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May 2, 2016

State Department OK'd most Bill Clinton speech requests within days

State Department officials under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moved quickly when aides to Bill Clinton asked them in March 2010 to approve plans for the former president to address clients of a multinational British bank, Barclays. Within four days, the department's ethics office signed off on the request -- as it did for hundreds of others from the former president during his wife's four-year tenure leading the agency.

May 2, 2016

State Department official: Clinton email practices 'not acceptable'

A State Department assistant secretary said Wednesday it's "not acceptable" for any agency employee to conduct government business on a private email server as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did.

May 2, 2016

Bill Clinton defends foundation, says nothing ‘sinister’ at work

Former President Bill Clinton defended his family's foundation amid mounting conflict-of-interest questions, claiming there's nothing "sinister" at work -- while saying he might consider stepping down as foundation president if his wife wins the presidency.

May 2, 2016

US reportedly in talks on keeping restrictions on ‘Taliban Five’ as deal set to lapse

The Obama administration reportedly has launched talks with Qatari officials about potentially extending security measures for the five Taliban leaders who were traded a year ago for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, with the agreement governing their supervised release soon set to expire.

May 2, 2016

Emails reportedly show confidant told Clinton Benghazi attack planned by fighters tied to Al Qaeda

A longtime Clinton confidant reportedly advised then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton two days after the 2012 Benghazi terror attack that an Al Qaeda-tied group had planned the deadly assault and used a protest as cover -- but despite this warning, Clinton's U.N. ambassador went on to publicly claim the attack was simply "spontaneous."

May 2, 2016

US to award Iran $11.9 billion through end of nuke talks

The Obama administration on Wednesday paid $490 million in cash assets to Iran and will have released a total of $11.9 billion to the Islamic Republic by the time nuclear talks are scheduled to end in June, according to figures provided by the State Department.

May 2, 2016

US-Cuba talks in Havana set for Jan. 21-22

The United States later this month is sending its highest level delegation to Cuba in decades for talks on migration and normalizing ties.

May 2, 2016

State Department apologizes after ‘RIP’ tweet for captives believed to be alive

A State Department agency had to apologize after incorrectly suggesting on Twitter that several captives held by terror groups around the world are dead -- when they are believed to be alive.

April 28, 2016

State Dept. held back Clinton email that would have exposed private server, group claims

The State Department withheld a vital Hillary Clinton email for two years that would have exposed the existence of her private email server before she wiped it, a conservative judicial activist group claimed Tuesday.

April 28, 2016

Kerry visits Hiroshima memorial seven decades after atomic bomb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the memorial to Hiroshima's atomic bombing on Monday, delivering a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world seven decades after United States used the weapon for the first time in history and killed 140,000 Japanese.