Congress demands Pompeo explain firing of watchdog who was investigating him
Donald Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked him to fire the State Department’s inspector general.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2020Donald Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked him to fire the State Department’s inspector general.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2020Multiple Trump administration officials have resigned in disgrace for abusing taxpayer dollars.
By Emily Singer - May 20, 2020Donald Trump says the country’s priorities are ‘screwed up.’
By Oliver Willis - May 18, 2020The latest to be fired is the State Department’s inspector general, Steve Linick.
By Emily Singer - May 18, 2020Americans have been told not to travel abroad, go to gyms, or shake hands. But those are all things some Republican officials are doing.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2020The secretary of state has ignored the advice of experts by continuing to use racist language about the coronavirus.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 25, 2020Pompeo is disregarding World Health Organization guidance advising against using geographic locations to name diseases.
By Emily Singer - March 06, 2020Trump’s chief of staff, Mike Mulvaney, has falsely claimed the media is only covering the outbreak to hurt Trump’s presidency.
By Oliver Willis - February 28, 2020Trump described traumatic brain injuries received by service members as ‘headaches.’
By Oliver Willis - February 28, 2020The Trump administration has repeatedly attacked the U.S. media as ‘fake news.’
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2020The former US ambassador to Ukraine who was the target of a smear campaign said the State Department is being ‘hollowed out’ under Trump’s leadership.
By Associated Press - February 13, 2020The secretary of state claimed he was not exercising a double standard when he berated an NPR reporter last month and accused her of lying.
By Associated Press - February 03, 2020The State Department’s attacks on the press are part of a larger trend within the Trump administration.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 28, 2020Ukraine has launched its own investigation into allegations that former U.S. ambassador was spied on during her time there.
By Associated Press - January 16, 2020The Trump administration is still facing questions about the justification for the drone strike that killed an Iranian general.
By Associated Press - January 10, 2020A new report claims Trump was concerned about support from Senate Republicans ahead of his impeachment trial when he made the decision to take out the Iranian general.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 10, 2020The secretary of state told Fox News Iranian Gen. Soleimani was plotting attacks, but the United States didn’t know ‘when’ or ‘precisely where.’
By Emily Singer - January 10, 2020Members of Congress said the Trump administration’s briefings on the Iran strikes were inadequate.
By Associated Press - January 09, 2020Republicans worry scandal-plagued conservative Kris Kobach could squander a Senate race in ruby-red Kansas.
By Associated Press - January 08, 2020Mohammed Javad Zarif won’t be allowed to travel to the United Nations this week because the United States wouldn’t grant him a visa.
By Associated Press - January 07, 2020Mike Pompeo has claimed Trump didn’t call for attacking Iranian cultural sites after Trump specifically did so.
By Oliver Willis - January 07, 2020Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to justify why the United States killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a string of television interviews.
By Emily Singer - January 06, 2020Conway defended Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites even though such an attack could violate international law.
By Oliver Willis - January 06, 2020More troops are being sent to the Middle East after Trump’s strike on an Iranian general led to more tension in the region.
By Associated Press - January 03, 2020Pompeo’s claim of an ‘imminent threat’ from Iran and his statement that the assassination gives Iranians ‘freedom’ is very similar to the Bush administration’s justification for the Iraq War.
By Emily Singer - January 03, 2020Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggests Ukraine should be investigated for a widely debunked conspiracy theory at the center of Trump’s impeachment.
By Emily Singer - November 26, 2019Kobach, however, isn’t concerned that fellow Republicans worry he’s unpopular or too far-right.
By Associated Press - November 24, 2019Gordon Sondland delivered damning testimony about Trump’s push for Ukraine to announce investigations into a Ukrainian gas company and the 2016 U.S. election.
By Associated Press - November 20, 2019The announcement will make it harder for the Trump to deliver on an oft-promised Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.
By Associated Press - November 18, 2019GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley seem to be trying to distract from the impeachment probe into Donald Trump.
By Emily Singer - November 07, 2019