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Reaction to Tuesday’s shakeup in the State Department broke along party lines for Ohio’s two senators. President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown responded with skepticism.

Trump tweeted that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will take over for Rex Tillerson, who has had a strained relationship with the president. Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein was also fired.

In the midst of escalating diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and Cuba, the city of Cleveland is trying to build business ties with the island nation.In…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress that Tehran is sticking to the 2015 deal that has been harshly criticized by President Trump.

There's been little public word about what has happened to an Ohio college student detained by North Korea, as a new administration takes over one year…

Around the time of the "Red Scare," the "Lavender Scare" pushed gay people out of government service. Secretary of State John Kerry has now apologized for "the practices of the past."

In a more than hourlong address, the outgoing secretary of state sharply criticized Israel's expansion into the West Bank, saying it was making the future prospect of peace ever dimmer.