State Department on High Alert After Journalist's Kidnapping in Baghdad

The U.S. State Department is dealing with the reported abduction of an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq, officials announced Tuesday.

Dylan Johnson, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs, revealed that the journalist had been previously warned about possible threats against them.

In a post on X, Johnson stated that the State Department is working closely with the FBI to secure the journalist's release as swiftly as possible.