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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

Pompeo says he wasn't aware State Department watchdog was investigating him

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed he asked President Trump to fire State Inspector General Steve Linick, accusing him of "undermining" his department's mission, but denied knowing that Linick was probing Pompeo's potential misuse of office funds for personal errands. 

May 18, 2020

Grassley asks Trump for 'explanation' on firing of top State Dept. watchdog to ensure it's not for 'political reasons'

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is demanding President Trump explain to Congress why he fired the State Department inspector general Steve Linick. 

May 18, 2020

China backs WHO investigation into coronavirus origin, pledges $2B

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged $2 billion to the World Health Organization to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

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 Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ 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

Trump fires Steve Linick, Obama appointee who briefed Congress on Biden-Ukraine ties

President Trump on Friday night fired the State Department’s inspector general, saying in a letter to Congress that he no longer had confidence in the Obama administration appointee.

May 16, 2020

Congressional Democrats launch investigation into Trump's firing of State Department IG

The top Democrats on the House and Senate Foreign Affairs committees launched an investigation Saturday into President Trump's Friday night firing of State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick.

May 16, 2020

Pompeo recommended firing of now-ousted State Department IG: official

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recommended to President Trump that he fire now-ousted Inspector General Steve Linick, a State Department official told Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ on Saturday -- as Democrats raised concerns that Linick was fired after opening an investigation into Pompeo.

May 16, 2020

Daniel Mariaschin: Europeans continue unjustified criticism of Israel but ignore real Middle East threats

Even as the coronavirus pandemic rages globally and is hitting several European countries fast and hard – and when the global economy is teetering in response – Europe still has time to engage in one of its favorite pastimes: criticizing and opposing Israel.