The Latest Breaking News from The State Department

Senate Republicans stopped a measure seeking details about the prison in El Salvador where the administration has deported migrants.

Three key House committees plan to meet this week to mark up Republicans' budget reconciliation plans.

Libya serves as a hub for migrants trying to get to Europe, and the country has several detention facilities for refugees and migrants

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has slashed the work of many U.S. government agencies, including those focused on foreign policy. Now, there is concern that the Peace Corps could join the other foreign aid programs the administration is trying to dismantle.

President expands effort to house noncitizens in stopover countries before home countries accept them

The removal of Mike Waltz as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser – formally the assistant to the president for national security affairs – raises the question of just what that position entails and also what it means that Marco Rubio will now act as secretary of state and national…

The US government said it will no longer ‘fly around the world at the drop of a hat’ for meetings

The DEA and the State Department announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Alejandro "Diablo" Arias-Monge, Costa Rica's most wanted fugitive

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called senior officials in India and Pakistan in an effort to defuse the crisis that followed last week’s deadly attack in Kashmir, the State Department said