Mike Pompeo was just three years into his national political career when he was tapped to join the panel to probe the killing of a U.S. ambassador in Benghazi Now Pompeo is in Foggy Bottom, and Congress is beginning to take an intense interest in him
BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- “Divided by COVID-19: Democratic U.S. areas hit three times as hard as Republican ones,”
by Reuters’ Andy Sullivan: “By Wednesday, U.S. counties that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election reported 39 coronavirus deaths per 100,000 residents, according to an analysis of demographic and public health data. In counties that voted for Republican Donald Trump, 13 of every 100,000 people had died from the virus.the infectious disease has taken in densely packed Democratic-voting cities like New York.
by AP’s Brady McCombs in Salt Lake City: “The practice of so-called contact tracing requires a hybrid job of interrogator, therapist and nurse as they try coax nervous people to be honest. … While other countries have devised national approaches, a patchwork of efforts has emerged in the U.S. where states are left to create their own program. …of half-truths and facts that don’t match up.
by South China Morning Post’s Gary Cheung: “Beijing will introduce a draft resolution to allow the National People’s Congress to chart legislation for a new national security law tailor-made for Hong Kong that will proscribe secessionist and subversive activity, foreign interference and terrorism in the city, sources have told the Post.aimed at toppling the central government and external interference in Hong Kong’s affairs. It would also target terrorist acts in the city.
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