Epstein Secrets

and Pakistan. ... A rising star in the Foreign Service, Holmes had a string of sought-after jobs before landing as the senior political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. In addition to the National Security Council — a high-stress, high-profile plum — Holmes also was picked for a prestigious job working for

emiautonomous status for at least three more decades." -- China slammed Hong Kong judges after they ruled that demonstrators could wear face masks. Gerry Shih, Tiffany Liang and David Crawshaw report: "The central government's Hong Kong affairs office said that Monday's judgment 'blatantly challenged the

anscript of his deposition on Monday night. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified that he "vividly" remembers his July 26 lunch at a restaurant in Kyiv because he'd "never seen anything like this." After or

semiautonomous status for at least three more decades." — China slammed Hong Kong judges after they ruled that demonstrators could wear face masks. Gerry Shih, Tiffany Liang and Crawshaw report: "The central government's Hong Kong affairs office said that Monday's judgment 'blatantly challenged the autho

the stolen money but also to demonstrate to the Afghan people that no one was above the law. ... For about a year after the scandal became public, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, led by then- Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, made the case a top priority and pressed Karzai to take action, three former officials told gove

as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology." -- Chinese officials are literally burning books that diverge from Communist Party ideology. Gerry Shih reports: "The book-burning incident, with all its dark historical precedents from this country and Nazi-era Germany, has heightened alarm at a time

sands of dollars to the Americans, even for legislation they would have backed anyway ... 'People would tell each other, so-and-so has just been to the U.S. Embassy and got this money. They said 'ok now I need to go," the U.S. official said. 'So from the beginning, their experience with democracy was one in whi

as a cover for testing ballistic missile technology." -- Chinese officials are literally burning books that diverge from Communist Party ideology. Gerry Shih reports: "The book-burning incident, with all its dark historical precedents from this country and Nazi-era Germany, has heightened alarm at a time