August 5, 2020 Beirut explosion: Pompeo says US is ready to help, Australia donates $1.4M as international community responds Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was one of a number of high-ranking international officials to offer help to Lebanon in the wake of a devastating explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday, leaving at least 100 people dead and injuring thousands more.
August 2, 2020 Pompeo warns TikTok users' personal info could be going 'directly to the Chinese Communist Party' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed President Trump’s proposed ban of social media phenomenon TikTok, detailing just how use of the app exposes Americans to having their personal information sent straight to the Chinese government.
July 31, 2020 Pompeo sanctions China over human rights abuses against the Uyghurs, calling it the 'stain of the century' The United States has increased their pressure on the Chinese government to stop the reported human rights abuses being committed against the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province of China, by hitting them with more sanctions.
July 31, 2020 House Democrats subpoena Pompeo over claims he helped advance ‘conspiracy theories’ about Biden House Democrats on Friday issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as they investigate whether he helped Senate Republicans advance alleged “conspiracy theories” about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
July 30, 2020 China hits US with blame for 'poisoned' relations with UK over failed Huawei deal China is placing blame squarely on the U.S. for failed plans between the U.K. and the Chinese tech company Huawei, on plans to develop 5G.
July 30, 2020 Pompeo tells lawmakers the ‘tide is turning’ against China Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told lawmakers Thursday that the “tide is turning” on China, as the U.S has led the push to ramp up international pressure on the communist regime on issues from property theft to international surveillance to the Chinese crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong.
July 29, 2020 Pompeo: US ups Syria sanctions, this time targeting Assad's son The State Department and the Department of the Treasury announced Wednesday that 14 additional sanctions have been placed on the Assad regime in an attempt to end the nine-year long civil war in Syria.
July 29, 2020 Daniel Hoffman: China's spying — US intel community needs to keep up pressure China portrays any effort to counter their pernicious aggression as “global anti-China sentiment” when in fact the U.S. and like-minded allies are simply defending their national interests.
July 27, 2020 Gordon Chang: US-China relations — 4 reasons to scale back diplomatic facilities in both countries Unfortunately, it is not possible to co-exist with a regime that President Nixon worried would become a “Frankenstein.”
July 24, 2020 China accuses US of 'petty tricks' and 'Cold War mindset' after Pompeo's speech Tensions between the U.S. and China have reached new heightened levels after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will regarding China with a new strategy of “distrust and verify” and China accuses the U.S. of backward thinking.