Pompeo ordered officials to find a way to justify Saudi arms sale being probed by fired watchdog  —  Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed State Department officials to find a way to justify the emergency declaration that he had already decided to implement in order to fast-track …

Gardner brawls with Hickenlooper over threat to block recess  —  After threatening to block the Memorial Day recess, Cory Gardner will get one of his signature bills on the Senate floor.  Yet his likely opponent this November says he's still a pushover to Mitch McConnell.

On the Treaty on Open Skies  —  Tomorrow, the United States will submit notice of its decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies to the Treaty Depositaries and to all other States Parties to the Treaty.  Effective six months from tomorrow, the United States will no longer be a party to the Treaty.