May 19, 2020 More than 100 million people in China face new lockdown as second wave of COVID-19 cases emerge Nearly 108 million people in China's Jilin province are being forced back on lockdown after a growing group of new coronavirus infections has triggered a backslide in the nation's push to return to normal.
May 18, 2020 Trump defends Pompeo after firing State Department watchdog: 'They're bothered he was having somebody walk his dog?' President Trump defended Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday following the removal of the agency's independent watchdog who was looking into allegations he had staffers perform his personal errands that included walking his dog, making dinner reservations and picking up his dry cleaning.
May 18, 2020 Dem Rep Engel: State Dept IG was fired while investigating Saudi arms deal A Democratic congressman who launched an investigation into the firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick claimed Monday the termination came as Linick was wrapping up a probe of controversial arms sales worth billions.
May 17, 2020 Fired State Department IG had been looking into whether Pompeo made staffer do personal errands, source says The State Department watchdog whom President Trump fired last Friday had been looking into whether Secretary Mike Pompeo had ordered a staffer to perform personal errands including walking his dog, making dinner reservations and grabbing dry cleaning, a source familiar with the investigation told ӣƵ on Sunday.
May 17, 2020 Pompeo warns China after revealing it 'threatened to interfere' with work of US journalists in Hong Kong Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned China on Sunday, revealing he’s learned that the communist country has been threatening to stand in the way of American journalists in Hong Kong.
May 16, 2020 Pompeo says China poses real 'risk' to US, in new interview In yet another push from the federal government to highlight the nefarious nature of Communist China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a radio interview on Saturday that the country's actions pose a real "risk" to the safety and security of the United States.
May 16, 2020 Belarus to receive its first US oil shipment, in move to wean off Russian supply Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the United States will send its first shipment of 80,000 tons of crude oil to Belarus, which has sought new means of obtaining oil supplies after a monthslong pricing dispute with Russia.
May 14, 2020 US blames ISIS branch for Afghanistan hospital attack that killed 2 newborns The United States blamed radical Islamic militants and not the Taliban on Thursday, for an attack against an Afghan hospital that killed at least 16 people, including two newborn children.
May 13, 2020 Pompeo discusses West Bank annexation with Israel's Netanyahu: 'There remains work yet to do' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss the annexation of the West Bank, along with the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan.
May 13, 2020 Pompeo says Iran is attempting to ‘foment terror’ amid coronavirus outbreak Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that Iran is trying to “foment terror” while the world struggles to get a grip on the coronavirus pandemic, a report said.