After months of back-and-forth tensions, the State Department announced on May 17 that it will allow House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Democratic Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) to view a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. During a briefing at the State Department, principal deputy…

China’s ruling regime continues to be “one of the worst abusers of human rights and religious freedom in the world,” a senior State Department official said as the department releases its annual report on international religious freedom. “They continue to engage in genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs. They’re also continuing their repression of…

Two new and explosive stashes of COVID origin documents were released last week—one involving Anthony Fauci’s organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the other involving the State Department, which was run by Mike Pompeo at the time. Now we have covered previous explosive document dumps on this show, but the new ones aren’t just…

The United States announced on May 9 it has sanctioned four members of the Sinaloa Cartel—including the son of druglord “El Chapo”—for their alleged role in illicit trade of fentanyl and other drugs. The U.S. Treasury Department also announced it has sanctioned two Mexico-based companies. Financial sanctions were levied against JoaquÍn Guzmán López, Saúl Páez López,…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has failed again to comply with a congressional subpoena, which required the State Department to hand over by May 1 a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Epoch Times has learned. This is the second time the State Department has failed to comply…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has failed again to comply with a congressional subpoena, which required the State Department to hand over by May 1 a dissent cable from the time of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, The Epoch Times has learned. This is the second time the State Department has failed to comply…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on April 11 that he has appointed Obama-era Department of Justice spokesman Matthew Miller as the State Department’s new spokesman. In a statement announcing the news, Blinken said that he had “benefitted greatly from Matt’s wisdom, his experience in government, and his deep understanding of foreign policy” when he oversaw Blinken’s nomination to…

The North African nation of Tunisia plans to join BRICS, a bloc of the world’s leading developing economies including Brazil, Russia, Iran, China, and South Africa. Asked about the issue, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said that it was “a sovereign decision” for Tunisia to make. The coalition of developing nations includes some…

The State Department announced on April 10 that it has designated Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” in Russia. The designation will allow the department to allocate more resources toward freeing Gershkovich as the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, led by Roger Carstens, will work to secure…

Four GOP senators have called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to stop U.S. funding for a nongovernmental organization that has been accused of influencing the protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary—including its Supreme Court. The April 4 letter was signed by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ted…