The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire in the Turks' deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate the area in an arrangement that largely solidifies Turkey's position and aims in the weeklong conflict. The deal includes ...
Turkey calls on Kurdish fighters to lay down arms and vacate Syrian border area
As Russia and the United States each launched diplomatic forays to end Turkey's invasion of northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday defied pressure for a cease-fire and said the only way the offensive would end was if Syrian Kurdish fighters leave ...
National security adviser John Bolton was so alarmed by Rudy Giuliani's back-channel activities in Ukraine that he described President Donald Trump's personal lawyer as a "hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up," according to a former White House aide. The aide, Fiona Hill, ...
Constitutional collision: Trump says he won't cooperate in an 'illegitimate' impeachment probe
The White House declared Tuesday it will halt any and all cooperation with what it termed the "illegitimate" impeachment probe by House Democrats, sharpening the constitutional clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress. Trump attorneys sent a lengthy letter to House leaders bluntly stating ...
Mike Pompeo vows State Department will follow law on impeachment investigation
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump, dismissing questions about the president's attempts to push Ukraine and China to investigate a Democratic political rival. The ...
House Democratic leaders warned the White House Wednesday to expect a subpoena demanding documents on President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, accusing the administration of "flagrant disregard" of previous requests and saying that refusal could be considered an impeachable offense. Separately, the Democrats accused Trump ...
President Donald Trump raged against impeachment Wednesday, tweeting that the process was "BULLSHIT" and calling for the lead investigator in Congress to be charged with treason. Trump — accused of leaning on Ukraine's president to dig up dirt on one of his main 2020 election ...
After dodging questions, Mike Pompeo admits he listened in on Trump's Ukraine call
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday he was on the July 25 phone call in which President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine's president to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden. "I was on the phone call," Pompeo said at a ...
Trump inciting violence against whistleblower, Democrats charge
Accusing President Donald Trump of "an incitement to violence," House Democratic leaders bluntly warned Trump and his administration Wednesday not to intimidate potential witnesses in their impeachment inquiry. They said they were readying a subpoena demanding documents related to the president's dealings with Ukraine House ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Italy Wednesday of China's "predatory approach" to trade and investment, but Rome insisted its special powers over 5G supply deals would protect it. "China has a predatory approach in trade and investment" and represents a "mutual threat" to ...
Warnings over Trump inquiry fly between Pompeo and Democrats
Setting a defiant tone, the Trump administration has limited Congress' access to impeachment witnesses, even as House Democrats warned that such efforts could themselves amount to an impeachable offense. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to delay five current and former officials from providing documents ...
Mike Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
Taking a defiant stance in the impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to "intimidate, bully and treat improperly" five current and former career officials in seeking information in the Ukraine investigation. Pompeo said in a letter ...
