US To Require Visa Applicants To Provide Social Media History

The measure, which would apply to an estimated 65,000 people per year, would require applicants to provide five years’ worth of all social media accounts and handles, email addresses and phone numbers.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A traveler holds his laptop and iPhone that he travels with at a security checkpoint at San Jose International Airport in San Jose, Calif. (AP/Paul Sakuma)

In line with the so-called “extreme vetting” urged by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Department of State is proposing tougher scrutiny of visa applicants' private affairs, including questioning applicants about their social media accounts. The stepped-up measures, which the department claims will be adopted "in order to more rigorously

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State Dept. Sued Over Refusal To Release Records On George Soros Foundation

The U.S. State Department is being sued for refusing to release information regarding funding it has given to organizations affiliated with billionaire investor George Soros. These organizations are known to have connections with groups that are seeking regime change in Macedonia.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
The silhouette of Georges Soros of the Soros Fondation, is pictured as he speaks to the media at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25 ,2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- For much of this year, prominent Macedonian politicians and journalists have been publicly speaking out against organizations linked to controversial billionaire George Soros, accusing the organizations of fomenting regime change and undermining the country’s national sovereignty. The evidence for Soros-backed political

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Despite Iran’s Compliance, State Dept Attempts To Undermine Nuclear Deal

Rex Tillerson’s hastily arranged statement before cameras at the State Department reflected the competing forces pulling at the Trump administration as it develops its policy toward Iran.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Why Shuttering The State Dept's War Crimes Office May Be A Good Thing

While the US State Department was obliged to admit that Iran remains in full compliance with the P5+1 nuclear deal in a report to Congress, they are clearly not happy about that fact, and with President Trump openly looking to “renegotiate” the deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attacked the pact in general. Indeed, Tillerson’s comments gave

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Donald Trump Slashes Funding For World’s Most Vulnerable Mothers And Newborns

The State Department falsely claims that UN agency supports “a program of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization.”

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
Mothers cuddle their babies as they undergo free medical checkups under the United Nations Population Fund at Cainta Town Hall at Cainta township, Rizal province east of Manila, Philippines.. (AP/Bullit Marquez)

President Donald Trump's State Department announced late Monday that it was cutting off millions of dollars in funding for a United Nations family planning agency that offers reproductive and maternal health services worldwide, serving tens of thousands of women. Rights advocates and journalists expressed concern about the decision, citing the

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Trump Administration Announces Sweeping New Sanctions On Chinese, North Korean, And Iranian Entities

The government also implemented sanctions on companies or people found to have “transferred to, or acquired from, Iran, North Korea, or Syria goods, services, or technology listed on multilateral export control lists.”

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The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on 30 foreign companies and people from 10 countries, including China. The State Department said Friday that the entities and people contribute to activity that "only serves to escalate regional conflicts further and poses a significant threat to regional security." The statement says that a

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Trump Sends Hate Group To Represent US At UN Women’s Rights Conference

“The members of the president’s delegation to the United Nations’ annual summit on women are opposed to the U.N. as a whole and the fundamental rights of women in particular”

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, right, and Former Sen. Jim DeMint of the Heritage Foundation, left, walk away from the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Since President Donald Trump's November election, hate incidents nationwide have increased—and now he's chosen a leader from one group that has itself espoused violence to represent the U.S. on the international stage. Earlier this week, the State Department announced that representatives from infamous anti-LGBTQ hate group the Center for Family

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