For Antony Blinken, America’s new top diplomat, returning to the U.S. Department of State brings the oppo...

The 59th inauguration of the president and vice president of the United States included sights both famil...

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Kamala Devi Harris, a senator who has represented California in the U.S. Congress since 2017, broke barri...

Joseph R. Biden Jr., a former vice president and a longtime Capitol Hill lawmaker known for reaching acro...

Every four years, the American president is sworn in January 20 in Washington before big crowds. Presiden...

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When the Japanese broke Allied military codes used to protect operational plans in the Pacific theater du...

The illegal wildlife trade, generating almost $20 billion annually for criminal syndicates, is under pres...

The United States has appointed a senior official to advance meaningful autonomy, human rights and religi...

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The U.S. Coast Guard is leading a global effort to stop illegal fishing, which harms ecosystems and threa...

The United States announced an additional $720 million in humanitarian aid to address the Syria crisis, b...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ratified in 1948, for the first time articulated the ri...

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