Members of Congress want the incoming administration of Donald Trump to develop a “whole-of-government strategy” to combat terrorism financing and cut off illicit revenue from groups like the Islamic State. The recommendation is included in a year-end report issued Tuesday by the House Financial Services Committee’s bipartisan Task Force…
General Fires Back at Trump: F-35 ‘Not Out of Control’ (Just Needs Another Half Billion)…
One week after president-elect Donald Trump criticized the high cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program — the general in charge of the project warned it might need more money and time to complete flight testing. Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan defended…
Trump Picks Hawkish China Critic to Lead U.S. Trade Council…
Peter Navarro will spearhead US trade and industrial policy Donald Trump’s administration. He has long been a vocal critic of China, having accused it of waging an economic war on the United States…
Icahn Named Special Trump Adviser to Roll Back Regulations…
President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire investor Carl Icahn a special adviser to help him overhaul federal regulations in ways the Republican said would promote business growth. “His help on the strangling regulations that our country is faced with will be invaluable,” Trump said in a statement announcing the appointment…
How Did a Nation Crippled by Wall Street Billionaires End Up With Them Running the Country?…
Donald Trump is increasingly looking like Wall Street’s back up plan in the event that the Wall Street Democrats didn’t triumph in the 2016 election. Trump has appointed two Goldman Sachs alumni and the current President of Goldman Sachs to top posts in his administration. On Monday, Trump announced…
China Tycoon Moves Jobs to Ohio, Citing High Taxes & Labor Costs at Home…
A Chinese auto glass tycoon has caused a stir by shifting part of his empire to the United States and setting up a factory in Ohio, citing high taxes and soaring labour costs at home. Cao Dewang’s $600-million investment comes after Donald Trump threatened to declare Beijing a currency manipulator and slap 45 percent punitive […]
Trump Appoints Kellyanne Conway as Senior Counselor…
President-elect Donald Trump wants his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to be the Counselor to the President in his administration. According to the campaign, Conway will continue serving Trump as a close adviser working with senior leadership to…
Obama Plans to Transfer up to 18 Gitmo Detainees Before Leaving Office…
President Obama is planning to transfer 17 or 18 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison before his administration comes to a close in January. The release of the detainees to Italy, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates would mark the single largest transfer under the Obama administration…
IMF Doubles Down on Lagarde as Trump Aims to Upend World Order…
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board caught a glimpse this week of what life might be like in the wilderness of a rapidly shifting world order. It didn’t take them long to slam the door…
What the ‘Sore Losers’ Really Want by Diana Johnstone…
If the 2016 presidential campaign was a national disgrace, the reaction of the losers is an even more disgraceful spectacle. It seems that the political machine backing Hillary Clinton can’t stand losing an election. And why is that? Because they are determined to impose “exceptional” America’s hegemony on the entire world, using military-backed regime changes…
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