Mike Pompeo became this week the first official from Trump’s Cabinet to meet with Ukraine’s leader since the impeachment inquiry began last fall.
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Mike Pence announces that Turkey agreed to a five-day cease-fire in its Syria assault
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo land in Turkey to salvage U.S. interests in Syria.
Turkey rebuffs Trump call for Syria ceasefire as Russia fills power vacuum after US exit
Turkey’s leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he won’t negotiate with Kurdish forces his government is trying to push out of the area.
What a multi-million dollar ‘bribe’ for oil supertanker says about Trump’s Iran policy
The Trump administration has used diplomatic pressure, legal action, economic sanctions – and hard cash – to try to get an Iranian oil tanker. It hasn’t worked.
Trump administration sanctions Iran’s foreign minister in escalation of tensions
Zarif is arelatively moderate Iranian politician, and he was the chief negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
ISIS bride case: Muthana lawsuit should be dismissed, Trump administration lawyers argue
The legal case turns on factual questions about whenAhmed Ali Muthana’s diplomatic status ended– before or after his daughter was born.
Should Hoda Muthana be allowed to return from ISIS for trial in the U.S.? Trump says no.
The U.S. has praised other nations that repatriate foreign terrorists. American Hoda Muthana left ISIS and wants to return. The U.S. won’t let her.
Hoda Muthana, who married into ISIS, won’t get fast-tracked case, federal judge rules
A federal court ruled thatHoda Muthana, a woman who fled Alabama to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria, won’t get a fast-tracked legal case.
CIA Director Gina Haspel headed to Turkey amid looming questions about death of Jamal Khashoggi
CIA Director Gina Haspel is headed to Turkeyamid ongoing questions about Saudi Arabia’s role in the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident.