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February 13, 2020

Pompeo 'outraged' after UN rights council names, shames companies operating in Israeli West Bank settlements

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday he is “outraged” after the UN released a list of over 100 companies it said were in violation of Palestinian human rights for operating within Israeli settlements in the disputed territory of the West Bank. 

February 12, 2020

Harvard, Yale under investigation over foreign gifts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars

The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation into Harvard and Yale on Wednesday and accused both universities of failing to report foreign gifts and contracts, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 

February 8, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard slams DNC kowtow to Bloomberg as 'wrong,' calls for a 'straightforward' process

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and "corporate media partners'" game of favorites with fellow Democratic candidates like billionaire Michael Bloomberg is "wrong," 2020 presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, said Saturday.

February 8, 2020

Pompeo warns governors of Chinese infiltration into US: 'It's happening in your state'

China's Communist Party has infiltrated various levels of America's infrastructure and is working to destroy the values of the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a speech Saturday, while also warning state governors to be wary of China's infiltration.

January 30, 2020

State Department, citing coronavirus outbreak, raises China travel advisory: 'Do Not Travel'

The State Department on Thursday night raised its China travel advisory to "Level 4: Do Not Travel," citing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

January 29, 2020

Joe Concha on mockery of Trump supporters by CNN panel: This is why Trump won

A viral CNN panel mocking Trump supporters is representative of how a lot of the mainstream liberal media feels about the country, The Hill's media reporter Joe Concha said Wednesday.

January 26, 2020

Pompeo blasts 'shameful' NPR reporter, claims she broke agreement reached before interview

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded Saturday following media reports that said he scolded an NPR reporter after they sat for an interview -- one that Pompeo claimed afterward had strayed from an agreement he had reached with the journalist.

January 24, 2020

NPR reporter says Pompeo shouted, cursed at her after she pressed him on Ukraine during interview

An NPR reporter alleged on Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out at her after an interview in which she pressed him on the ouster of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch.

January 23, 2020

State Department refuses to extradite American charged in deadly UK crash

The U.S. has turned down the extradition request for U.S. citizen Anne Sacoolas who was charged in the U.K. with causing the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn by dangerous driving.

January 23, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard on suing Hillary Clinton: Russian asset 'smear' was meant to intimidate and silence me

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-H.I., said Thursday that she filed a $50 million defamation suit against former presidential candidate and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton because Clinton has aimed to "intimidate" her using "smear tactics" in an attempt to suppress her freedom of speech.