State Newswire News


Risch Meets with Colombian President Gustavo Petro

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro:


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

News Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Cho

Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


McCaul Questions Ukrainian Prosecutor General on Putin’s War Crimes

News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin on Putin’s war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with French Director General for Foreign Relations and Strategy Rufo

Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


DOS-INL grant application closes on June 20

Countering the Trafficking of Protected Marine Species in South Asia grant opened on April 20.


DOS-MKD offers new grant application process starting April 20

Establishment of an Academic Partnership in Journalism Studies with the Faculty of Law at Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia grant opened on April 20.


Notice published by State Department on April 19

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


HFAC Markup Announcement on Various Measures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures on Wednesday, April 26th.


Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges for Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship

Release: The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions. The United States is imposing sanctions on the Nicaraguan judges who played a role in stripping over 300 Nicaraguans of their citizenship, leaving many of these individuals stateless.


Statement on Arrests of Political Opponents in Tunisia

Release: The arrests by the Tunisian government of political opponents and critics are fundamentally at odds with the principles Tunisians adopted in a constitution that explicitly guarantees freedom of opinion, thought, and expression. The arrest on Monday of former Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, the...


Statement on Arrests of Political Opponents in Tunisia

News Release: The arrests by the Tunisian government of political opponents and critics are fundamentally at odds with the principles Tunisians adopted in a constitution that explicitly guarantees freedom of opinion, thought, and expression. The arrest on Monday of former Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, the ...


Risch, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Reintroducing Peace Corps Reauthorization Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein ...


DOS-MRT grant application closes on June 30

PGO Request for SSH Proposals grant opened on April 20.


Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges for Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship

News Release: The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions. The United States is imposing sanctions on the Nicaraguan judges who played a role in stripping over 300 Nicaraguans of their citizenship, leaving many of these individuals stateless.


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on PEPFAR at 20

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on PEPFAR at 20: achieving and sustaining epidemic control. The witnesses included The Honorable John N. Nkengasong PhD, U.S. global ...


Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ian Moss Fireside Chat with Matthew Levitt

Release: Thank you to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and to Matt Levitt for inviting me to join you today to discuss the progress we’ve made on the repatriation of ISIS detainees and family members from northeast Syria, and our work to counter violent extremism more broadly.


Additional U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine

News Release: We will continue to stand with our Ukrainian partners in response to of Russia’s continued war of aggression.


Assistant Secretary Noyes Travels to Arizona

News Release: Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes will travel to Arizona April 19-20.


HFAC Markup Announcement on Various Measures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures on Wednesday, April 26th.