SECRETARY OF STATE

Critics issued a blunt reminder to Trump's former secretary of state.

Secretary of State Blinken tells Scott Pelley about the challenges facing the U.S. around the world; Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman says there is "irrefutable" proof of a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election; Rescuing the world's coral reefs.

Secretary of State Blinken tells Scott Pelley about the challenges facing the U.S. around the world.

Calls for Her Majesty to be honoured on the Fourth Plinth are met with support in the Commons.

Britain's foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. If Truss wins, she would become Britain’s third female prime minister. Truss has posed in a British Army tank in Eastern Europe, evoking an image of Thatcher during the Cold War. As foreign secretary, Truss has been front and center in Britain’s support for Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia over the invasion of its neighbor. Her record as foreign secretary has drawn mixed reviews.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is one of two finalists in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister.

Florida’s top elections official said Tuesday that voters should be confident in the state’s voting process, including when casting ballots by mail.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided on Rep. Cory Byrd as the newest Secretary of State, following the resignation announcement by the prior secretary earlier this week.

Aquind Ltd is denied permission for a £1.2bn electricity link between Portsmouth and Normandy.

(AP Photo/Michael Probst) (Michael Probst)RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Taliban on Wednesday that any legitimacy or support “will have to be earned” after Afghanistan's new rulers announced an interim government that drew a deeply skeptical Western response. Initial responses suggested that it may struggle to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown. “The Taliban seek international legitimacy and support,” Blinken told reporters. Blinken and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas pressed demands for the Taliban to allow Afghans to travel freely and to respect their basic rights, including women's. Blinken said the U.S. is still “assessing the announcement” and noted that the Taliban has billed it as a caretaker Cabinet.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that any legitimacy or international support for the Taliban “will have to be earned” after Afghanistan’s new rulers announced an interim government that drew a deeply skeptical Western response.

“The main purpose is to make sure that knowing what happened, why it happened, how it happened, we can put in place what’s necessary to prevent it from happening again or at least to mitigate the next outbreak,” Sec. Blinken told CBS on Sunday about the new inquiry

Workers at the election audit have been caught with blue or black pens, which can be used to alter ballots, Katie Hobbs said.

The US would prefer a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia, Antony Blinken tells the BBC.

Klobuchar: Some in GOP "not questioning" ballots in states they won

Georgia Secretary of State says there are 14,000 votes left to be counted