President Donald Trump told the media that the government “temporarily waived all interest on federally held student loans” for 60 days. The Department of Education chose not to”enforce standardized testing requirements for the current school year.”
Trump also shot down rumors that his administration will force a national lockdown.
Next week my plans were to sit on a beach in Fiji, drink rum cocktails, and read fantasy novels.
Needless to say, one of the victims of the pandemic was my tropical vacation.
President Donald Trump’s administration extended temporary protected status to the Salvadorans living in the U.S. through January 2021.
The State Department found that 38 people committed violations during its probe into failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email.
From The Associated Press:
The investigation, launched more than three years ago, determined that those 38 people were “culpable” in 91 cases of sending classified information that ended up in Clinton’s personal email,...
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to testify on Tuesday morning in the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Sondland’s attorney Robert Luskin said the order came from the State Department.
As Venezuela continues to deteriorate, the State Department decided to withdraw the remaining diplomats, staff, and their families from the US Embassy in the country. From The Wall Street Journal:
Critical health services, food supplies and businesses have been crippled by the blackout that has killed at least 15 people and continues...
President Donald Trump will nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to take over as UN Ambassador to replace Nikki Haley. From The Washington Examiner:
“Heather Nauert will be nominated [for U.S. ambassador]. She’s done work with Nikki Haley to replace Nikki at the United Nations. She will be ambassador to the United...
Last year, after several American diplomats developed odd neurological problems that were theorized to be caused by sonic attacks, President Donald Trump ordered all non-essential personnel out of Cuba, then sent 15 Cuban diplomats packing.
Then, this May, American diplomats in China developed health conditions similar to those reported by the staff...
The US Embassy in Canberra, Australia apologized for accidentally sending an email of a cat, dressed in a Cookie Monster onesie, holding a plate of cookies.
The email subject “meeting” was followed by the pic of the kitty and the title, “cat pajama-jam.”
The Trump administration will close the Palestinian Liberation Organization office in DC, leaving the Gazans “without a formal presence in the U.S. capital,” reports CBS News.
The last time we visited the Korean Peninsula, South Korean officials firmly stated that they want the U.S. and China to declare a formal end to the Korean War, and the two Koreas seem to be moving forward on a peace-first approach.
First Cuba. Now China.
The State Department has issued a health alert for U.S. citizens in China after a U.S. employee, who worked in Guangzhou, suffered a brain injury after he “reported subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this attack is consistent...
Ismail Kowsari, a senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, lashed out at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s vow to impose strong sanctions on the regime. From NBC News:
“The people of Iran should stand united in the face of this and they will deliver a strong punch to the mouth of the...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed the media this afternoon, hours after President Donald Trump announced he is out of the job. Tillerson will hand over duties to Deputy Secretary John Sullivan at the end of the day and will end his tenure at midnight on March 31.
Here are some snippets...
President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement.
The State Department’s statement said that Tillerson does not know why Trump let him go.
President Donald Trump tweeted that failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s former aide Huma Abedin should face jail after reports have emerged she sent State Department passwords to her personal Yahoo account.
Donald Trump is set to give a speech later today recognizing that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, which of course it is.
According to reports based on news pool briefings by the White House, Trump will not declare Jerusalem the “united and undivided” capital of Israel, which is how Israelis refer...
