Victoria Nuland

Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, a controversial figure criticized for her hawkish foreign policy positions, has announced she’s retiring.

“They’re terrified because they think he’s smarter this time. And he has just cause to really get angry because of what they did to him.”

Since Russia launched its invasion last year, it has repeated claims that the United States and NATO are running covert biological-warfare programs in Ukraine. While Western officials reject the claims, presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week said the explosive allegations were true.

Warlord surrenders: Bosco “The Terminator” Ntaganda, a Congolese warlord, surrendered Monday.

U.S. expels Venezuelan diplomats: Just more than a week after Hugo Chavez’s death, the U.S expelled two Venezuelan diplomats, declaring them “persona non grata.”