James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution, had this to say about a plan to provide federal aid to French refugees in 1794, from what is now Haiti: "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that ...

Senate Democrats on Friday joined State Department employees in protest of the Trump administration’s decision to layoff ...

Block defends political-diplomatic measures to reduce conflicts Much of the final statement of the 17th BRICS summit, published on Sunday (6), was dedicated to the theme of peace and war, with ...

I have worked in South Sudan as a diplomat. It is on the brink of civil war, and its government has a horrific human rights ...

United States President Donald Trump has drawn mockery after he complimented the president of Liberia for speaking English ...

President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union ...

The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones.

Lower court judges on the front lines of the onslaught of litigation over President Trump’s controversial policies aren’t ...

Trump administration holding immigrants from 26 countries at Guantánamo prison - The increase in immigration detainees at the ...

Like the actor James Stewart playing Mr. Smith, Mr. Archibald Stuart “went to Washington” as a member of the Twenty-Fifth ...

Nearly 80,000 people nationwide will be affected by the president's decision not to extend their TPS. In San Francisco, many ...

As of this writing, every child in Gaza is severely undernourished and facing imminent death by starvation due to Israel’s having prohibited entry of food, water, and other necessities into Gaza. * ...