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The State Department has eliminated references to transgender travelers from its travel advisories. The International Travel tab that the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs maintains has a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday issued a waiver that allows the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and other “life-saving humanitarian assistance” programs to continue to operate ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday directed State Department personnel to stop nearly all U.S. foreign aid spending for 90 days. A copy of the directive that Politico obtained requires State ...

The Los Angeles Blade has obtained a copy of a new State Department policy that bans embassies and other U.S. diplomatic institutions from flying the Pride flag. “Per the Further Consolidated ...

We have to admit that, in a week like this one, writing about movies – or, even more so, movie awards – feels a little bit irrelevant. Even so, the Blade would be remiss if we didn’t report that the ...