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In this undated video grab provided released by the Russian Defense Ministry, a Russian Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone is photographed being test-launched, in Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the Poseidon doesn't fall under the New START arms control treaty with the United States, but added that Moscow is ready to discuss it as part of broader talks with Washington on strategic stability. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

U.S., Russia to meet for arms control talks this month, extend invite to China

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Wyoming food, child care assistance services under pressure

Associated Press

In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Foreign Affairs Dems call for firing of State IG Steve Linick to be reversed

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nancy Pelosi: Steve Linick firing ‘unsavory’

By Lauren Toms, Lauren Meier and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this file photo, then-State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol where he met with Senate staff about the State Department and Ukraine, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump fires Steve Linick, State Department inspector general

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this file photo, then-State Department Inspector General Steve Linick leaves a meeting in a secure area at the Capitol where he met with Senate staff about the State Department and Ukraine, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mike Pompeo fires State Dept. watchdog critical of Trump moves

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - This July 20, 2016, file photo, shows Dana Zzyym, of Fort Collins, Colo., outside the federal courthouse in Denver. Under a ruling from a federal appeals court, the U.S. State Department is once again being ordered to consider whether to grant an intersex person a passport that does not specify a gender. On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, a panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver concluded the State Department had authority to deny such an application but had exercised it in an arbitrary manner with some of its stated reasons not supported by evidence. The judges said the department should reconsider the application by Dana Zzyym. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

State Department told to revisit sexual listing on passports

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2020, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

China stepping up virus-linked disinformation push, State Department office says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

An Indian Muslim man prays in a Mosque during the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Gauhati, India, Monday, April 27, 2020. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging that the State Department add India to its list of nations with uniquely poor records on protecting freedom to worship, while proposing to remove Sudan and Uzbekistan from that list. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Religious freedom watchdog pitches adding India to blacklist

By ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

This Sept. 13, 2019 photo provided by the family shows Adebambo Alli, left, Robin Gallite and their adopted daughter, Adenike-Rae, at the Lekki Conservation Center, a natural reserve protecting the wetlands of the Lekki peninsula in Nigeria. Stranded in Nigeria for months, the couple had a rare chance to board a U.S-bound evacuation flight amid the coronavirus outbreak. They refused to fly because Adenike-Rae has yet to receive a U.S. visa and they would have had to leave her behind. (Adebambo Alli via AP)

Americans stuck in Africa trying to bring adopted kids home

By DAVID CRARY - 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**

U.S. scientists say China hampers search for origin of deadly virus

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Pompeo: ‘27,000 Americans’ repatriated amid global pandemic

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters conduct disinfection on the platform of Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 24, 2020. Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, though the provincial capital will remain closed til April 8, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside.(Zhao Jun/Xinhua via AP)

State Department marks bioweapons accord with reference to pandemic

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, photo, a U.S. military policeman and South Korean security persons U.S. Army base Camp Walker, in Daegu, South Korea. The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreading around the world that has infected more than 1,200 people in South Korea. (Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP)

Coronavirus lies pushed by China to blame virus on U.S. bioweapon

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear-armed missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday that showcased China's ambition as a rising global force. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

China pressured to join New START nuclear weapons agreement

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her phone after attending a U.S.-Russia meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 23, 2010. The revelation that Mrs. Clinton used an off-the-books email account during her time as secretary of state has raised fresh questions about her credibility heading into 2016. (Associated Press)

Hillary on the hot seat: Clinton forced to spill the beans on private home server

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sunday, March 1, 2020, Turkey-backed opposition fighters help a fellow fighter wounded in fighting with Syrian government forces and their allies in Sarmin, south of Idlib, Syria. Fighting on the ground in Idlib continued Monday, with heavy clashes between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed fighters. (AP Photo)

U.S. to provide $108 million in humanitarian aid as the threat of Turkey-Syria war looms

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, journalists raise their hands in the White House press room during the daily briefing, in Washington. China is denouncing a move by the Trump administration to cap the number of journalists from five Chinese state-run media outlets in the United States as “based on the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice.&quot; The State Department announced Monday that 100 journalists from the five outlets would be given visas, citing China’s increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment and intimidation of American and other foreign journalists in China. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

China denounces US cap on reporter numbers as prejudicial

Associated Press

FILE - Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, journalists raise their hands in the White House press room during the daily briefing, in Washington. China is denouncing a move by the Trump administration to cap the number of journalists from five Chinese state-run media outlets in the United States as based on the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice." The State Department announced Monday that 100 journalists from the five outlets would be given visas, citing Chinas increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment and intimidation of American and other foreign journalists in China. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Reporters Without Borders blasts Mike Pompeo China press restrictions

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, attends a news conference for the film "Hillary" during the 70th International Film Festival Berlin, Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton to be deposed in lawsuit over emails, judge rules

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times