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Kimberly Guilfoyle vows to defend reputation after resigning Greek ambassadorship

WASHINGTON | Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns and says she’ll ‘vigorously defend’ herself against ‘false’ allegations. Guilfoyle has resigned her ambassadorship after allegations of improper conduct and insisted she’ll “vigorously defend” herself. Trump’s administration said earlier Tuesday it had asked Guilfoyle to leave her post after she faced severe criticism over allegations she engaged in improper and […]

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AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens. A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely pissed […]

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Hong Kong court convicts Wall Street Journal publisher of deterring reporter from taking union role

HONG KONG | A Hong Kong court on Thursday found the publisher of The Wall Street Journal guilty of trying to prevent one of its reporters from taking a leadership role in a local press union, but acquitted the company of a charge that it fired her because of her union activities. Former WSJ reporter […]

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Subpoenas issued to NY Times reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom

Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and […]