May 10, 2019 Petraeus praises Trump, calls out NATO, North Korea and China In a wide-ranging with 91±¬ÁÏ' Brian Kilmeade, former CIA Director David Petraeus praised President Trump's hard line on NATO, claimed the west needs to rethink its North Korea strategy and warned the United States should be "firm, not provocative" with China.Â
May 8, 2019 Pompeo rips support for Maduro by US, UK lawmakers as 'disgusting' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decried U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's support for disputed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday as "disgusting" and "not in either of our countries' best interests."
May 7, 2019 Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over 'pressing issues' The U.S. State Department says a planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel has been canceled.
April 30, 2019 Maduro was 'ready' to leave Venezuela before Russia convinced him to stay, Pompeo tells 91±¬ÁÏ The U.S. has learned Venezuela's disputed president, Nicolas Maduro, was "ready" to leave the country amid protest violence and calls for his ouster -- until Russia convinced him to stay, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told 91±¬ÁÏ on Tuesday night.
April 25, 2019 North Korea gave US $2M hospital bill over care of American Otto Warmbier, sources say The U.S. received a hospital bill in 2017 from the North Korean government for the care of American Otto Warmbier, who fell into a coma for unknown reasons while in police custody.
April 24, 2019 Former State Department worker, 63, pleads guilty in China spy case A former State Department employee admitted Wednesday to misleading investigators about accepting thousands of dollars of gifts and benefits from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for information.
April 24, 2019 Iran, US in war of words over prisoners The State Department has said that Iran should release all "innocent U.S. persons" held in that country "immediately" after Iran's foreign minister claimed Wednesday to have offered a prisoner swap to the Trump administration six months ago.
April 22, 2019 Trump administration announces new Iran crackdown targeting oil revenue The Trump administration on Monday targeted Iran’s energy sector by announcing the U.S. would no longer exempt any countries from sanctions for importing Iranian oil.
April 17, 2019 US permits lawsuits against companies using property seized by Castro's Cuba, Pompeo announces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will not suspend a previously revoked provision in a 1996 law that allows Cubans who fled Fidel Castro’s regime to sue companies that have used their former property on the island – marking a sharp departure from previous administrations and opening the door for a windfall of legislation against foreign firms operating in the island nation.
April 8, 2019 State Department bars 16 Saudis from US over roles in Khashoggi murder The U.S. State Department on Monday publicly designated 16 people for their roles in the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October.