News and reports from the State Department.

When it comes to green energy, politicians across the spectrum agree renewables have some good qualities, but the point of contention seems to be how much of a push the government should be making to move in that direction.

The U.S. government has expressed concerns about journalist Evan Gershkovich, who they say was wrongfully detained by the Russian authorities in March.

Most Americans recognize fentanyl as a driving force behind the increasing number of opioid deaths in this country, but no one has yet come up with a viable way to stop this attack on public health.

U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, along with Republican colleagues, introduced the Border Reinforcement Act to combat the crisis at the southern border.

Following reports, the number of Chinese nationals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are increasing and ties between Chinese criminals and drug cartels are coming to light.

There have been several recent reports from the U.S.-Mexico border of smugglers abandoning migrants, which is creating an even more dangerous situation, as officials warn against the dangers of crossing the border.

Although mainland China has had a ban on cryptocurrency transactions in place for years, Hong Kong has recently positioned itself as the new global hub for crypto innovation with the support of some Chinese state-affiliated banks.

In 2021, China banned all cryptocurrency transactions, but recently, Chinese state-affiliated banks have been supporting the crypto industry in Hong Kong, raising questions as to whether China could be reconsidering its ban.

During a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week, lawmakers raised concerns about the regulatory approach to digital assets in the U.S. and highlighted the lack of a clear regulatory regime for trading platforms.

Ian Johnson, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, commented on the detainment of Fucha, the chief editor of a major Taiwan publishing company.

The list of political prisoners in China is long, but one of the more notable cases involves Gao Zhisheng, which was the focus of a congressional hearing Thursday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the 29th commemoration of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda to make a social media call for genocide prevention.

After a witness at a recent Congressional hearing called the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) treatment of its Uyghur population "the most sophisticated genocide in the modern era," Federal Newswire reached out to Bill Drexel, associate fellow for the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), for more details on how the CCP leverages technology, in particular artificial intelligence (AI), as a tool of oppression.

The State Department announced that the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to combat al-Qa’ida affiliates in Syria, notably those that exploit under governed spaces and conflict zones.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says the U.S. government has taken new measures to combat Russia's efforts to evade sanctions and continue its conflict with Ukraine, calling the measures "critical to ongoing efforts to limit Russia's capacity to wage war against Ukraine."