State Department
noun
: the part of the U.S. government that is responsible for how the U.S. deals with other countries
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The reward was increased by $25m in August, and the State Department accuses Maduro of leading and supporting Venezuelan cartels.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Ashley Joachim Tellis, an unpaid State Department senior adviser, is facing a felony charge of unlawful retention of national defense information after investigators found more than 1,000 pages of top secret or secret documents at his home Saturday in Vienna, Virginia.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department, Department of War and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for comment.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The State Department and Mexican Embassy did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Ashley Joachim Tellis, an unpaid State Department senior adviser, is facing a felony charge of unlawful retention of national defense information after investigators found more than 1,000 pages of top secret or secret documents at his home Saturday in Vienna, Virginia.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Fox News Digital has reached out to the State Department, Department of War and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for comment.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The State Department and Mexican Embassy did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
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“State Department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/State%20Department. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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