State Dept: Pompeo’s wife cleared of travel ethics charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Thursday that a report by its independent watchdog has concluded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not violate federal regulations or ethics rules by traveling abroad with her husband while he was on official business. In a statement that took aim at congressional Democrats and some media outlets, the department said a review of Susan Pompeo’s travel had uncovered no wrongdoing, The…