The Latest Breaking News from The State Department

Richard Boucher, who served for more than a decade as spokesman for the State Department and assistant secretary of state for public affairs, has died at age 73

Federal workforce cuts under Trump's DOGE initiative are drawing sharp criticism from former national security officials who say the reductions have left the U.S. less prepared to manage fallout from rising tensions with Iran.

The State Department urged all its citizens in Qatar to shelter in place until further notice

The State Department has doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights it is providing for American citizens wishing to leave Israel, has ordered the departure of non-essential staff from the US Embassy in Lebanon and is stepping up travel warnings around the Middle East amid concerns that Iran will retaliate…

Updated advisory from State Department has an increased emphasis on regional unrest and potential terrorist attacks

A U.S.-led group has asked the Trump administration to step in with an initial $30 million so it can continue its much scrutinized and Israeli-backed aid distribution in Gaza

The State Department is restarting interviews but applicants will be under heightened scrutiny

The U.S. State Department has begun evacuating non-essential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and there is the possibility that the United States may soon become directly involved in the conflict

A federal judge has expanded a ruling that blocked the Trump administration from enacting policy changes to sex markers on passports to cover all transgender and nonbinary Americans who are without a passport or need to apply for a new one within a year