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State Department Launches Bureau of Emerging Threats to Counter Cyber, Space and AI Risks

The change centers U.S. diplomacy on catching tech‑driven threats early by unifying cyber, space and AI work.

U.S. Slashes Fee to Renounce Citizenship to $450 Effective April 13

U.S. Halts Immigrant Visa Issuance for Nationals of 75 Countries Effective Jan. 21

U.S. Pauses Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries Starting Jan. 21

U.S. Orders Americans to Leave Venezuela Immediately as Advisory Warns of Armed Checkpoints

FBI Releases New Photo, Sets $15 Million Reward for Fugitive Ex‑Olympian Ryan Wedding

December Visa Bulletin Moves Employment-Based Green Card Lines Forward, With Gains for India and China

U.S. to Send Hundreds of Extra Consular Officers to Speed 2026 World Cup Visas

U.S. Tightens Visa Scheduling: Home-Country Interviews Now Required, Immigrant Cases Shift Nov. 1

U.S. Approves $104M M777 Howitzer Support and $99.5M Transport Deals for Ukraine

U.S. to Require In-Person Interviews for Nearly All Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants

U.S. Repatriates American Child From ISIS-Linked Camp in Syria

Vueling Denies Antisemitism as Jewish Groups Launch Legal Action Over Flight Expulsions

China Extends Exit Ban to U.S. Patent Official in Trade Dispute

Trump Pledges to Rescue Afghan Evacuees in UAE After Early Deportations

AI Impersonator Posing as Marco Rubio Contacts Foreign Officials

U.S. Resumes Student Visa Processing Under Expanded Social Media Screening

State Department Prepares for 3,400 Layoffs Pending Supreme Court Ruling

US State Department Offers $5 Million for Return of Afghan-American Detained by Taliban

U.S. Ramps Up Evacuations As Israel-Iran Conflict Intensifies