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January 18, 2020

Former Planned Parenthood director on $45M 2020 pledge: This is 'not really about health care'

The $45 million Planned Parenthood has pledged for 2020 candidates who back their initiative would be better spent towards health care for low-income women, former Planned Parenthood Director and pro-life advocate Abby Johnson said Saturday.

January 11, 2020

Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance

Tsai Ing-wen was reelected as Taiwan's president by a landslide Saturday in a victory that signaled strong support for her tough stance against China among voters determined to defend their democratic way of life.

January 11, 2020

Pompeo's decision not to run in Kansas Senate race boosts immigration hawk Kris Kobach

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to rule out a run for the open Senate seat in Kansas gives a major boost to fellow Republican and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach -- a favorite among immigration hawks who is promising to bring a tough line on both legal and illegal immigration to Washington if elected.

January 11, 2020

US to isolate Iran through diplomacy, sanctions until they 'behave like a normal nation': State spox

The Trump administration is going to diplomatically and economically isolate the Iranian regime until they "behave like a normal nation," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Saturday.

January 10, 2020

Chris Wallace on new Iran sanctions: 'I don't know why we would think that they're going to change' behavior

Newly implemented sanctions meant to curtail any ability Iran has to further take action against the United States may not be enough to break their will to do so, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said Friday.

January 9, 2020

Pompeo responds to John Kerry on Iran: 'It's a fantasy to think that the nuclear deal was good for the United States'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired back at one of his predecessors in an exclusive interview with Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday, saying that John Kerry was indulging in a "fantasy" by claiming that Iran had reined in its destabilizing behavior after signing the 2015 nuclear deal.

January 8, 2020

Liz Cheney: Trump 'turned around' Obama administration's appeasement of Iran

The world has lost patience with the Iranian regime, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., said Wednesday.

January 7, 2020

Rebecca Grant: Trump team's Iran strategy – Pompeo lays out 'confront and contain' vs underwrite and appease

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed Tuesday that the Trump administration's goal is to box in Iran. Striking Soleimani was a huge part of this move.

January 7, 2020

Stephanie Grisham: Strike that killed Iranian Gen. Soleimani 'saved countless lives'

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday that the "targeted strike" in Baghdad which killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last week saved "countless" lives.

January 5, 2020

Gen. Jack Keane on Hezbollah threatening to retaliate for airstrike: 'Nonsense' that America started new war

Gen. Jack Keane, a Fox News senior strategic analyst, reacted Sunday to reports that a Hezbollah leader said America has started a new war after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Quassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force on Friday, saying “that’s nonsense.”