Cuba

FILE - Tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 3, 2017. The CIA believes it’s unlikely that Russia or another adversary are broadly using directed energy to attack hundreds of U.S. personnel who have reported brain injuries and symptoms that have come to be known as “Havana syndrome.   (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

State Department employees suffering from mysterious condition now have an avenue for financial help

In today’s Federal Newscast, the State Department outlines how employees suffering from so-called Havana Syndrome can qualify for compensation.

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FILE - In a Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba. The terrifying attacks in Cuba overwhelmingly hit U.S. intelligence operatives in Havana, not ordinary diplomats, when they began within days of President Donald Trump’s election, The Associated Press has learned.  To date, the Trump administration largely described the victims as U.S. Embassy personnel or “members of the diplomatic community,” suggesting it was bona fide diplomats who were hit. That spies, working under diplomatic cover, comprised the majority of the early victims adds an entirely new element of mystery to what’s harmed at least 21 Americans over the last year.  (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Years later, still unclear why US staff in Cuba, China experienced strange symptoms

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Analysis: Former State Dept. employee spies for Cuba

A federal judge ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond, saying there appeared to be insurmountable evidence that they…

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Is It Safe?

Airlines are rushing to add flights to Cuba after the Obama Administration announced changes in travel restrictions to the country. But are there any homeland…

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Rep. Frank Wolf: short answers to big questions

Wolf weighs in on reporting guidelines, the Defense budget, and relations with Cuba.

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