Dan Boylan

Nikki Haley blasts U.N. Human Rights Council as ‘cesspool of political bias’ as U.S. withdraws

The Trump administration has pulled the U.S. out of the United Nations' main human rights body because of long-standing complaints that the panel is biased against Israel, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday.

June 19, 2018

China Daily: ‘Trump’s trade war self-harming to the U.S.’

Retaliation will be severe to President Trump's announcement Monday that Chinese imports could soon face $200 billion in new tariffs, China's official media has warned.

June 19, 2018

Global central bank warns bitcoin could ‘bring internet to a halt’

Unstable pricing, the potential for manipulation and their growing drain on the speed of the internet are casting major shadows over the future of digital currencies such as bitcoin, a major new survey by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has concluded.

June 18, 2018

Ivan Duque wins Colombia’s presidential race

Ivan Duque, a young conservative lawmaker, on Sunday won Colombia's first presidential election since the country implemented a fragile peace accord that ended Latin America's longest-running conflict.

June 17, 2018

Victoria Nuland, Obama official linked to anti-Trump dossier, to testify before Congress

Former State Department official Victoria Nuland, who reportedly connected FBI officials to the former British spy who wrote the infamous anti-Trump dossier, will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee next week.

June 15, 2018

House Appropriations committee approves $675 billion in Pentagon spending

House Appropriations Committee members on Wednesday passed the Pentagon's annual funding bill -- a $675 billion package of requests for fiscal 2019 -- which increases purchases of F-35 joint strike fighters.

June 13, 2018

Moscow lashes out at Washington for charging Russians with violating Syria sanctions

Kremlin officials on Wednesday lashed out at the Justice Department's move to charge Russians with violating U.S. sanctions on Syria, calling it an act of "political blindness" and hostility.

June 13, 2018

Russia invites Donald Trump to World Cup

President Trump is a welcome guest at the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

June 13, 2018

Congress struggles with ‘more than 30 proposals’ to combat foreign election meddling

Congress is wrestling with more than 30 proposals "to combat different angles of the foreign election meddling issue," according to Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley.

June 12, 2018

U.S. lawmakers push to criminalize doping in international sports just before World Cup starts

A bipartisan group of House members have proposed to criminalize doping in international sports and make those who use, manufacture or distribute performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in global competitions face penalties including lengthy prison terms and fines of up to $1 million.

June 12, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen becomes first Trump Cabinet member to host meeting at U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has become the first Trump Cabinet member to host a meeting at the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

June 12, 2018

Trump-Kim summit could provide key intelligence to Iran’s nuclear program

Iran's hardline leadership is watching the historic Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for signs that Pyongyang could start sharing critical intelligence with Washington about its dealings with Tehran, argues a prominent Iran analyst.

June 11, 2018

House approves regular audits of Mueller’s Russian election-meddling probe

The House has approved a proposal that would require special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation of Russian election meddling to be audited regularly.

June 8, 2018

China steps up business with Iran after Trump exits nuclear deal

China's adeptness at doing business with Iran through state-owned companies not exposed to the American financial systems could make Beijing the big beneficiary of President Trump's move to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on foreign companies doing business with Tehran.

June 7, 2018

Eric Swalwell’s Duty to Report Act would require campaigns to tell FBI if foreign agents offer dirt

A Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has introduced a bill that would obligate campaigns to inform the FBI if any foreign powers offer up political dirt on an opponent.

June 7, 2018

Michael McCaul, House Homeland Security chairman, warns of ISIS threat to the World Cup

The World Cup begins next week and the Islamic State is continuing "a barrage of threats to attack the event", the head of the House Homeland Security Committee warned Thursday.

June 7, 2018

Putin: Russia to remain in Syria ‘as long as beneficial’

The Russian military will stay in Syria as long as it is in Moscow's interests, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during his annual question-and-answer phone-in TV program.

June 7, 2018

Chinese phone maker Huawei says it didn’t take Facebook data

Chinese phone maker Huawei, a firm flagged by U.S. intelligence officials as a national security threat, on Wednesday said it neither collected nor stored user data Facebook provided as part of a partnership with the social media giant.

June 6, 2018

Senators hammer Facebook for answers on latest data-sharing fiasco

Lawmakers on Wednesday lashed out at Facebook in the wake of recent revelations that the social media giant appeared to hide data-sharing partnerships with Chinese firms that U.S. intelligence officials have flagged as security threats.

June 6, 2018

Benjamin Netanyahu continues European tour to persuade leaders to quit Iran nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday continued lobbying European leaders to follow in President Trump's footsteps and quit the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

June 6, 2018