Nov 04 U.S. tells UN it is officially leaving Paris climate deal By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he submitted a formal notice to the United Nations. That starts a withdrawal process that does not become official for one year. Continue reading
Oct 23 Judge tells State Department to begin producing Ukraine records By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Any release of government documents could shed new light on President Donald Trump's efforts to prod his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden, the matter at the heart of the Democrat-led House impeachment inquiry. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 6:53 Facing weaker GOP support, Trump urges allies to rally against impeachment President Trump on Monday again denied any improper conduct with Ukraine, and lashed out at Democrats over the impeachment inquiry. Last week, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged the president withheld military aid to Ukraine in part… Continue watching
Oct 17 WATCH: Pence announces cease-fire with Turkey in Syria By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence says there will "a pause in military operations for 120 hours" to allow the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds to withdraw. Continue reading
Oct 16 Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay arms, vacate border By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press As Russia and the United States each launched diplomatic forays to end Turkey's invasion of northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defied pressure for a ceasefire. Continue reading
Oct 11 Top Pompeo aide resigns, adding to tumult over Ukraine By Matthew Lee, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:17 How 2 arrested Giuliani associates are connected to Trump impeachment inquiry In a surprising twist within the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, two associates of Rudy Giuliani who were to appear before Congress this week were instead arrested at the airport on charges of violating campaign finance law. According to law… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 13:38 Pompeo found Trump’s Ukraine call ‘wholly appropriate’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he was on President Trump’s call with the leader of Ukraine and that “it was consistent with what President Trump has been trying to do to take corruption out." Pompeo sat down with Judy… Continue watching
Oct 09 Turkey had ‘legitimate security concern’ in attacking Syrian Kurds, Pompeo says By Ali Rogin In an interview with PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, Pompeo indicated that the United States does not plan to defend its key partners in the fight against ISIS, the Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces, despite warnings from a… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 10:00 Trump escalates impeachment battle, refusing to cooperate with inquiry After the Trump administration barred a key witness from testifying, the White House informed congressional Democrats that it will not cooperate with their impeachment inquiry. Democrats said they are subpoenaing the U.S. ambassador to the E.U., and suggested blocking testimony… Continue watching