Author: Josh Lederman
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Trump administration tells US embassies they can’t fly pride flag on flagpoles
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News. The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump’s State Department to fly the pride…
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Trump, North Korea’s Kim come together for momentous summit
SINGAPORE — President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un came together for a momentous summit Tuesday that could determine historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat, with Trump pledging that “working together we will get it taken care of.” In a meeting that seemed unthinkable just months ago, the…
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US-North Korea open talks in New York aimed at salvaging summit
NEW YORK — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korea’s former military intelligence chief opened talks Thursday to try to salvage an on-again, off-again summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump told reporters the talks were going well, and that North Korean officials may come to Washington on…
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Top North Korean official, Pompeo meet to discuss summit
NEW YORK — A senior North Korean official and the top U.S. diplomat had dinner in New York on Wednesday as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un try to salvage prospects for a high-stakes nuclear summit. It’s the highest-level official North Korean visit to the United States in 18 years. Kim Yong Chol, the…
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Pompeo issues steep demands for nuclear treaty with Iran
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a steep list of demands Monday that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal, threatening “the strongest sanctions in history” if Iran doesn’t change course. Following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the deal, the United States will ensure…
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Pompeo: US hopes to have North Korea as ‘close partner’ rather than enemy
WASHINGTON — The United States aspires to have North Korea as a “close partner” and not an enemy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday, noting that the U.S. has often in history become good friends with former adversaries. Pompeo said he had told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of that hope during his…
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World to learn fate of Iran nuclear pact Tuesday afternoon
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is preparing to tell the world whether he plans to follow through on his threat to pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran and almost surely ensure its collapse. There are no signs that European allies enlisted to “fix” the deal have persuaded him to preserve it. In…
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Trump warns Russia, ‘nice and new’ missiles ‘will be coming’ in Syria
President Trump warned Wednesday that missiles “will be coming” toward Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack, and he taunted Russia for vowing to shoot down any incoming strikes. “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’” the president wrote on Twitter, referring to missile strikes that have appeared likely since…
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US accuses Russia of ongoing operation to hack energy grid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of a concerted, ongoing operation to hack and spy on the U.S. energy grid and other critical infrastructure, and separately imposed sanctions on Russian officials for alleged high-tech interference in the 2016 American presidential election. U.S. national security officials said the FBI, the Homeland Security Department…
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Putin: Russia will ‘never’ extradite citizens accused by US
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling. Putin says Russia “does not extradite its citizens.” He’s referring to…