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Friday, April 13 President Trump pardons Scooter Libby , the former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney in the George W. Bush administration . As a result of the Plame investigation into the leaking of an undercover CIA agent's identity , Libby had been found guilty of making false statements , obstruction of justice and lying under ...
April 2018 (Confirmed March 22, 2018, voice vote) United States Director of the Asian Development Bank Jason Myung-Ik Chung [93] TBD (Confirmed August 6, 2020, voice vote) Inter-American Development Bank; Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank Steven Mnuchin: April 2018 (Confirmed March 22, 2018, voice vote)
On March 13, 2018, President Trump dismissed Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, and announced his nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to the office. [117] On April 26, Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 57–42 and was sworn in later that day.
Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War. The United Nations Security Council meets amid concerns of military strikes in Syria by the United States and its allies following a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria last weekend, with the United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, accusing Russia of lies and covering for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which ...
Representatives gathered on April 14, 2018. The President of Ecuador Lenín Moreno visited Peru, but left a short time before the summit could start. A hostage crisis at the Colombian border caused the suspected death of two journalists, and he announced that he would take military action unless the captors proved otherwise within a 12-hours time frame.
Politics and elections Philippine presidential election, 2016 The manual recount of the votes begin for the 2016 vice presidential candidates, former Senator Bongbong Marcos and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo. (CNN) Caste politics in India Nine people have died amid violent protests involving tens of thousands of protesters from the SC/ST caste groups across India. (News18) Terrorism in ...
John Lithgow discusses The Crown and his new Broadway show, Stories by Heart.Senator Chuck Schumer discusses DACA, President Trump's word against Senator Dick Durbin's, and the likelihood of Democrats taking back the Senate and/or House in 2018.
President Trump completes his first year in office. A federal government shutdown begins, after the Senate fails to pass a continuing resolution to maintain funding for the government. [67] Vice President Pence arrives in Cairo, Egypt at the start of a tour of Africa and the Middle East. [68] President Trump on the phone in the Oval Office [69]