Honored to have free speech warrior @TRobinsonNewEra at Department of State today. The World and the West is a better place when we fight for freedom of speech and no one has been on the front lines more than Tommy. Good to see you my friend!
The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025. The posts will be internally archived but will no longer be on public view, the State Department confirmed to NPR. Staff members were told that anyone wanting to see older posts will have to file a Freedom of Information Act request, according to a State Department employee who asked to remain anonymous
In a cable dated December 9 and obtained by Reuters, Rubio reportedly wrote: "To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department's written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface." (The subject line of the directive is, "Return to Tradition: Times New Roman 14-Point Font Required for All Department Paper.")
A state department cable dated 9 December sent to all US diplomatic posts said that typography shapes the professionalism of an official document and Calibri is informal compared to serif typefaces. To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department's written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface, the cable said.
The US state department has announced that it will designate four European self-described anti-fascist groups as Foreign Terrorist Organisations, as the Trump administration broadens its campaign against what it portrays as an international wave of leftist violence. In a public statement on Thursday, the state department said it would designate Antifa Ost in Germany, the Italy-based International Revolutionary Front, and two organisations in Greece Armed Proletarian Justice and Revolutionary Class Self Defense as Specially Designated Global Terrorists conspiring to undermine the foundations of Western Civilization through their brutal attacks.
Let me just say, I would be totally comfortable sharing condolences with Osama bin Laden's family. I hate Osama bin Laden. On the other hand, if somebody dies, it's okay to say I'm sorry to his family. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, that's immaterial. I would say that to the family of an executed murderer in a prison. It doesn't mean I support the murder or the murderer, but this is family. Like, that's okay. That's called, like, human decency.
In the early 1980s, the Federalist Society was established to intellectually counter the judicial activism agenda that had captured America's legal profession. To many conservatives it seemed a hopeless endeavor, but FedSoc founders were determined to win back the country's court system, law schools, and legal associations that had largely been abandoned to the liberal-left and radical legal activists. With time, they made great progress.
President Donald Trump's State Department told the Associated Press on Thursday that it is reviewing all 55 million foreign visa holders in the United States for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules.
The State Department fired its top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs following multiple disputes over how to characterize key Trump administration policies, including a controversial plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip that critics consider ethnic cleansing, according to U.S. officials and documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Monday's firing occurred days after an internal debate about releasing a statement to the news media that said, "We do not support forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza."
Now, new users will be able to use a U.S. passport instead of a driver's license or state ID card in the digital identity proofing process, which requires users to take a selfie for Login.gov to match against their ID photo. Login.gov offers in-person identity checks at certain post offices for some agencies if people can't or don't want to go through the online process.
The State Department is investigating whether Harvard University will remain part of a government program that provides American visas for international students and researchers.
A State Department spokesperson stated that mission-critical functions will be integrated elsewhere in the department, indicating that many offices eliminated had an outdated or duplicative purpose.
On April 16, the State Department updated Burkina Faso's travel advisory to reflect specific risk to dual nationals. For travelers with dual nationality, local authorities may not recognize your U.S. nationality if you are also a national of Burkina Faso.
