Epstein Secrets

ting the 245th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.... The president met privately with Vice President Pence for lunch and with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the afternoon. ... It was Biden who offered the first public condolences to the families of the service me

d director, John McEntee, has recently intensified efforts to purge appointees who have failed to demonstrate sufficient fealty to the president," Nick Miroff and Ellen Nakashima report. "The latest removals came as DHS's top cybersecurity official, Christopher Krebs, told colleagues he, too, expected to

aterial. (Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey) • Before he was fired as the State Department's inspector general, Steve Linick said he told top aides to Mike Pompeo that he was investigating the secretary's personal conduct "so that they wouldn't be surprised." EFTA00162712 Pompeo has repeatedly said that he

me to grips with the level of animus they encountered on the streets, as epithets, bricks and bottles all came hurtling their way," Griff Witte and Nick Miroff report. "Police have been targets of protest many times before, of course. But never quite like this. 'I've had members say they feel like a Vietna

North Korea. A State Department notice released Monday said the ban will remain in place until Aug. 31, 2020, unless revoked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The ban was imposed in 2017 by then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and renewed in 2018 (The Associated Press). EFTA00047371 > Venezuela: The

week to a North Dakota company owned by a frequent Fox News guest and major GOP donor. Trump personally pushed military officials to hire the firm. Nick Miroff reports: "In a letter to the Defense Department Office of Inspector General, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said there are reasons to be suspicious

n at the site before Thursday and its presence suggests the North Koreans are moving to resume tests engine tests at Sohae..." — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended an off-the-books sit-down meeting with a conservative group that included a number of wealthy Republican donors while he was in London for

week to a North Dakota company owned by a frequent Fox News guest and major GOP donor. Trump personally pushed military officials to hire the firm. Nick Miroff reports: "In a letter to the Defense Department Office of Inspector General, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said there are reasons to be suspicious

hospitals canceling surgeries and forest fires blazing out of control because of a lack of firefighters. (Mary Beth Sheridan) 8. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he granted a visa to Iran's foreign minister to visit New York primarily to meet U.S. obligations to the United Nations, but the official's mo

materialize on the streets of major U.S. cities, even as his statement cast a cloud of fear that kept many families indoors. Abigail Hauslohner and Nick Miroff report: "Immigration enforcement authorities said their plans to track down migrants with deportation orders would continue, but their operations o

n Dixon and Isabelle Khurshudyan report. — Acting Ambassador Bill Taylor was directed to step aside ahead of a visit to Kyiv by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, per the Wall Street Journal: "That timing countered earlier suggestions that Mr. Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined, and will allow

criminal convictions — including some low-level offenses and misdemeanors - measures that would make it harder for many to seek refuge in the U.S. Nick Miroff reports: "The proposed change from the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security would disqualify asylum applicants found guilty o