Carol Morello

The agency won’t deliver congratulatory messages to the president-elect from foreign leaders until the General Services Administration gives the go-ahead.

The army’s deputy chief declared that the country had entered into “an unexpected war.”

International election observers who watched Americans vote praised local election workers but said the president’s remarks had harmed trust in democratic institutions.

In an article for a magazine published for U.S. diplomats, the former secretary of state says it will take years to reverse the distrust that the past four years have engendered.

Sanctions against Iran have been levied nearly every week in recent months of the maximum pressure campaign; U.S. officials acknowledge they have few targets left untouched.

White House officials issue statements one day after the mother of journalist Austin Tice accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “undermining” efforts to negotiate her son’s release.

Debra Tice, whose son disappeared in Syria eight years ago, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was “undermining” President Trump’s efforts to jump-start negotiations between Damascus and Washington.

Only a fraction of the foreign election observers who usually monitor elections are coming this year because of coronavirus concerns.

For the first time in its history, the Peace Corps has no volunteers working in the field, but is planning a gradual return starting in January.

Democratic lawmakers have requested documents from the State Department regarding what they said were “partisan” speeches by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in battleground states.