Secretary of state

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the first major personnel changes of his still-young administration, apparently sacking his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, before nominating him to serve as the nation’s next ambassador to the United Nations. At... Read More

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified on Wednesday in Congress that the chaotic 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was an unfortunate consequence of a justified effort to end America’s longest war. The House Foreign Affairs Committee had been... Read More

WASHINGTON — Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state of the U.S. and a feisty inspiration to generations of women, died on Wednesday, just weeks short of her 85th birthday. The cause was cancer, her daughter Anne said. When... Read More

ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a hand recount of all ballots cast in last week's presidential contest. The announcement came during a news conference at which Raffensperger continued to deflect... Read More