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

ngratulated Biden for his win. (Eva Dou) • Other leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, still have not done so. (Rick Noack) • The lawyer for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager charged with killing two Black Lives Matters protesters, urged supporters on Twitte

ast night from Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale's appearance. Hale, the top career official at Foggy Bottom, revealed that Mike Pompeo spoke with Giuliani by phone on March 28 and March 29 as officials in the department tried to get a statement of support for then-Ambassador Marie

es, which accuses him of publishing secret documents." -- As violence spikes, some Hong Kong activists see salvation in their British citizenship. Rick Noack reports: "As the Hong Kong leadership — backed by Beijing — is increasingly cracking down on pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous territory

ript last night from Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Hale's appearance. Hale, the top career official at Foggy Bottom, revealed that Mike Pompeo spoke with Giuliani by phone on March 28 and March 29 as officials in the department tried to get a statement of support for then- Ambassador Marie

tates, which accuses him of publishing secret documents." As violence spikes, some Hong Kong activists see salvation in their British citizenship. Rick Noack reports: "As the Hong Kong leadership — backed by Beijing — is increasingly cracking down on pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous territory,

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

and's Supreme Court said the country could be at risk of leaving the E.U. too if its right-wing government pursues controversial judicial changes. Rick Noack reports: "The proposed judicial changes have been condemned by the European Union and the bloc's Polish allies. If fully implemented, the measures

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

land's Supreme Court said the country could be at risk of leaving the E.U. too if its right-wing government pursues controversial judicial changes. Rick Noack reports: "The proposed judicial changes have been condemned by the European Union and the bloc's Polish allies. If fully implemented, the measures