List of U.S. State Department articles
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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 17: Paul Manafort (R), campaign manager for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is interviewed by journalist John Dickerson (L) on the floor of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena July 17, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Republican National Convention begins tomorrow. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) How Paul Manafort Helped Buy Washington Influence for Putin Crony
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman used an obscure think tank to make D.C. connections for Viktor Yanukovych.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrive to attend a press conferece after their talks in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after complaining of worsening ties with Donald Trump's administration as the two sides spar over Syria. Putin received Tillerson at the Kremlin along with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after the top diplomats held several hours of talks dominated by the fallout of an alleged chemical attack in Syria. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Ready to Let Russia Decide Assad’s Fate
In talks with the U.N. chief, Tillerson indicates Russia should be in the driver’s seat when it comes to the future of Syria.
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A Syrian boy holds an AK-47 assault rifle in the majority-Kurdish Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 14, 2013. In northern Syria, the Kurdish population has largely observed a careful compromise with regime and rebel forces, fighting alongside neither, in return for security and semi-autonomy over majority Kurdish areas, but there have been reports in recent weeks of Kurdish fighters joining the battle with Syrian rebels in certain areas, including in Sheikh Maqsud. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump Administration Has Failed its First Test on Child Soldiers
The State Department’s latest Trafficking in Persons Report only enables serial abusers.
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TOPSHOT - A Venezuelan opposition activist is backdropped by a burning barricade during a demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, on April 24, 2017. Protesters rallied on Monday vowing to block Venezuela's main roads to raise pressure on Maduro after three weeks of deadly unrest that have left 21 people dead. Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up one of the first rallies in eastern Caracas early Monday while other groups were gathering elsewhere, the opposition said. / AFP PHOTO / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) -
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 27: Ivanka Trump (R) and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) participate in a 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report ceremony at the U.S. State Department June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. The ceremony honored eight men and women from around the world whose efforts have made a lasting impact on the fight against modern slavery. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) With Human Trafficking Report, Tillerson Rebukes China on Human Rights
The first daughter joined the secretary of state for the report's launch as the Trump administration tries to find its footing on human rights.
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A general view shows a Sudanes worker sitting on the USA flagged bulk carrier, Liberty Glory, docked in Port Sudan on October 17, 2016 as the World Food Programme delivers US aid. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images) Foreign Aid Is About U.S. Interests
The Marshall Plan was always in America's national security interest.
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till crop Mattis, Tillerson Slam North Korea After Warmbier Death
Senior U.S. officials are still trying to get China to help rein in the Hermit Kingdom.
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Demonstrators wave flags and banners in front of the White House in Washington on October 11, 2009 as tens of thousands of gay activists marched to demand civil rights, a day after President Barack Obama vowed to repeal a ban on gays serving openly in the US military. AFP PHOTO/Maria Belen PEREZ GABILONDO (Photo credit should read Maria Belen Perez Gabilondo/AFP/Getty Images) It’s OK That Trump Doesn’t Care About Human Rights
America still does.
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canada crop Trump Taps Wealthy Political Donor, Philanthropist, as Next U.S. Ambassador to Canada
To help whether some stormy seas Trump brought to the U.S.-Canadian relationship.
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tillerson crop Congress Set to Grill Rex Tillerson on Massive Budget Cuts to His Own Department
Democratic lawmakers plan to “come out swinging” in Tillerson’s testimonies.
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WASHINGTON, : US Senator Joseph McCarthy holds a picture showing Clement Richard Attlee, British statesman and Prime minister (1945-1951) making a communist salute during the Spanish civil war. John Parnell Thomas and MacCarthy instigated an anti-commnist witchhunt campaign in the early 1950's, a period known as McCarthyism. In 1953 he became chairman of the powerful Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He was formally condemned by the Senate in 1954 lost power and died in 1957. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Rex Tillerson Wants to Be George Marshall, but He Works for a Boss Who’s More Like Joe McCarthy
Trump is disgracing Marshall’s legacy.
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till crop Trump Tasked Tillerson With Fixing U.S.-Russia Relations
Despite the Russia scandals plaguing the White House, Russian ‘Order of Friendship’ winner given a mission.
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tillerson crop After Putin Visit, Tillerson Snubbed Top EU Official
Another day, another diplomatic blunder as U.S.-EU relations take a turn for the worse under Trump.
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kerry crop John Kerry Slams Trump Administration in Harvard Commencement Speech
Reminding everyone at Harvard that free trade is great, Trump is bad, and climate change is real.
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happy balts For a Russia-Friendly Town, Eastern Europeans Love Trump’s Washington
The Trump administration offered a bear hug to Moscow. But the countries that should have scared the most are thrilled with Trump so far.
