In this post-9/11 Manti Te'o world, the last thing the U.S. Government wants to see is any American citizen become a victim of terrorism or an internet dating scam. So the State Department has taken some time out of its leisurely schedule to compile some tips on how to avoid getting your heart broken by a fake… » 1/24/13 5:45pm 1/24/13 5:45pm

Sorry to disappoint you, incredibly quixotic ignorers of things that Hillary Clinton has been saying for like dozens of months now, but there will be no Hillary Clinton '16 bumper stickers to affix to your Saab in four years. The Secretary of State has reaffirmed in an interview with Marie Claire that she's done with… » 10/18/12 3:00pm 10/18/12 3:00pm

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Department on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Cameron is on an official visit to Washington, where President Obama will host him at a State Dinner tonight.… » 3/14/12 10:30pm 3/14/12 10:30pm

It's because the State Department just replaced "mother" and "father" with the gender-neutral terms "Parent 1" and "Parent 2." Uh-oh: political correctness is destroying America's families! Our documents will magically turn us all into same-sex married couples now. » 1/08/11 11:00am 1/08/11 11:00am

There's a first time for everything: the US State Department's annual report on human trafficking has included a rating for the United States. "We believe it is important to keep the spotlight on ourselves," explained Hillary Clinton. [UPI] » 6/15/10 11:40am 6/15/10 11:40am

[Washington, D.C., March 10. Image via Getty] » 3/10/10 5:10pm 3/10/10 5:10pm

The latest rumor coming out of Washington is that Hillary Clinton is in the running to take the VP slot in 2012, displacing Joe Biden and setting her up for another Presidential run in 2016. » 11/25/09 10:00am 11/25/09 10:00am

Over the last nine months, Beltway pundits and insiders have cracked jokes about Clinton's standing in the Administration. But this month, HRC is riding high in the polls and dominating the media. Who's laughing now? » 10/16/09 6:00pm 10/16/09 6:00pm

"If confirmed by the Senate, David Huebner would become the third openly gay ambassador in U.S. history and the first pick by this administration." [NY Times, CBS News] » 10/08/09 10:20am 10/08/09 10:20am

If you, too, can't get enough Hillary Clinton news and ephemera, check out Foreign Policy's new "Madame Secretary" blog, where one of us is guesting this week to talk confirmation hearings and pantsuits. [Madame Secretary] » 1/12/09 3:30pm 1/12/09 3:30pm

She might not be President, but as soon as she becomes Secretary of State, it's about time for Hillary to get down to saving the world, or that's Spencer Ackerman and I think, anyway.
» 12/23/08 10:00am 12/23/08 10:00am

• Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has removed her name from Cabinet consideration. [The Hill]
• New York Governor David Paterson wants to be your next President because "Once you go black, you don't go back." [Politico]
• Fred Thompson is so cheap that he's renting his apartment out for the inauguration. [Huffington…
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• The word is, again, that Hillary Clinton has been offered and will accept the Secretary of State job. It might not happen until after Thanksgiving, officially, though, because Obama announced he's rolling out the economic team first on Monday. [NY Times]
• Some people are a little concerned about who else she might…
» 11/21/08 7:30pm 11/21/08 7:30pm

Forget all the old white guys you've been hearing about (John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, or, technically Latino Bill "McGrabbyhand" Richardson), Hillary Clinton is the new name to surface in Obama's supposedly secretive hunt for a Secretary of State. Should she stay in the Senate, or should she go to Foggy Bottom? I mean,… » 11/14/08 10:00am 11/14/08 10:00am

Another day, another dollar, another morning of Crap with me » 9/09/08 10:00am 9/09/08 10:00am and Moe — but this time, with economics! Yes, there's another financial market bail-out going on if you hadn't heard because you were being all political while the Republicans were being all al and abandoning their free market principles (again) to save…

With the U.S. State Department keeping our borders safe from such prominent evildoers such as Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse, it has now turned its attention to a slightly less-prominent BritPop sensation, Boy George. Boy was recently denied a visa to play for his summer tour in the U.S., and Deputy State Department… » 6/26/08 3:00pm 6/26/08 3:00pm

Great news! Our trade imbalance with other nations may be ever-widening, but demand for one American export is on the rise: our child sex slaves! A new State Department survey puts our fair nation in company with Jamaica, Japan, and the Netherlands which means our sex trafficking business is booming as if we were dirt… » 9/13/07 1:00pm 9/13/07 1:00pm