According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the official plan is to hire only workers "dedicated to serving the ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan ...

Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in 2020 have finally been shared with international researchers — but the law has made it difficult for U.S.-based ...

Social media vetting refers to conducting a background check to assess someone's internet presence and their reputation across social media handles. The US State Department will now scrutinise ...

Stallworth died of natural causes in 2023, but a relative of his voluntarily provided a DNA sample that police say confirmed Stallworth‘s identification. “I wish we could have got to him ...

The State Department is preparing for an "expansion of required social media screening and vetting," and all student visa applicants could be subject to social media checks, according to the cable.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the concept is undergoing a “thorough vetting process” — but it is just one of hundreds of pitches the department receives and considers each year.

“Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F ...

“Effective immediately, in preparation for an expansion of required social media screening and vetting, consular sections should not add any additional student or exchange visitor (F, M and ...

The Trump administration is weighing requiring all foreign students applying to study in the United States to undergo social media vetting — a significant expansion of previous such efforts ...

The figures were revealed following a parliamentary question about vetting teachers against the National Register for Sex Offenders, which began in 2023. The figures were revealed following a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered US embassies worldwide to stop scheduling interviews for student visas as the Trump administration weighs stricter vetting of applicants’ social-media ...