May 14, 2020 Jordan seeks State Department files on Burisma, after release of new emails EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday requested that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo release all documents related to the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where Hunter Biden sat on the board, after emails indicated that the former ambassador to the country may have known more about the firm than she acknowledged during Trump impeachment proceedings.
May 12, 2020 China issues lengthy rebuttal to top 24 COVID-19 'lies' told by United States China has issued a 30-page rebuttal of what it claims are the top 24 lies told by U.S. politicians over Beijing's handling of COVID-19, including where the novel coronavirus originated and allegations the government tried to silence whistleblowers and cover up vital data that could have stopped the killer contagion in its tracks.
May 7, 2020 China uses New Jersey mayor's claim he had coronavirus in November in propaganda war against US China on Thursday seized on comments made by a New Jersey mayor that he had contracted the novel coronavirus as early as November - a claim, that if true, would throw the U.S. and Beijing's timelines about COVID-19 into disarray.
May 7, 2020 Iran faces further allegations of corruption in coronavirus fallout Allegations of internal corruption, mismanagement, and even U.S. sanctions violations continue to plague Tehran as the government scrambles to contain the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, officially termed COVID-19.
May 6, 2020 US raises questions over Maduro's involvement in alleged kidnap plot against him In the aftermath of the rogue attempt by private contractors on Sunday to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, U.S. government officials are pointing to the beleaguered regime’s efforts to spurn a “disinformation” campaign designed to deflect against their growing number of human rights abuses.
May 6, 2020 Ilhan Omar signs on to AIPAC-backed letter to support extending UN arms embargo on Iran Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has found a rare point of agreement with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), as she has put her name to a bipartisan letter backed by the organization that calls for extending an arms embargo on Iran.
May 6, 2020 Daniel Hoffman: Failed incursion into Maduro's Venezuela was 'bad judgment' Sunday's "ill-fated" plot against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be a tough situation for the United States to negotiate and will have a large impact on the relationship with the South American nation, former CIA Station Chief Daniel Hoffman stated Wednesday.
May 5, 2020 Chinese state-run media takes aim at Pompeo, calling him an 'evil' person who 'lies,' speaks 'nonsense' and spits poison Chinese state-run media continued its retaliatory campaign against the United States, slamming U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and accusing him of lying after he claimed there was "enormous evidence" that the novel coronavirus spread from a lab in Wuhan.
April 30, 2020 Pompeo clashes with Warren on Iran deal, asks if she's 'good' with China sending tanks to Tehran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday clashed with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over a Trump administration plan to block weapon sales to Iran by arguing that the U.S. is still part of the Iran nuclear deal because it remains part of a U.N. resolution that enshrined the agreement.
April 29, 2020 State Department spokesperson rebuffs WHO claim it acted 'quickly and decisively' against coronavirus State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus disputed claims by the World Health Organization that it had acted "quickly and decisively" to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.