1:21 p.m. EDT MR MILLER: Good afternoon. Sorry to be late. Again, I don’t have anything to start with so Matt — QUESTION: Really? Nothing again? MR MILLER: — if you have – if you have a curveball for me two days in a row? QUESTION: A curveball. Okay, let me see. MR MILLER: I
Apparently there's still a genocide going on in China despite there never
Secretary of State Antony Blinken points to the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a model of nimble tech diplomacy.
The United States is scrutinizing the delivery of further pending military aid to Israel after pausing a weapons shipment to the close ally, the State Department said on Wednesday. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier in the day during testimony in Congress that "one shipment of high-payload munitions" had been halted, confirming reports in U.S. media. Hours later, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called into question other deliveries. "We have paused one shipment of...
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) will be hosting multiple free Memorial Day ceremonies throughout the state, including one at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has removed Cuba from the State Department's short list of countries deemed as not cooperating as much as they could in counterterrorism efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups. In a statement, the State Department said Blinken had found that Cuban and U.S. law enforcement were again working together on counterterrorism and other efforts. The […]
All first-degree contacts were cleared Friday.
The State Department announced on Wednesday that an anticipated report on Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza will be released "in the coming days." The investigation was requested by Congressional Democrats in February to determine if the Jewish state is in violation of the 1997 Leahey Amendment, which forbids U.S. financial assistance to any
The Hamas terrorist organization was accused by the State Department on Thursday of stealing a humanitarian aid shipment from Jordan the previous day. “Yesterday was the first major shipment of aid from Jordan over this new land route through the Erez Crossing,” spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters, before he stated that the materials were “then
The federal government is urging worldwide caution and alertness in popular tourist spots amid what it says are potential threats of violence against LGBTQI+ travelers. The U.S. State Department issued a security alert Friday warning of the possibility of terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against American citizens. Specifically, the State Department is warning that …
The State Department specifically pointed to increased violence against LGBTQ+ people and pride-related events as a reason for the advisory.