by Tyler | Sep 2, 2020 | Elliott Abrams, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Juan Guaido, Latin America, magic realism, Maria Corina Machado, National Security, Nicolas Maduro, Politics, socialism, State Department, Trending, Venezuela
President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for Venezuela, former opponent Elliott Abrams, accused Venezuelan conservative leader María Corina Machado on Monday of indulging in “magical realism” for refusing to ally with socialist...
by Tyler | Aug 15, 2020 | Au Pairs, Donald Trump, Economy, immigration, J-1 visas, legal immigration, mass immigration, Mike Pompeo, Politics, State Department, Trending, visa workers
State Department officials have issued new carve-outs to a number of visa programs, including for foreign au pairs, halted by President Trump’s executive order that seeks to cut down foreign competition against unemployed Americans.
by Tyler | Jun 14, 2020 | 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom, Baha'i, Christians, Execution, Faith, Iran, Islam, Israel / Middle East, Jews, Kurds, Mike Pompeo, Muslims, National Security, persecution, Shia Muslims, State Department, Sunni Islam, torture, Trending
Non-Muslims in Iran suffer persecution at the hands of the government, including imprisonment, torture, and execution, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom.
by Tyler | Jun 4, 2020 | Asia, China, communism, coronavirus, Hong Kong, Mike Pompeo, National Security, Politics, Protesters, State Department, Tiananmen Square, Trending
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with survivors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre at the hands of Chinese communist troops on Tuesday afternoon, amid strained relations between the United States and China over the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic and Hong Kong...
by Tyler | May 17, 2020 | Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hypocrisy, inspectors general, Media, National Security, Politics, State Department, Steve Linick, Trending
President Donald Trump is being criticized by his opponents after firing State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Friday night. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) called it a “threat to accountable democracy.” However, President Barack Obama did not...
by Tyler | Apr 9, 2020 | Bill Barr, coronavirus, Economy, Health, Jim Banks, Lance Gooden, Politics, State Department, Trending
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) called on the State Department and Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday to bring a case against China in the International Court of Justice for failing to contain the coronavirus.