State Department

The latest high-profile departure underscores the turmoil at Foggy Bottom, and officials fear it will weaken an important watchdog already under fire from top Trump officials.

Border clashes with China have reawakened New Delhi’s interest in deeper defense ties with the United States, and Washington is hoping to deliver the goods.

How to make consular services better than ever.

The massive Ethiopian dam is a flash point for tensions in Africa—and is now sowing confusion and discord within the U.S. government, with many officials concerned Washington is too much in Egypt’s corner.

It’s the latest escalation in an increasingly tense bilateral relationship.

The secretary of state’s latest foray into the “culture war” has sparked anger and backlash among U.S. diplomats of color.

George Kent, promoted to a new rank in the senior foreign service, has avoided the grim fate of other impeachment witnesses.

As U.S. policymakers grapple with systemic racism, it’s time to start tapping the expertise of diasporas.

Administration officials say they are tired of regular efforts by Capitol Hill to review arms exports to Saudi Arabia and other nations.

Long sentence for alleged espionage is a “gut punch” but opens door to negotiations.

Protests against racism are shedding light on a silent morale crisis within parts of America’s diplomatic corps.

In an interview with Congress, Linick says he was looking into private taxpayer-funded dinners at the department, among other probes.

In highly unusual move, U.S. diplomats in Uganda and Kenya issue public pronouncements expressing distress over the death of George Floyd.

As Saudi Arabia closes in on paying off its Yemen debt, it has been pulled into Friday’s shock dismissal of Steve Linick, who was probing the Trump administration’s effort to evade congressional approval of arms deals to Riyadh.

Democrats say the State Department is withholding information on diversity from Congress based on the claim it is “non-publicly available” information.

The shock firing of the State Department’s top watchdog is raising fears that diplomats won’t be protected against political retaliation.

Despite Pompeo’s push for more active diplomacy, his senior deputies want to go slow.

Report finds problems with morale and management that hampered U.S. counterterrorism initiatives in foreign countries.

His critics say he’s too busy attacking China to coordinate a global response to the pandemic. His supporters say he’s holding Beijing to account.

The administration insists any future START treaty has to include Beijing as well as Moscow, but experts say there is almost no chance China will agree.