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June 7, 2021

Blinken on likelihood COVID leaked from a lab: 'I can't put a percentage on it'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said he could not "put a percentage on" the likelihood COVID leaked from a Chinese lab, maintaining that U.S. intelligence officials have narrowed the origins of the novel coronavirus down to "two possible and likely scenarios." 

June 7, 2021

House Dem to Blinken on Hamas attacks: 'Every one of these rockets was a war crime'

California Democrat Brad Sherman denounced Hamas' indiscriminate rocket attacks, saying Monday that each of the 4,500 fired constituted a “war crime.”

June 4, 2021

Mike Pompeo: Dr. Fauci 'saw everything I saw' about COVID origins, but came to a different conclusion

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined ‘Hannity’ Friday to react to reports that the Biden administration stopped the State Department’s investigation into the origins of COVID.

June 4, 2021

Biden Pentagon, State Department at odds over pride flag

The Defense Department will not allow the Pride flag to be flown at military bases, unlike the State Department, spokesperson John Kirby said Friday.

June 4, 2021

Biden Cabinet members avoid huge tax hits thanks to little-known federal law

Under Section 2634 of federal elections law sits a unique provision to help soften the financial blow of new administration officials suddenly selling off assets: certificates of divestiture.

June 1, 2021

Blinken visits Central America as prolonged migrant crisis ramps up pressure on Biden-Harris administration

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Costa Rica on Tuesday in a push to stem the prolonged migrant crisis, as critics say the Biden administration, specifically Vice President Kamala Harris, isn’t doing nearly enough to combat the migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 25, 2021

Blinken announces additional US assistance to Palestinians, says US will reopen consulate in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced a $112 million package of assistance for the Palestinians and other humanitarian projects in Gaza – part of a tour by Blinken of the region that has seen renewed conflict between the terrorist group Hamas and Israel in recent days.

May 25, 2021

Netanyahu, in front of Blinken, says US should stay away from Iran nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the United States should avoid rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, one of President Biden's campaign promises.

May 25, 2021

Blinken reaffirms US commitment to Israel's security during joint press conference

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning in Israel prior to a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of a deadly 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas.

May 24, 2021

Pompeo says it's 'outrageous' US officials, including Fauci, dismissed lab leak theory

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that it is "outrageous" top government epidemiologist Anthony Fauci and others early in the pandemic dismissed the possibility that COVID-19 could have escaped from a the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a lab located in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began.