Will Racke President Donald Trump’s top candidate to replace Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is a former administration aide who has a close friendship with his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. Dina Powell, currently a senior executive at Goldman Sachs after a year-long stint as…
Joshua Gill Saudi Arabia’s state media tweeted an infographic that seemingly threatened a 9/11-style attack against Canada over condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s imprisonment of women’s rights activists. The infographic, which Infographic KSA deleted shortly after tweeting, depicted an Air Canada passenger jet heading toward the Toronto skyline at low altitude. The picture also featured text…
Neetu Chandak Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro abruptly halted his speech during an outdoor military event Saturday after explosions from drone-like devices. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said the socialist president was safe, though seven soldiers were injured, The Associated Press reported. Maduro was giving a speech in celebration of the Venezuelan National Guard’s 81st anniversary. “To the conscious…
Ryan Pickrell A senior Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps commander warned President Donald Trump Monday that he “cannot do a damn thing against Iran.” “We will never abandon our revolutionary beliefs … we will resist pressure from enemies … America wants nothing less than (to) destroy Iran … (but) Trump cannot do a damn thing against Iran,” Gholamhossein…
Ryan Pickrell Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed back Sunday after North Korea criticized the U.S. attitude in the latest round of talks. The North Koreans lashed out at the U.S. Saturday as Pompeo left the country following nuclear negotiations that appear to have failed to produce the desired results, but the U.S. position remains…
Ryan Pickrell North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be pushing ahead with plans for the development of his weapons programs even as the Trump administration insists the young despot understands the need for disarmament. Kim assured President Donald Trump at the June 12 Singapore summit that North Korea would “work toward” the complete…
Will Racke President Donald Trump launched a final parting shot at U.S. trading partners on Saturday, shortly after leaving the G7 summit en route to a highly anticipated summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. This year’s summit produced “great meetings and relationships” with the G7 leaders, “especially since they know I cannot allow…
Ryan Pickrell Despite concerns that the president’s decision Tuesday to withdraw from the Iran deal would derail denuclearization talks with North Korea, negotiations with Pyongyang are still on track, at least for the time being. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Wednesday in Pyongyang, where he held talks with Kim Yong Chul, a senior North…
Ryan Pickrell North Korean state media announced Saturday Kim Jong Un’s commitment to a nuclear-free Korea through the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula. “North and South Korea affirmed the common goal of realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization,” the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday, commenting on Friday’s historic inter-Korean summit. “Sharing the understanding that…
Will Racke Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reportedly pushed for the White House to get congressional approval before striking Syria last week, but was overruled by President Donald Trump, who didn’t want to wait for lawmakers to debate the issue. In meetings leading up to the operation, the Pentagon chief sought to persuade Trump that he…