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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a news briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Washington. A federal judge in Atlanta has ruled that the daughter of a married gay couple in Georgia who was born via surrogate in England has been an American citizen since birth. “That pertained to surrogacy and it had nothing to do with the sexual orientation of the parents,&quot; McEnany said of the ruling. “And this — this administration, president will proudly stand on a record of achievement like leading a global initiative to end the criminalization of homosexuality throughout the world, launching a plan to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and easing a ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Judge: Gay couple’s child born in England is a US citizen

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2017 photo, U.S. passports lie on a table in Dallas, Texas. The U.S. State Department is in the middle of a record year for processing passport applications, with 20.5 million renewals and applications for new passports expected. Adult U.S. passports must be renewed every 10 years, and the 2017 surge comes a decade after a law went into effect requiring passports for U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Benny Snyder)

Gay couple’s child born in England is a U.S. citizen, federal judge rules

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak on the second night of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: First lady expresses sympathy for virus victims

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FILE - In this June 1, 2011 file photo, water is released through the outlet tubes at Grand Coulee Dam, Wash., on the Columbia River. The way dams and storage reservoirs on the Columbia River and its tributaries are managed could change dramatically in a short five years if negotiators from the United States and Canada don't strike a deal. At issue is the Columbia River Treaty, a transboundary agreement that has governed flood risk management and hydropower production for more than five decades. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

Trump should renegotiate Columbia River Treaty to help energy consumers in Pacific Northwest

By Brian McNicoll

US stops advising against global travel, but hits Mexico

Associated Press

Pages from the U.S. State Department's Global Engagement Center report released on Aug. 5, 2020, are seen in this photo. The State Department says Russia is using a well-developed online operation that includes a loose collection of proxy websites to stir up confusion around the coronavirus by amplifying conspiracy theories and misinformation. The department detailed a Russian-backed misinformation cycle that spreads false information online through state officials and state-funded media reports, by infiltrating U.S. social media conversation, and leveraging a deceptive internet framework of websites. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) **FILE**

State Dept.: Russia pushes disinformation in online network

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

In this photo distributed by Brazil's presidential press office, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and U.S. Ambassador Todd Chapman pose for a photo during an event to mark U.S. Independence Day at the ambassador's residence in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 4, 2020. (Isac Nobrega/Brazil's presidential press office via AP)

Trump’s envoy close to Brazil’s leader — some say too close

By DAVID BILLER and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

A security guard, right, talks with a man inside the Chinese Consulate Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Houston. China says malicious slander" is behind an order by the U.S. government to close its consulate in Houston, and maintains that its officials have never operated outside ordinary diplomatic norms. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

U.S.-China standoff: Trump administration to order reduction in diplomats amid spy cases

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Singaporean national admits to spying for China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This Jan. 14, 2013, file photo shows a gavel sitting on a desk inside a courtroom. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

EXCLUSIVE: Singaporean think tank expert pleads guilty to spying for Beijing

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, passes Woody Johnson the U.S. Ambassador to Britain as he walks to 10 Downing Street in London, for his meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Allegations against Trump envoy roil US Embassy in London

By MATTHEW LEE and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this June 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. President Trump on Jan. 9, 2020, suggested that the balance of a far-reaching trade deal with China might be put off until after the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

China says US orders it to close its consulate in Houston

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Constitution Center about the Commission on Unalienable Rights, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in Philadelphia. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)

Mike Pompeo China speech defends Trump hawkish position

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 20, 2019, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. The U.S. State Department has put the ambassador to Israel's official residence outside Tel Aviv up for sale, in a decision aimed at cementing the American embassy's controversial move to Jerusalem. The beachfront mansion in the affluent Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya is going on the market because most of Ambassador David Friedman’s day-to-day activities are based at the embassy in Jerusalem, the State Department said Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Jim Young/Pool Photo via AP, File)

After embassy move, U.S. to sell envoy’s house near Tel Aviv

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

Mexico says it is cracking down on piracy in Gulf

Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

US official says China not forthcoming in talks with Pompeo

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Mary Elizabeth Taylor (U.S. State Department)

Mary Elizabeth Taylor, State Department official, resigns over Trump ‘racial injustice’ response

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Immigration Equality shows Roee, left, and Adiel Kiviti, right, with their children newborn, Kessem and older brother Lev. A federal judge has ruled that the State Department must recognize that the daughter of the gay couple in Maryland has been a U.S. citizen since her birth in Canada via a surrogate last year. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang's order on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 rejects the State Department’s position that the child was born out of wedlock because one of her married parents is not her biological parent. (Courtesy of Adiel and Roee Kiviti/Immigration Equality via AP)

Judge: Gay couple’s child was US citizen at birth in Canada

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks as Attorney General William Barr listens, during a joint briefing, Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the State Department in Washington, on an executive order signed by President Donald Trump aimed at the International Criminal Court. Trump has lobbed a broadside attack against the International Criminal Court. He's authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials for possible war crimes in Afghanistan without U.S. consent. The executive order Trump signed on Thursday marks his administration’s latest attack against international organizations, treaties and agreements that do not hew to its policies. (Yuri Gripas/Pool via AP)

Pompeo to meet top Chinese official in Hawaii amid tensions

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press