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Trump Administration Warns That U.S. May Pull Out Of U.N. Human Rights Council

"It is essential that this council address its chronic anti-Israel bias, if it is to have any credibility," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said. She noted human rights abuses in Venezuela.

The Trump administration is warning that the U.S. might leave the U.N. Human Rights Council, arguing that it displays anti-Israel bias and ignores violations by certain countries.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley Tuesday that the United States is "looking carefully at this council and our participation in

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