The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.

The U.S. has also previously criticized alleged human rights violations in Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. While the "human rights reports describe abuses in all these nations, the level of detail has been reduced" under the Trump administration's guidelines, said The Washington Post.

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Department of State has hosted 2,935 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1975 News Conference. The year with the most events was 2024 with 274 events.

In a letter to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek sent on Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to take legal action against the state for prohibiting law enforcement and other public agencies from cooperating with federal officials on immigration enforcement.

Papers bearing U.S. State Department markings and detailing President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were discovered in the business center of an Anchorage hotel, raising new questions about the handling of sensitive government information.

A "Level 3" advisory, which is the second-highest that can be issued, asks Americans to "reconsider" travel to a particular country or area, in this case the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Crime and civil unrest are the reasons for the new warning.

During today's U.S. State Department press briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce was grilled by a reporter over the United States' relationship with India and Pakistan. Bruce stated, "That's a good thing.