16 entries in the ledger
President Trump announced in an Aug. 28, 2026 evening social media post that the United States had entered an agreement with Venezuela covering 17 oil fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels, calling it "THE...
U.S. District Judge Noel Wise ruled on Aug. 28, 2026 that the administration's use of the Immigration and Nationality Act to revoke international students' visas over pro-Palestinian activism violated the First and Fifth...
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan on Aug. 21 struck down the State Department's suspension of immigrant visas for 75 countries, ruling it "contrary to law" and beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio's...
The Treasury and State departments announced on Aug. 20 new penalties on nine Cuban state-owned mining, metal and construction companies and on three leaders of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, or...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that the administration was sanctioning ICC President Tomoko Akane, a Japanese judge who has led the court since March 2024, and Senegalese senior trial lawyer...
In a fact sheet dated August 12, 2026, the State Department said its Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals worldwide. The task force was established six days after...
The State Department announced on Aug. 11, 2026 that it established a task force to end "birth tourism" — traveling to the U.S. to give birth so a child acquires citizenship. "As President Trump has made clear...
The State Department said on Aug. 10, 2026 that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals during President Trump's second term. It said the revocations targeted people who "violated the terms of their...
On July 20, 2026, the State Department released a roughly 100-page report titled "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism," alleging that Cuba has cultivated generations of American activists and functions as the...
On July 16, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a "Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism" in Washington, convening representatives from more than 65 governments to coordinate against what the...