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| April 7 2025 | Lew Olowski began serving as Acting Director General of the Foreign Service. |
| April 5 2025 | José Cunningham begins serving as Acting Under Secretary of State for Management |
| March 24 2025 | José Cunningham takes office as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, becoming the incumbent. |
| March 19 2025 | Michele P. Exner transitioned from Acting to confirmed Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs |
| March 18 2025 | Tammy Bruce becomes Spokesperson during Donald Trump's presidency under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, serving from 2025 to the present. |
| March 14 2025 | Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals convicted members of the 'Bahloul Gang', sentencing 18 to life imprisonment, 46 to 15 years, and 16 to five-year terms with fines, for crimes including money laundering and forming a criminal organization. |
| March 7 2025 | Paul Watzlavick appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. |
| March 3 2025 | Neal Kringel becomes acting Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations. |
| February 27 2025 | John Armstrong appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs. |
| February 10 2025 | Riley M. Barnes appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. |
| February 4 2025 | Darren Beattie begins serving as Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
| February 4 2025 | Darren Beattie appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. |
| February 3 2025 | Donald Blome appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. |
| January 20 2025 | Brent T. Christensen begins serving as Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security |
| January 20 2025 | Albert Gombis begins serving as Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights |
| January 20 2025 | Thomas E. Lertsen begins serving as Acting Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment |
| January 20 2025 | Lisa D. Kenna takes office as Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, currently incumbent |
| January 20 2025 | John Nkengasong's term concludes as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. |
| January 20 2025 | Cindy Dyer concludes her tenure as Ambassador-at-Large. |
| January 20 2025 | Michael Kozak returns as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. |
| January 20 2025 | Michele P. Exner became Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, appointed by President Donald Trump |
| January 20 2025 | Jessica Stern's term as Special Envoy ends |
| January 20 2025 | Multiple Assistant Secretary of State positions were filled with acting officials across various departments, including African Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, European and Eurasian Affairs, Near Eastern Affairs, South and Central Asian Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Counterterrorism, Administration, Diplomatic Security, and Foreign Service Leadership. |
| January 20 2025 | Succeeding President Donald Trump revoked Biden's proposed removal of Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. |
| January 14 2025 |
U.S. President Joe Biden proposed removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to release 553 prisoners.
Biden administration announces plans to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terrorism list | CNN Politics
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Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and the Cuba Restricted List Briefly Rescinded by Outgoing President Biden then Reinstated by Incoming President Trump - Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog
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| January 2025 | UAE Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri criticized the EU for maintaining the country on its blacklist, defending the UAE's financial and labor systems. |
| January 2025 | The second Trump administration eliminated the United States Global AIDS Coordinator position. |
| January 1 2025 | Mark A. Wells becomes Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. |
| December 2024 | Fall of the Assad regime, with uncertainty about Syria's future status on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. |
| December 20 2024 | Philip Laidlaw appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs. |
| October 1 2024 | Thomas West's term is set to conclude. |
| September 24 2024 | Margaret L. Taylor becomes Legal Adviser of the Department of State under President Joe Biden. |
| September 16 2024 | Stephanie C. Sutton became Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs |
| July 1 2024 | Kristin Kane began serving as Senior Bureau Official |
| June 28 2024 | Mark Toner's acting term ended, and Kristin Kane became Senior Bureau Official |
| June 28 2024 | Amy Holman appointed as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs. |
| April 6 2024 | William M. Russo's term ended, and Mark Toner became Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs |
| March 22 2024 | John R. Bass serves as Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until January 20, 2025 |
| February 23 2024 | FATF removed the UAE from its anti-money laundering 'grey list'. |
| November 21 2023 | Jung H. Pak becomes the Special Representative for North Korea, taking over from Sung Kim. |
| October 13 2023 | Julie Turner appointed as the third US Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues during Joe Biden's presidency, serving during Kim Jong-un's leadership |
| June 15 2023 | Mark W. Menezes was appointed as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Energy Association (USEA) Board of Directors. |
| May 18 2023 | Geeta Rao Gupta begins work as the Senate-confirmed Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. |
| March 16 2023 | European Union added the UAE to its blacklist of high-risk third countries due to deficiencies in anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regimes. |
| February 15 2023 | William M. Russo assumed office as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs |
| January 4 2023 | Cindy Dyer appointed as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons under President Joe Biden. |
| 2022 | Rashad Hussain appointed as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom |
| November 2022 | Edin Gacanin was arrested in Dubai as the prime suspect in organizing, brokering, and financing a major cocaine consignment from Durban. |
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