World Nov 18 WATCH: U.S. softens position on Israel settlements in West Bank Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repudiated a 1978 State Department legal opinion that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are “inconsistent with international law.” The move angered Palestinians and immediately put the U.S. at odds with other nations…
Politics Nov 14 AP source: 2nd U.S. official heard Trump call with Sondland The July 26 call between Trump and Gordon Sondland was first described during testimony Wednesday by William Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Nation Nov 07 Senior U.S. envoy in Syria highly critical of troop withdrawal, memo shows In an internal memo, the top American diplomat in northern Syria takes the Trump administration to task for not doing more to prevent Turkey's invasion or protect the Kurds.
Politics Nov 06 Diplomat to testify State Department worried about defending ambassador AP sources say David Hale plans to tell congressional impeachment investigators that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other senior officials determined that defending Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch would hurt the effort to free up U.S. military assistance to Ukraine.
Politics Oct 30 WATCH: Nominee to be ambassador to Russia testifies before Senate committee Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan was the official who told Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch she was being recalled early from the Ukraine post.
Politics Oct 20 Caught up in Trump impeachment, US diplomats fight back Three years of simmering frustration inside the State Department is boiling over on Capitol Hill as a parade of current and former diplomats testify to their concerns about the Trump administration's unorthodox policy toward Ukraine.
Politics Oct 18 38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe The investigation determined dozens of people were "culpable" in 91 cases of sending classified information that ended up in Clinton's personal email, according to a letter sent to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley this week.
Politics Oct 11 Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine The secretary of state's de facto chief of staff, Michael McKinley, announced his retirement after a nearly four-decade career as a diplomat. He did not mention the Ukraine situation that is now at the center of an impeachment probe.
World Oct 05 North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were ‘good’ North Korea's chief negotiator said Saturday that discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang's nuclear program have broken down, but Washington said the two sides had "good discussions" that it intends to build on in two weeks.
Politics Oct 05 State Department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political rival threaten to tarnish its reputation as a nonpartisan arm of U.S.