by Melanie Nathan, June 18, 2025. As mandated by Congress, every year since 1977, the State Department’s dedicated public servants in U.S. missions abroad and in Washington scrupulously examine, track, and document the state of human rights in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. The Trump Rubio State Department (Bureau of Democracy, Human … More Trump Regime Fails to Adhere to Annual Human Rights Reporting