Michele Kelemen

Washington, D.C.

Correspondent at NPR

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent

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U.S. and Israel are at odds with the UN over new aid program for Gaza

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Michele Kelemen

The U.N. Security Council meets on Gaza, as the U.S. backs a new aid group and dismisses concerns by the U.N. that aid is being "politicized."
U.S. and Israel are at odds with the UN over new aid program for Gaza

1 week ago | npr.org | Michele Kelemen
Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on the Hill

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on Capitol Hill, a day after his testy exchanges with his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on the Hill

2 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Michele Kelemen

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How three key cabinet departments are functioning amid layoffs and cuts

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen

NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.
How three key cabinet departments are functioning amid layoffs and cuts

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen

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Big Changes at the U.S. State Department

1 month ago | krcu.org | Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts at the State Department, which is in charge of that policy. The changes have veteran diplomats worried. And the gutted aid agency USAID has been absorbed into the State Department. We'll see what the loss of USAID funding has meant for the search for truth about Syria's civil war. Copyright 2025 NPR
Veteran diplomats react to the Trump administration gutting the lead U.S. aid agency

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Michele Kelemen

Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally.
Big Changes at the U.S. State Department : State of the World from NPR

1 month ago | npr.org | Michele Kelemen |Lauren Frayer |Greg Dixon

The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts at the State Department, which is in charge of that policy.
The U.S. will hold direct, high-level talks with Iran, Trump says

2 months ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | James Hider |Michele Kelemen

President Trump said that the United States will hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, starting Saturday. "We have a very big meeting, and we'll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious," Trump said, as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. During his first term, Trump withdrew from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by then-President Barack Obama.