Mike Pompeo became this week the first official from Trump’s Cabinet to meet with Ukraine’s leader since the impeachment inquiry began last fall.
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Mike Pence announces that Turkey agreed to a five-day cease-fire in its Syria assault
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo land in Turkey to salvage U.S. interests in Syria.
Turkey’s leader rebuffs US call for Syria cease-fire, says he’ll meet Pence, not just Trump
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will, after all, meet with Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo when they arrive in Turkey on Thursday.
What a multi-million dollar ‘bribe’ for oil supertanker says about Trump’s Iran policy
The Trump administration has used diplomatic pressure, legal action, economic sanctions – and hard cash – to try to get an Iranian oil tanker. It hasn’t worked.
Trump administration sanctions Iran’s foreign minister in escalation of tensions
Zarif is arelatively moderate Iranian politician, and he was the chief negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
ISIS bride case: Muthana lawsuit should be dismissed, Trump administration lawyers argue
The legal case turns on factual questions about whenAhmed Ali Muthana’s diplomatic status ended– before or after his daughter was born.
Should Hoda Muthana be allowed to return from ISIS for trial in the U.S.? Trump says no.
The U.S. has praised other nations that repatriate foreign terrorists. American Hoda Muthana left ISIS and wants to return. The U.S. won’t let her.
Hoda Muthana, who married into ISIS, won’t get fast-tracked case, federal judge rules
A federal court ruled thatHoda Muthana, a woman who fled Alabama to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria, won’t get a fast-tracked legal case.