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July 4, 2020

Peter Navarro: 'Chinese Communist Party needs to come clean about coronavirus’

The Chinese Communist Party needs to be held accountable for its role in eroding democracy in both the U.S. and Hong Kong, White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro asserted Saturday.

July 2, 2020

Britain withholds gold from Maduro, says it does not recognize him as Venezuela's president

A British judge refused to hand over nearly $1 billion in gold to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Thursday, citing that the United Kingdom does not recognize him as the legitimate president of the country.

July 1, 2020

China caught using malware to spy on Uighurs as a part of campaign to curb the Muslim population

China’s campaign to restrict the Uighur population reportedly started as far back as 2013 using malware technologies, a U.S. based mobile intelligence company revealed Wednesday.

July 1, 2020

Baier presses Pompeo on bounty report: 'Does the Russian government have American blood on its hands'?

"Special Report" host and Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier flatly asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday if Russia had "American blood on its hands in Afghanistan" following a New York Times report last week that U.S. intelligence had received information that Moscow had offered Taliban-linked militants bounties for killing American soldiers.

July 1, 2020

Pompeo: Hong Kong will be another 'communist-run city' under China's strict control

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was sadden by the mass arrests made in Hong Kong Wednesday, following the new national security laws China instated -- severely limiting Hong Kong’s right to freedom of speech and protest.

July 1, 2020

Pompeo warns Iran will become arms dealer 'to the Maduros and the Assads' if arms embargo expires

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned that the Iranian regime will become an arms dealer to despots in places such as Syria and Venezuela if a 13-year-old arms embargo is allowed to expire -- and that more people will die in the Middle East as Tehran gets its hands on weapons.

June 30, 2020

Pompeo: If UN lets Iran arms embargo expire, it will 'betray' ideals of peace, security

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the United Nations Security Council Tuesday in another attempt to persuade the international security group to extend the arms embargo against Iran.

June 26, 2020

Pompeo: US imposes restrictions on Chinese Communist Party leaders undermining Hong Kong autonomy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Friday, declaring that the U.S. has banned visas for CCP members affiliated with the obstruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy.

June 25, 2020

Pompeo: US imposes 9 more sanctions on exports Iran uses to fund its Revolutionary Guard

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday that the U.S. has imposed additional sanctions on Iran’s metal exports that supply revenue for the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

June 25, 2020

State Dept. lays out Iranian terror record amid push to extend arms embargo

The State Department on Wednesday issued a report on global terrorism that outlined Iran’s funding and backing of terrorism abroad -- just as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to extend an arms embargo on the rogue regime set to expire in October.