Epstein Secrets

equiring people who try to influence American policy or opinion at the direction of foreign governments or entities to disclose their activities to the Justice Department, people familiar with the case said. The inquiry had proceeded far enough last month that Mr. Barrack, who played an influential role in the campai

onfronting career professionals and political appointees in the Department's history,' wrote Chang, who had no diplomatic experience before joining the State Department. ...Chang, in her rebuttal document, argued that her 'background was fully investigated by the FBI and State Department's Diplomatic Security. No q

a protest and not as surrender,' closing by saying that stepping down was 'the only acceptable moral and ethical option for me at this time.' ... 'The Department of State is experiencing what I and many believe is the worst and most profound moral crisis confronting career professionals and political appointees in th

creasingly unlikely, while forming a government dependent on smaller parties with sharply conflicting ideologies seems an almost impossible gamble. Gantz has until midnight Wednesday to announce a government, then secure enough support in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve the new configur

money. Lawmakers also heard last night from Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs. Hale, the third-highest-ranking official at the State Department, shed more light on the dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: "'I believe she should have been able to stay at the post and

ridlock and making it likely that voters will have to vote in a third national election in less than a year. Steve Hendrix and Ruth Eglash report: "Gantz, who has rocketed to the top tier of Israeli politics, caused a stir in October when he became the first person other than Benjamin Netanyahu to be

ed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that it was not possible to form a government. 'I left no stone unturned. I sifted through every grain of sand,' Gantz said in a televised address. He accused Netanyahu, the prime minister, of negotiating not in good faith over a possible unity government but 'with c

- or undercut - some of the most damning witness testimony about Trump's conduct. Sondland turned over communications from his personal devices to the State Department, but State won't share them with investigators. — Holmes also testified that aides to Energy Secretary Rick Perry were "very aggressive in terms of

ncreasingly unlikely, while forming a government dependent on smaller parties with sharply conflicting ideologies seems an almost impossible gamble. Gantz has until midnight Wednesday to announce a government, then secure enough support in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve the new configura

money. Lawmakers also heard last night from Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs. Hale, the third-highest- ranking official at the State Department, shed more light on the dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: "'I believe she should have been able to stay at the post and

ridlock and making it likely that voters will have to vote in a third national election in less than a year. Steve Hendrix and Ruth Eglash report: "Gantz, who has rocketed to the top tier of Israeli politics, caused a stir in October when he became the first person other than Benjamin Netanyahu to be