One of Rex Tillerson's first directives as U.S. secretary of state was an order to senior staff that his briefing materials not exceed two pages.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will rescind his controversial executive order temporarily barring entry to refugees and immigrants and replace it with a new one next week.
A federal appeals court early Sunday morning denied the US government's emergency request to resume President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Donald Trump's administration moved quickly to muzzle federal government workers, apparently keen to keep the army of bureaucrats in line with the White House message.
The U.S. Treasury Department has added seven senior DPRK’s officials, including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, to its sanctions list because of human rights abuses and censorship by the communist nation.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender scare."
Wikileaks revelations continue to hound the Democratic campaign even as US President Barack Obama stepped up to Mrs Hillary Clinton's side, criticising FBI director James Comey amid a tightening race in the final days of the presidential campaign.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Thursday asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government's hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocent Americans.
Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK.N) pressed on with talks with the U.S. Justice Department to reach a deal for approval to buy Virgin America Inc (VA.O), two people close to the matter said Monday as a deadline for the government to complete the merger review passed.
The FBI on Monday issued nearly 100 new pages of notes and interview summaries from its yearlong probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, revealing more about
An ongoing excavation at the ancient Cypriot city of Kourion has provided visible evidence of the magnitude of a 4th century earthquake that caused widespread destruction in several countries of the eastern Mediterranean, an official of the Antiquities Department said on Tuesday.
A 6.8-magnitude powerful earthquake, which shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, has killed at least four people and damaged 190 ancient famous pagodas in Bagan-Nyaung Oo region and Rakhine state, official report said on Thursday, quoting the Archeology Department.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has uncovered nearly 15,000 previously undisclosed documents to or from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state, a federal judge was told at a hearing on Monday.
Federal investigators probing Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal have uncovered evidence of criminal wrongdoing, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Monday (Aug 15), citing sources familiar with the matter.
The Hong Kong Observatory issued this year’s first No 8 storm signal on Monday night as Typhoon Nida approached the city.
Thai Department of Industrial Works Friday held an event to send more than 190 tonnes of electronic waste back to Japan, after seven containers of hazardous waste were seized two years ago.
HSBC reportedly on the carpet for money laundering and a report claims bank still not doing enough to thwart the practise
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