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China • Mike Pompeo • U.S. Department of State • Media • Donald Trump

Pompeo says U.S. designating six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department on April 29, 2020, in Washington,DC. Andrew Harnik | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State  Mike Pompeo  announced on Wednesday the State Department was designating the U.S. operations of six more China-based media companies as foreign missions, a move he said was aimed at pushing back against communist propaganda. Pompeo also told a State Department news conference the United States would launch a dialogue on China with the  European Union  on Friday and that on Sunday he would begin a trip to India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia. He said he expected the meetings would include discussions about how “free nations can work together to thwart threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.” The State Department named the newly designated publications as the Yicai Global, Jiefang Daily, the Xinmin ...

Christopher A. Wray • Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation • Donald Trump • Joe Biden

Mitt Romney Says He Voted Against Trump in 2020 Election Trump, Frustrated by Lack of Investigations Into Political Foes, Reportedly Looking Into Firing FBI Director Christopher Wray After the Election By  Reed Richardson Oct 21st, 2020, 9:06 pm Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images President  Donald Trump  is seriously considering the firing of his second FBI director in less than four years, having grown frustrated with the lack of investigations into his political foes by  Christopher Wray . According to the  Washington Post ,  a frustrated Trump is looking at replacing Wray after the 2020 election. Wray was sworn in to a 10-year term as the nation’s federal law enforcement agency in August 2017 after Trump infamously fired  James Comey   earlier that year. The conversations among the president and senior aides stem in part from their disappointment that Wray in particular but Barr as well have not done what Trump had hoped— in...

Chris Pratt • Chris Hemsworth • Chris Evans • Katherine Schwarzenegger • Mark Ruffalo • Robert Downey Jr. • Donald Trump

Stars Defend Chris Pratt After Responses to Viral Post Saying He 'Has to Go' Getty Robert Downey Jr. tells anyone with Pratt criticism to delete their accounts. Chris Pratt  was trending for all the wrong reasons this week, after Twitter once again decided which Hollywood Chris should get the boot. But a few of his famous friends have his back. TV producer Amy Berg posed the oft-asked question over the weekend, sharing pictures of  Chris Hemsworth ,  Chris Pratt ,  Chris Pine  and  Chris Evans  alongside the prompt, "One has to go." The answers were overwhelmingly skewed toward Pratt, with Berg eventually swapping him out for Chris O'Dowd to make it "harder" for her followers. The poll resurfaced chatter about Pratt's past attending Hillsong Church -- which has been  accused of homophobia , claims  Pratt has denied  -- and assumptions about his political beliefs. The talk got to his fellow Marvel buddy  Mark Ruffalo , who tweeted ab...

Brazil • Jair Bolsonaro • Donald Trump • Mike Pompeo • China

  Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is The Latest Right-Wing Strongman To Endorse Trump Topline Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed Donald Trump’s bid for reelection Tuesday, the latest in a string of controversial strongmen to voice their support for the U.S. president, who is trailing in the polls against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the White House in 2019. Getty Images Key Facts Bolsonaro signaled his support for Trump after signing a new trade agreement with the U.S., according to  Politico , telling reporters through an interpreter that “God willing I will be able to attend” a second inauguration for the president, adding that his well-wishes are “from the heart.” He isn’t the first controversial right-wing world leader to show support for Trump—last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Trump and referenced one of his own campaign slogans as the two spoke to a crowd in Houston, Texas,  triggering criticis...

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