âanti-American ideologies.â The policy, unveiled Tuesday by the U.S. Read More
Government
State Department pivots from meddling in foreign elections(The Daily Signal) â The State Department will pivot away from meddling in foreign elections in accordance with President Donald Trumpâs emphasis on national sovereignty, The Daily Signal… Read More
Government
Rubio rings the death knell of USAID(The Daily Signal) â Secretary of State Marco Rubio took to the State Department Substack on Tuesday to ring the death knell of the U.S. Agency for International Development. âThis… Read More
Government
Rubio announces reorganization of State Department under America First as bureaucrats revoltSecretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a major reorganization of the U.S. Department of State to implement President Donald Trumpâs America First policies. The announcement… Read More
Government
Trump admin shuts down agency that drove online ‘censorship’(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Trump administration announced it is closing an agency that funded and participated in âcensorshipâ of disfavored viewpoints online. The State Departmentâs Global Engagement Center… Read More
Government
State Department axes $25M pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’(The Daily Signal) â A $25 million program that offered taxpayer funds to promote LGBTQ ideology abroad has been removed from the State Department website by the Trump administration. Read More
Government
Rubio moves swiftly to implement Trump’s DEI directive at State Department(The Daily Signal) â The U.S. State Department moved swiftly Wednesday to implement President Donald Trumpâs executive order doing away with diversity, equity, and inclusion. An internal memo obtained by The Daily… Read More
Government
Is DEI Worth Saving?Is anything worth saving from the State Departmentâs new but vast diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility apparatus? Executive summary: No. As the summer 2020 high water mark of woke recedes,… Read More
Government
Albania and Korean gay pride? LGBT activism is going global on the taxpayer dime(Daily Caller News Foundation) â As President Joe Biden enters his final months in the White House, his State Department has disbursed a glut of grants aimed at advancing LGBT… Read More
Culture
State department still wonât say why it doesnât classify Nigeria, India as countries violating religious freedom(The Daily Signal) â Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined that Nigeria and India do not meet the threshold to be designated as âcountries of particular concernâ… Read More
Opinion
Attempt to quantify impact, value of DEI at state department is an epic fail(The Daily Signal) â Secretary of State Antony Blinken on June 6 informed us that former Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, his departmentâs first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer, was leaving the post.Blinken… Read More