President Trump moved quickly to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska earlier this month after getting assurances from his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, that Moscow was ready to make a deal to end its war on Ukraine, US and European officials tell The Post. Following a meeting in Moscow on Aug. 6, Witkoff…
Tankers in Spain Photographer: DeAgostini/Getty Images (Bloomberg) — The US sanctioned a Greek shipper and two Chinese port-terminal operators that it said facilitated the transport of Iranian oil, broadening a so-called maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. Antonios Margaritis was designated, along with a web of companies overseen by him in Greece and the Marshall Islands,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -USAID is concerned that the Trump administration’s cancellation of independent aid monitoring contracts for Ukraine has increased the risk of waste, fraud and abuse, according to three U.S. watchdog agencies. “The termination of third-party monitoring contracts has further limited USAID’s ability to oversee programs,” the State Department, Pentagon and USAID inspectors general said…
The US State Department’s annual review of China’s human rights record, released on Tuesday, was pared back as part of a broader restructuring of its country reports but still retained many of its most politically sensitive criticisms of Beijing’s conduct. “Genocide and crimes against humanity occurred during the year in China against predominantly Muslim Uygurs…
Think twice about traveling south — way, way south — this summer. On July 28, the State Department reissued its routine travel advisory for Antarctica with a Level 2 designation, meaning travelers should “exercise increased caution.” The advisory was put out due to “environmental hazards posed by extreme and unpredictable weather.” It also noted that…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Right now, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have a chance to stop billions of taxpayer dollars from funding organizations in China and Russia. China and Russia received more than $1.3 billion taxpayer dollars for various projects over a 5-year period, according to government watchdog group Open the Books — and that’s only what…
A senior State Department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump ‘s first term and has a history of incendiary statements has been appointed to lead the embattled U.S. Institute of Peace. The move to install Darren Beattie as the institute’s new acting president is seen as the latest step in…
[Source] China has blocked at least two Americans — a Commerce Department employee and a Wells Fargo banker — from leaving the country in recent weeks, according to reports. Who’s stuck The Commerce Department employee, who works under the Patent and Trademark Office, has been barred from leaving China for months after reportedly failing to…
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder…
WASHINGTON — President Trump will soon travel to China — likely to talk tariffs and other issues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed Friday following a meeting with his counterpart from Beijing. “President Trump’s been invited to visit China. It’s a visit he wants to undertake, and so we’ll work on finding the right date…