Category: U.S. State Department

Massive Backlog of US Passport Applications Sparks Flood of Complaints to Congress

A major backlog of U.S. passport applications has spurred a flood of calls by angry American travelers to House and Senate offices on Capitol Hill, as the delays worsen. Congressional offices are scrambling to address the issue at the height of the summer travel season, as many desperate constituents plea for help in dealing with unprecedented passport…


4 Killed Including 2 US Consulate Staff in Nigeria Convoy Ambush

Gunmen opened fire on a group of vehicles traveling through southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing four people, including two U.S. consulate employees and two local police officers. Tochukwu Ikenga, a police spokesman in the Nigerian state of Anambra, announced that the attack took place along a major road in the Ogbaru local government. He said…


Comer Launches Probe into State Department’s Alleged Funding of Group Blacklisting Conservative Media ‘Under the Guise of Combatting Disinformation’

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter on Thursday to the U.S. State Department demanding records and a briefing by the agency regarding its alleged funding of a “disinformation tracking group” that is blacklisting conservative-leaning news outlets. The letter (pdf) cites as evidence the Washington Examiner’s series of investigative reports uncovering the State Department’s…


US Citizens Facing Lengthy Jail Time For Accidentally Taking Firearms Into Mexico

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Maya Morsi and her boyfriend Eddy had been waiting in the holding area for hours. They were confused, hungry—eager to be on their way to their vacation spot in the city of Rocky Point on the Gulf of California in Mexico. Morsi could see the sun setting through the window in the prosecutor’s office,…


State Dept Joins Globalist Movement On Internet Rules; New Programs Looks to End Online Anonymity

The U.S. State Department has joined a globalist movement pushing for rules for the internet, with the new “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” Notably missing from the signatories are China and Russia, and the declaration ties to ongoing debates on how and if the internet should be controlled by common global laws. In…


State Dept Joins Globalist Movement on Internet Rules; New Programs Look to End Online Anonymity

The U.S. State Department has joined a globalist movement pushing for rules for the internet, with the new “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” Notably missing from the signatories are China and Russia, and the declaration ties to ongoing debates on how and if the internet should be controlled by common global laws. In…


LIVE: State Dept Joins Globalist Movement On Internet Rules; New Programs Looks to End Online Anonymity

The U.S. State Department has joined a globalist movement pushing for rules for the internet, with the new “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” Notably missing from the signatories are China and Russia, and the declaration ties to ongoing debates on how and if the internet should be controlled by common global laws. In…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: State Dept Joins Globalist Movement On Internet Rules; New Programs Looks to End Online Anonymity

The U.S. State Department has joined a globalist movement pushing for rules for the internet, with the new “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” Notably missing from the signatories are China and Russia, and the declaration ties to ongoing debates on how and if the internet should be controlled by common global laws. In…


LIVE 10/24, at 10:30 AM ET: US State Dept. Joins Globalist Movement On Rules for Internet; New Programs Look to End Online Anonymity

The U.S. State Department has joined a globalist movement pushing for rules for the internet, with the new “Declaration for the Future of the Internet.” Notably missing from the signatories are China and Russia, and the declaration ties to ongoing debates on how and if the internet should be controlled by common global laws. In…


US Personnel in Ukraine Evacuated to Poland as Fears of Russian Invasion Grow

The United States on Monday evacuated State Department personnel and embassy operations from Ukraine to Poland, as fears continue to grow of a Moscow-led invasion, and shortly after Russia ordered troops into Ukraine’s separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk for so-called “peacekeeping” operations. Citing “security reasons,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement…