Stories
U.S. Deploys Strike Force to Venezuela's Doorstep
U.S. Secretary of State - Leading architect of Trump administration Venezuela policy
Operation Southern Spear: Trump's Undeclared War in the Caribbean
Secretary of State - Leading diplomatic push for regime change in Venezuela
America Abandons the World's Hungry
U.S. Secretary of State - Executing foreign aid cuts and USAID dissolution
Trump's First Strike in Nigeria
U.S. Secretary of State - Coordinated with Nigeria's Foreign Minister before strikes
The Transatlantic Speech War
U.S. Secretary of State - Imposed visa bans December 2024
Trump’s Venezuela “Blockade” Turns Sanctions Into a Navy Problem
U.S. Secretary of State - Downplayed escalation risks with Russia and defended the administration’s intensifying Caribbean posture as pressure on Maduro expands beyond sanctions into maritime power projection.
SOUTHCOM makes lethal boat strikes a public show: three vessels hit, eight killed in the Eastern Pacific
U.S. Secretary of State - Joined Hegseth in all-member congressional briefings; publicly framed the mission as successful while lawmakers pressed for clearer strategy and legal grounding
Washington vs. The Hague: U.S. Sanctions ICC Judges to Shield Israel Case
U.S. Secretary of State - Leading public face of the administration’s ICC pressure campaign
America’s Visa Gatekeepers Start Reading Your Feed: H-1B and H-4 Get Full “Online Presence” Vetting
U.S. Secretary of State - Overseeing expanded consular vetting standards
States vs. Trump’s $100,000 H‑1B fee: a courtroom fight over who controls immigration policy
U.S. Secretary of State - Named defendant; State Department role implicated in visa issuance/entry framework
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan Meets a Wall in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State - Front-line U.S. diplomat selling and amending the Trump peace framework
Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy Revives Monroe Doctrine and Pivots U.S. Power to the Americas
U.S. Secretary of State - Diplomatic champion of militarized anti‑cartel policy and hemispheric doctrine
Europe’s Big Tech Crackdown Under the DSA and DMA
U.S. Secretary of State - Leading diplomatic pushback against EU tech enforcement
America First Global Health Compacts: Rewiring U.S. Health Aid
U.S. Secretary of State - Lead negotiator of new bilateral health compacts
Trump’s Envoys Push Miami Track for Ukraine Peace as War Rages On
U.S. Secretary of State - Formal head of U.S. diplomacy, supporting but also constraining envoy track
Trump‑Brokered DRC–Rwanda Peace Deal Tested by Renewed Fighting
U.S. Secretary of State - Lead U.S. diplomat for the Washington Accord and related minerals framework
EU’s First Digital Services Act Crackdown on X
U.S. Secretary of State (Trump administration) - Diplomatic critic of EU’s DSA enforcement
