State Department

US: Clinton email storage safe not secure for some messages

In July, State Department officials installed a safe at the office of attorney David Kendall after the government determined some of Clinton's emails may have contained classified information. But it said last week the safe wasn't suitable for so-called top secret, sensitive compartmented information, known as TS/SCI, which the government has said was found in some messages.

Clinton says no email apology: 'What I did was allowed'

In an interview with The Associated Press during a Labor Day campaign swing through Iowa, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination also said the lingering questions about her email practices while serving as President Barack Obama's first secretary of state have not damaged her campaign.

US: Up to 305 Clinton emails might have classified data

In a filing Monday as part of a lawsuit against the State Department, officials told a U.S. District Court judge in Washington they would be able to meet an existing schedule to release copies of Clinton's emails because only about 5 percent of the messages reviewed so far contain possible secret information. 

The agency said those 305 emails with potential classified data were among more than 1,500 documents analyzed so far.

Top secret Clinton emails include drone talk

The information reached the Associated Press through U.S. officials who have reviewed the correspondence.

The sourcing of the information in the emails could have significant political implications as the 2016 presidential campaign heats up. 

Cuban flag to hang in State Dep't lobby as embassies reopen

State Department spokesman John Kirby says the flag will be hung early Monday morning before a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the Cuban embassy in Washington and the restoration of full diplomatic ties. 

The department's lobby features the flags of more than 150 other countries placed in alphabetical order. Cuba falls between Croatia and Cyprus in that arrangement.

Later on Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry will meet at the department with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez after which they will hold a joint news conference, Kirby said.