In late January 2025, social media users and journalists, including independent reporter Ken Klippenstein (below), noted a significant change to a U.S. State Department website: A page that once ...

When it comes to international travel, some destinations are firmly off-limits for Americans right now. The US State Department has issued its most serious alert — Level 4: Do Not Travel — for 21 ...

The U.S. State Department implemented a new travel advisory for citizens who are currently in, or planning to visit, Russia. On May 8, the department marked Russia with the highest warning on its ...

An Oldenburg nunnery tour. The 2025 presidential inauguration. A high school debate competition. Annual industry conferences. State officials logged roughly $97,000 in state expenses for trips across ...

Over the past year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has traveled to Washington, D.C. for the State of the Union, to New York for bond rating meetings and to London to seek new business for the Volunteer State ...