August 3, 2020 Democrats subpoena Pompeo aides in joint investigation of State Dept. IG firing Congressional Democrats on Monday subpoenaed four aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as part of their bicameral investigation into the State Department's firing of its inspector general earlier this year.
August 3, 2020 Break the Ice: Trump ramping up US presence in the Arctic as Russia, China threats loom President Trump, in a recent memo, asked executive departments to report back by early August on how they can develop a U.S. "fleet" of icebreaking ships to navigate the frozen Arctic and Antarctic -- marking yet another step in the administration's efforts to strengthen U.S. influence in the region as it faces challenges from Russia and China.
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 Cultural genocide? What China is doing in Tibet today While much of the international community has turned its attention to the abuses taking place against the Uighur Muslims in the Chinese province of Xingang – some activists are also pointing to the human rights horrors against Buddhists in Tibet – a decades-long conflict that has long tumbled from the limelight.
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 31, 2020 Report: Taliban allowing Al Qaeda training camps and providing support, despite U.S. agreement to cut all ties Just months after the U.S. signed a controversial “peace deal” with the Taliban as a means to ending the long-running war in Afghanistan – predicated on the notion that the insurgent group would not provide safe-haven to Al Qaeda – local officials are expressing concern that the terrorists are reigning freely in various corners of the country.
July 31, 2020 State Department envoy on Twitter's hypocrisy on Trump and Iran leader: It's 'clear' their actions are politically-motivated It is "clear" that Twitter's hypocritical censorship of President Trump -- and not of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- is about the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, U.S. State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim stated Friday.
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 State Department appoints special envoy to Arctic amid concerns over Russian, Chinese influence there The Trump administration on Wednesday named a special envoy for the Arctic, filling a post that had been vacant for more than three years as the administration seeks a greater role in the region and tries to blunt growing Russian and Chinese influence there.