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...“It’s going to be much more hard hitting,” says Steve Bannon, his former political strategist and conservative media host who remains a close outside ally....
...Beijing has imposed sanctions on several former Trump administration officials, including ex-US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, accusing them of having “seriously violated” China’s sovereignty....
...While Mr Pompeo praised the “wonderful work” of US diplomats, he was critical of Steve Linick, the state department’s former inspector-general, whom the secretary of state recommended should be fired in...
...Mr Trump conceded he had never heard Steve Linick’s name. He did not question Mr Pompeo’s motive. Mr Linick’s investigations posed a threat to Mr Pompeo....
...Democrats allege Mr Linick was investigating Mr Pompeo when he was sacked....
...“[T]he United States must take decisive action to counter [China],” Steve Biegun, deputy US secretary of state, told a Senate hearing on Wednesday....
...In one of his final acts as president, Donald Trump pardoned Steve Bannon, his former top White House aide, who was charged last year with defrauding hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters who donated...
...Eliot Engel, the Democratic congressman from New York and chair of the House foreign relations committee, said on Monday that the arms sale “may be another reason” for the US president’s abrupt sacking of Steve...
...Mr Trump’s arguments have also been pushed by a web of high-profile rightwing pundits and allies, including secretary of state Mike Pompeo, helping to amplify the message....
...Mr Trump notified Congress late on Friday that he was firing Steve Linick, inspector-general of the US Department of State, saying he no longer had “the fullest confidence” in the federal watchdog....
...Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at Soas in London, predicts new protests and a harsh response over coming months as the national security law is “rammed through against the wishes of a very...
...Asked about such a strategy on Friday, Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, said: “I do think there’s that opportunity.”...
...(FT) McDonald’s probes ex-chief The fast-food chain is investigating whether former chief executive Steve Easterbrook, who was fired last November, covered up impropriety by other employees....
...Hours after Mr Pompeo tried to stall the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday by accusing the House foreign affairs committee of bullying his staff, Steve Linick, the inspector-general, requested an urgent meeting...
...(FT) McDonald’s sues former chief The fast-food chain has sued former chief executive Steve Easterbrook to recover severance payments, alleging he hid details of three sexual relationships with employees...
...“The appointments of Luo and Xia showed Xi intended to take a hard line on Hong Kong,” said Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at Soas in London....
...Hours after Mr Pompeo accused Democratic-controlled congressional committees of trying to “bully” state department officials, Steve Linick, the state department inspector-general, requested an urgent meeting...
...Steve Jobs apparently wouldn’t let his children near an iPad. To get a flavour of Silicon Valley’s distaste for what it produces, read this....
...While Mr Pompeo and Mr Bolton are both hawks, Mr Pompeo had better subordinated his own views to the policies pushed by the president....
...asked Steve Castor, counsel for the Republicans. “Personally, no,” said Mr Sondland, who argued that it was obvious Mr Giuliani was conveying the president’s wishes. “How did you know that?...
...Trump administration officials, including Pompeo, have repeatedly suggested Covid-19 originated from a bat-to-human transmission in Wuhan’s virology lab....
...In some cases, such as Steve Jobs, that may be closer to the truth. In others, particularly in the financial sector, that may be less so....
...What we’re reading on Planet Europe Pompeo’s crash landing Having switched course mid-air last week to skip German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Pompeo “crashed” a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels...
...Now she has a new adversary: Steve Bannon....
...Steve Bannon once described Viktor Orban as “Trump before Trump”....
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