January 30, 2021 Venezuela hired longstanding Democratic donor for $6M Newly filed lobbying records show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation.
January 27, 2021 Blinken reassures Philippine FM amid China’s recent moves in region Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday reassured Philippine’s top diplomat in a phone call that the U.S. stands with Southeast Asian countries after recent acts by China in the region, a report said.
January 27, 2021 Biden administration puts a freeze on Trump-era arm sales overseas The White House has temporarily stopped arms deals negotiated under the Trump administration with several Middle Eastern nations, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
January 27, 2021 Mike Pompeo joins Hudson Institute in Washington DC Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is joining the Hudson Institute -- a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. -- as his first major move since leaving the Trump administration last week.
January 26, 2021 Senate confirms Antony Blinken as Biden's secretary of state The Senate on Tuesday voted 78-22 to confirm Antony Blinken as the next secretary of state -- who will be a key figure in President Biden's efforts to restore alliances across the globe and forge a new foreign policy approach.
January 22, 2021 Antony Blinken: What to know about Biden's secretary of state pick Antony Blinken, one of President Biden's longest and most trusted advisers, is set to take the helm of the State Department where he intends to reassert U.S. leadership on the global stage and unravel some of former President Trump's foreign policy decisions.
January 21, 2021 Pompeo tweets countdown until 2024 presidential election It appears that now-former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is wasting no time in stoking speculation about his likely national ambitions.
January 20, 2021 China slaps sanctions on Pompeo, Navarro, other top Trump administration officials China imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen Trump administration officials, including outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just as President Biden was sworn into office.
January 20, 2021 Dan Crenshaw conflates New York Times to 'DNC mouthpiece' Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw conflated the New York Times to a "mouthpiece" for the Democratic National Committee in a Wednesday tweet.
January 20, 2021 China says Sec. Pompeo is 'doomsday clown’ following allegations of genocide in Xinjiang China’s Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a “doomsday clown” and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity was merely “a piece of wastepaper.”