State Department

An AI-powered impersonation of Secretary of State Marco Rubio has raised alarm at the U.S. State Department after attempts were made to deceive several high-ranking officials. What Happened: An unknown actor used artificial intelligence to impersonate Rubio, creating a Signal account under the name...

The State Department issued a Worldwide Caution Security alert on Sunday, advising U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution as the Israel-Iran conflict disrupts regional travel and threatens American interests globally. What Happened: The escalation follows Saturday’s U.S....

The State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration will assume leadership of U.S. overseas disaster response operations from the dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development, raising concerns among disaster relief experts about the office’s preparedness for...

The Trump administration has intensified its critique of Europe’s digital regulations, asserting that they pose a risk to free speech and American commercial interests. What Happened: The State Department is spearheading the initiative, seeking instances of European government efforts to...

The U.S. government’s foreign assistance programs face an unprecedented freeze, which may put millions of lives at risk worldwide. New Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a sweeping order on Friday to freeze new funding for most U.S. foreign aid, reports CNBC. However, there are exceptions...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Attorney General, CIA Director and Secretary of Energy are set to begin the confirmation process on Wednesday. Here's a look at who will be appearing before Senate committees on as the nominations process...

The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation has banned all federal government and private sector export activity to 13 foreign enterprises and individuals, which the agency said have engaged in the production of weapons of mass destruction. The bulk of the...

The United States has passed new legislation that requires the U.S. State Department to disclose how it controls the sale of cyber tools and services abroad, according to Reuters. What Happened Under the new legislation, the U.S. State Department needs to report to Congress within 90 days on...

Steven Orr, Benzinga's senior vice president, recently shared his insights on the trading industry. Orr is known as "Big Beat" in the office and in the financial world. His interest in trading started at a young age. “My parents asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up; I...

American gun manufacturers boomed Tuesday on news that the Trump Administration would ease export policies on non-military firearms. The White House will soon submit a proposal to the budget office to shift regulation of international sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department,...

It sounds counterintuitive for censorship or community expulsion to curb violent extremism, whose perpetrators are already driven by feelings of discrimination, alienation, oppression or non-acceptance, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But the recent strategies of tech and social...

With the State Department’s release of a report Friday concluding the Keystone XL pipeline would not substantially worsen carbon pollution, the Obama administration apparently had one less reason for not approving the project. Last summer, the President said he would approve the 1,700-mile...