Aug 15 State Department wants to review FBI notes on Clinton email ahead of Congress By Michael Biesecker, Matthew Lee, Associated Press State spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau says her department wants the FBI to keep it apprised of any documents provided to Congress that contain sensitive information. Continue reading
Aug 10 U.S. takes aim at blasphemy laws, religious discrimination By Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is highlighting concerns over laws against blasphemy and apostasy that limit religious freedom in Muslim and other nations where they are on the books. Continue reading
Aug 04 U.S. poised to hit Obama’s goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees By Kevin Freking and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. Continue reading
Jul 08 U.S. expels two Russians after U.S. diplomat attacked in Moscow By Associated Press The State Department says the U.S. has expelled two Russian officials in response to an attack on an American diplomat by a Russian policeman in Moscow last month. Continue reading
Jul 07 State Department reopens investigation of Clinton’s handling of classified information By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Spokesman John Kirby says the emails probe is restarting now that the Justice Department isn't pursuing a criminal prosecution. The State Department suspended its review in April to avoid interfering with the FBI's inquiry. Continue reading
Jun 27 Another 165 pages of Clinton emails released, including some she deleted By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Another 165 pages of emails from Hillary Clinton's time at the State Department surfaced Monday, including nearly three dozen that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee failed to hand over last year that were sent through her private server. Continue reading
Jun 22 Key security features disabled on Clinton’s server after technical glitch By Michael Biesecker and Ted Bridis, Associated Press State Department staffers wrestled for weeks in December 2010 over a serious technical problem with then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's home email server, causing them to temporarily disable security features that left the server more vulnerable to hackers, according to emails released… Continue reading
May 27 Clinton misstates key facts in email episode By Lisa Lerer and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Over the months, Hillary Clinton misstated key facts about her use of private email and her own server for her work as secretary of state, the department's inspector general reported this week. Continue reading
May 25 State Department email audit faults Hillary Clinton By Bradley Klapper, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The 78-page report says the department and its secretaries were "slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership."… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 3:10 After attack on Aleppo hospital, Syria cease-fire ‘alive, but barely’ By PBS News Hour An airstrike smashed a hospital supported by the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders overnight in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens including one of the region's last pediatricians. Other attacks followed, punctuating the collapse of a cease-fire in the country's largest… Continue watching