On November 27, 2025, USCIS Director Joseph Edlow announced that the agency would halt all asylum decisions for Afghan nationals indefinitely, declaring the pause would continue “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible.” The announcement …
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The State Department announced plans to pay Tesla $400 million for unspecified services, coming weeks after Trump systematically fired federal officials investigating Elon Musk’s companies. The payment followed the removal of FDA staffers reviewing Neuralink, EEOC leaders investigating Tesla …
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on September 13, 2024 that the State Department was revealing declassified U.S. intelligence findings showing RT (Russia Today) has evolved into a full-scale Russian intelligence operation. The key revelation was that in Spring 2023, the Russian government …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention from a hotel rooftop in Jerusalem during an official diplomatic trip to the Middle East, becoming the first sitting Secretary of State to address a party convention in modern history. The U.S. Office of Special …
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EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland delivered blockbuster testimony on November 20, 2019, explicitly confirming the quid pro quo at the heart of Trump’s first impeachment and implicating the highest levels of the administration. In opening remarks that devastated Trump’s defense, Sondland …
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Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William “Bill” Taylor delivered devastating closed-door testimony to House impeachment investigators on October 22, 2019, providing a detailed timeline of how President Trump conditioned military aid and a White House meeting on Ukraine announcing …
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The Trump administration blocked EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying before House impeachment investigators just hours before his scheduled deposition on October 8, 2019, inaugurating a pattern of complete non-cooperation with Congress that would form the basis for the obstruction of …
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President Harry S. Truman signs the U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-402), popularly called the Smith-Mundt Act after sponsor Congressman Karl E. Mundt (R-SD), on January 27, 1948. The Act regulates broadcasting of programs for foreign audiences produced under …
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