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State Department contract officer charged with taking bribes

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Switzerland to represent US interests in Venezuela

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during his meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Mike Pompeo crafts new ‘ethos’ for U.S. diplomacy, outlines vision in internal letter to State Dept.

By Ben Wolfgang, Lauren Toms and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate takes step to fill senior ranks at State Department

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on budget on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Morgan Ortagus, ex-Fox News contributor, named State Department spokeswoman

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Ex-university official charged with lying to get $340K job

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Lawmakers hammer Trump’s proposed State Department cuts

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo answers a question during a news conference on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

US expands ban on foreign aid to overseas abortion providers

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, attends a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 14, 2019. The American was detained at the end of December for alleged spying. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Paul Whelan family encouraged by efforts to free former Marine from Moscow jail despite obstacles

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Couple recalls escape from Haiti during unrest

By HAVEN ORECCIHO-EGRESITZ - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) met with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday for private talks on a range of subjects, including "ways to improve cooperation on regional security and counterterrorism," according to the State Department. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

China rivalry hovers over Mike Pompeo’s Manila stop

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In the Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 file photo, Elad Dvash-Banks, left, and his partner, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan, center right, and Aiden in their apartment in Los Angeles. A federal judge in California has ruled that a twin son of the gay couple has been an American citizen since birth, handing a defeat to the U.S. government, which had only granted the status to his brother. District Judge John Walter said Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, that the State Department was wrong to deny citizenship to 2-year-old Ethan Dvash-Banks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Judge grants citizenship to twin son of gay couple

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2017 file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. The State Department says Nauert, picked by President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn her name from consideration on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for U.N. post

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS meeting at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump: Syria pullout will not spark ISIS resurgence

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year looks through a cage's glass as he speaks to his lawyer in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The lawyer for Paul Whelan who is being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that classified Russian materials were found on him when he was arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Paul Whelan visited by U.S. officials at Moscow prison; State Dept. accuses Russia of ignoring pact

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the U.S. is pulling out of a treaty with Russia that's been a centerpiece of arms control since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump says Pompeo not leaving Cabinet for Senate race

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A cardboard life-size cut out of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stands at the entrance of a public park in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has declared himself interim president, appeared in public Friday for the first time in days and vowed to remain on the streets to usher in a transitional government, while President Nicolas Maduro dug in and accused his opponents of orchestrating a coup. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela backtracks on order to expel US diplomats

By MANUEL RUEDA and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kim Yong Chol, left, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, return to discussions after a break at Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

North Korean visit could be prelude to second Kim Jong-un, Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A police officer and K-9 do a routine security check at the Capitol as the partial government shutdown lurches into a third week with President Donald Trump standing firm in his border wall funding demands, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. After no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged shutdown, newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mythical terrorist tide from Mexico

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press