Pompeo issues ultimatum for testimony

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is refusing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unless it holds hearings on five senior State Department nominees, including the administration's new ambassador to Ukraine. In a letter to Sen. James Risch, the Idaho Republican who heads the committee, Pompeo said he would testify July 20 if Risch proceeds "with all of the engagements as proposed in the...