China accuses U.S. of ‘serious regression’ on Taiwan after State Dept. website change
China accused the United States of a “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department updated the ...
Secretary of State Rubio in Saudi Arabia for U.S. talks with Russia
Vladimir Putin is riding high ahead of critical US-Russia talks Tuesday in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war. Critics ...
China urges US to 'correct its mistakes' after State Department website removes Taiwan independence reference
China on Monday urged the United States to "correct its mistakes" after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on ...
Could Canada really become the 51st U.S. state? Here’s what it would take.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be made into the 51st U.S. state which would alleviate the need for ...
US citizen detained in Russia for drug possession, says state media
Russian customs service detained a 28-year-old US citizen at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow for possession of cannabis-laced ...
Marco Rubio arrives in Israel on first trip to Middle East as U.S. secretary of state
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late on Saturday on his first trip to the Middle East, after a widely ...
Trump cancels State Department subscriptions to NY Times, AP, Reuters
US embassy staffers in Europe will no longer have subscriptions to The Economist, the Times, Politico, Bloomberg News, AP and ...
Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
The migrants hailed from 10 mostly Asian countries, including Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and ...
Measles outbreak continues to worsen among kids in this US state
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed that measles cases in certain counties are still rising, mostly involving school-aged children. Dr. Marc Siegel discusses the threat.
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U.S. bishops sue Trump administration over refugee funding freeze
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is suing the Trump administration over what the bishops say is an unlawful suspension ...
Misgendering trans people on their death certificates could be jailable offense under blue-state bill
A new Colorado bill provides that those who "knowingly" use the wrong "gender identity" on a person's death certificate could be hit with a Class 2 misdemeanor charge threatening jail.
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U.S. State Department stops calling China 'PRC' in country fact sheet
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has dropped the phrase "People's Republic of China (PRC)" as a description of mainland China in a country fact sheet on its website. The fact sheet now simply ...