U.S. cuts millions in planned funding for UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees

U.N. Relief and Works Agency provides health care, education and social services to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon

• Aug 31, 2018

New U.S. representative to North Korea

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that Stephen Biegun, former national security adviser to President George W. Bush, will serve as the state special representative to North Korea. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood has more the announcement.

• Aug 23, 2018
• 05:12

"Au pairs" in U.S. often treated as servants, critics say

Special visas promoted as fostering cultural exchange are being exploited to provide cheap labor

• Aug 20, 2018

U.S. pulls Syria stabilization funding

U.S. officials said the administration notified Congress on Friday that it would not spend some $200 million that had been planned

• Aug 17, 2018

Saudi Arabia vs. Canada feud escalates

The U.S. State Department has urged Canada and Saudi Arabia to resolve their escalating feud. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has expelled the Canadian ambassador, suspended flights to the country and terminated student exchange programs. This comes after Canada's foreign minister called on the Saudis to release detained human rights activists. Washington Post foreign affairs writer Ishaan Tharoor joins CBSN to break down the diplomatic spat.

• Aug 8, 2018
• 08:33

Federal judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

"There is a possibility of irreparable harm because of the way these guns can be made," U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik said Tuesday

• Jul 31, 2018

3D-printed guns

Beginning Wednesday, Americans will be able to download instructions for guns made by a 3D printer. The firearms will be plastic and untraceable. This follows a long legal battle between a Texas gun designer and the U.S. State Department. Nikki Battiste reports.

• Jul 29, 2018
• 02:15

Owe back taxes? You could lose your passport

The IRS is now enforcing a 2015 law that allows blocking passport renewals for those with delinquent tax debt

• Jul 12, 2018

U.S. State Department calls out Russia on "eroding press freedoms"

The State Department statement comes one day after a Russian court fined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for violating its "foreign agent" law

• Jul 6, 2018

U.S. orders non-emergency government personnel to leave Nicaragua

Nicaragua has been rocked by protests and a violent crackdown​ by authorities since April, when demonstrations began demanding President Daniel Ortega's exit from office

• Jul 6, 2018

Another U.S. worker in Cuba has "confirmed" mystery illness

State Department says of 2 people most recently brought home, 1 case confirmed, other "still being evaluated"

• Jun 22, 2018

U.S. poised to fall short of annual refugee cap

Today marks World Refugee Day and the UN says that nearly 69 million people are currently displaced. So far this year, the U.S. has admitted 14,331 refugees, on track to fall short of the Trump administration's annual limit of 45,000. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joins CBSN with more.

• Jun 20, 2018
• 09:12

Trump authorizes release of some funds for Syria's White Helmets

Release of approximately $6.6 million for the White Helmets and a U.N. agency accounts for a fraction of some $200 million in frozen funds for Syria stabilization programs

• Jun 14, 2018

U.S. gov't worker reports "abnormal" sound, pressure in China

State Department taking report "seriously" after Cuba "health attacks," but says no other cases reported yet in China

• May 23, 2018

Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat

Days after the U.S. condemned the Venezuela elections and Vice President Pence called them a "sham," President Nicolas Maduro says he is expelling the top two U.S. embassy officials. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood reports.

• May 22, 2018
• 01:36

Pompeo says U.S. "still working towards" June 12 summit with N.K.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is still preparing for a summit with North Korea

• May 22, 2018

Thousands attend service for exchange student killed in Texas shooting

Sabika Sheikh was one of the 10 people killed in the shooting Friday morning in Texas

• May 20, 2018

Mike Pompeo and the meaning of "swagger"

One of the things he says most often is that the State Department needs to "get its swagger back." He explained what he means when he says this

• May 16, 2018

N. Korea's threat to cancel U.S. summit

Isaac Stone Fish, CBSN contributor and senior fellow at the Asia Society, joins CBSN with a look at Tuesday's report that North Korea canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over U.S.-South Korean military exercises.

• May 15, 2018
• 03:46

U.S. still planning for N. Korea summit

North Korea canceled a high-level meeting Wednesday with South Korea and also threatened to call off a historic summit planned for next month with President Trump due to ongoing military exercises involving the U.S. and South Korea. But State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the U.S. "will continue to plan the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un."

• May 15, 2018
• 00:52

Pompeo lifts hiring freeze at State Department

Pompeo said he would authorize the department to hire to "current funding levels" after his predecessor, Rex Tillerson, froze hiring last year

• May 15, 2018

5/10/18: CBSN Evening News

Kim Jong Un summit will be "big success"; Horses recognize and remember human emotions.

• May 10, 2018
• 50:00

Americans freed from North Korea

Three Americans freed from North Korea were greeted by President Trump overnight. But one of the first people to see the men after their release is a State Department official, who says they're now trying to return to normal life. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports.

• May 10, 2018
• 02:37

State Dept says Giuliani isn't a foreign policy spokesman

"He speaks for himself and not on behalf of the administration on foreign policy," State spokeswoman Heather Nauert said

• May 8, 2018

U.S. freezes funding for Syria's "White Helmets"

The U.S had accounted for about a third of the relief group's overall funding

• May 3, 2018

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