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May 5, 2020

Chinese state-run media takes aim at Pompeo, calling him an 'evil' person who 'lies,' speaks 'nonsense' and spits poison

Chinese state-run media continued its retaliatory campaign against the United States, slamming U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and accusing him of lying after he claimed there was "enormous evidence" that the novel coronavirus spread from a lab in Wuhan.

May 3, 2020

Pompeo blasts China for suppressing coronavirus information, call it a 'classic Communist disinformation effort'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laid harsh blame on China on Sunday for engaging in what he called a “classic Communist disinformation effort” and for working “to make sure the world didn’t learn in a timely fashion” about the coronavirus outbreak.

April 30, 2020

Pompeo clashes with Warren on Iran deal, asks if she's 'good' with China sending tanks to Tehran

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday clashed with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., over a Trump administration plan to block weapon sales to Iran by arguing that the U.S. is still part of the Iran nuclear deal because it remains part of a U.N. resolution that enshrined the agreement.

April 30, 2020

Pompeo: Trump administration will use 'every tool we have' to keep Iran arms embargo in place

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on “Fox News @ Night” on Wednesday that President Trump has committed to using “every tool we have” to prevent Iran from getting more conventional arms.

April 29, 2020

China's global growth in jeopardy as Beijing blasts allies amid coronavirus crisis

China's extraordinary, five decades-long run of global growth and financial dominance is being put to the test following its very public bungling of the coronavirus crisis.

April 27, 2020

China slams Pompeo, calls him 'enemy of world peace,' as war of words continues

China on Monday took aim at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accusing him of spreading disinformation by blaming the Asian country for the novel coronavirus that's infected more than 3 million people globally. 

April 26, 2020

Pompeo preparing argument that US still 'participant' in Iran nuclear deal, in effort to restore UN sanctions

A U.S. official confirms that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is preparing a legal argument claiming the country is still a participant in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, currently suffering the outbreak acutely atop an economy already broken by sanctions.

April 24, 2020

Pompeo blasts China for causing 'enormous amount of pain' and 'loss of life' with coronavirus coverup

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Hannity" Thursday that he knows many Americans are angry at China over the Beijing government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan and disclosed "I know that the president feels the same way."

April 23, 2020

China rejects Pompeo's request for access to Wuhan lab

China is rejecting calls by U.S. officials to give international inspectors access to labs to make sure dangerous pathogens similar to the coronavirus are not being released accidentally.

April 22, 2020

Pompeo blasts China, WHO over coronavirus transparency failures: 'They need to be held accountable'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Wednesday for structural changes to the World Health Organization (WHO) and greater transparency from China over the origins of the coronavirus.