February 11, 2020 Hong Kong coronavirus fears prompt US to allow consulate employees to leave area The U.S. State Department is now allowing some employees and family members at its consulate in Hong Kong to leave the area as fears of a coronavirus outbreak there are growing.
February 8, 2020 Pompeo warns governors of Chinese infiltration into US: 'It's happening in your state' China's Communist Party has infiltrated various levels of America's infrastructure and is working to destroy the values of the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a speech Saturday, while also warning state governors to be wary of China's infiltration.
February 8, 2020 Dr. Marc Siegel: No need to panic about coronavirus in US Americans are worrying more about the coronavirus than they should be, ӣƵ Medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel said Saturday.
February 7, 2020 Trump ousts key impeachment figures Sondland, Vindman days after Senate acquittal U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who testified about President Trump’s Ukraine dealings during the House impeachment hearings, said Friday he had been recalled from his overseas position, hours after a National Security Council aide who testified against the president was also fired.
February 7, 2020 Lawyers push for person-of-interest swap between US and UK in Epstein, Dunn cases The alleged U.S. victims of Jeffrey Epstein have teamed up with the family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old British teenager killed by an American diplomat's wife in a wrong-way crash, to demand a person-of-interest "swap" between the two countries.
February 6, 2020 Amb. Richard Grenell criticizes Germany for planned celebration of Iran's terror regime A month after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps fired numerous ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Iraq, Germany’s government is slated to celebrate the founding of the Islamic Republic, prompting a public rebuke from America’s highest-profile ambassador in continental Europe.
February 4, 2020 Harry Dunn's family lawyer accuses US State Department of nixing meeting, calls them 'cowards' A spokesman for the parents of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old British teenager allegedly killed by an American diplomat's wife in a wrong-way crash, has accused U.S. State Department lawyers of being “cowards” with their “heads in the sand,” according to a report Tuesday.
January 31, 2020 Marie Yovanovitch, former Ukraine ambassador recalled by Trump, is retiring from State Department Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, who testified during House impeachment hearings against President Trump, will be retiring from the U.S. foreign service less than a year after her removal as ambassador to Ukraine.
January 31, 2020 Trump's Mideast peace plan could have major long-term implications for ally Jordan President Trump released his “deal of the century” plan for Middle East peace, called Peace to Prosperity, on January 28 alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Noticeably absent from the unveiling ceremony was any representative from the Palestinian Authority or the Kingdom of Jordan.
January 30, 2020 State Department, citing coronavirus outbreak, raises China travel advisory: 'Do Not Travel' The State Department on Thursday night raised its China travel advisory to "Level 4: Do Not Travel," citing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.