The opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy more than $1 trillion from 2001 to 2017 and is expected to cost an additional $500 billion by 2020, according to Altarum, a nonprofit health research and consulting institute. The annual cost of the crisis ballooned from $29.1 billion in 2001 to roughly $115 billion in 2017. Altarum […]
As SEC Chair’s Family Grows Rich from Corporate Secrecy Firm, U.S. Named #2 Facilitator of Illicit Money…
Yesterday we reported that the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton – the man ostensibly in charge of providing financial transparency to the American people – has tens of millions of dollars in family net worth tied to a Delaware company specializing in providing secrecy to corporate entities. (This actually makes sense […]
Campbell Soup to Close Toronto Plant, Move Production to U.S….
The Campbell Soup Company announced Wednesday that it will shut down its Toronto plant and move operations to its three U.S. factories. The move will result in nearly 400 lost manufacturing jobs at the plant, which has been in operation since 1931. The Toronto plant will be closed in phases over the next 18 months […]
Former CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information…
Jerry Chun Shing Lee, aka Zhen Cheng Li, 53, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, was arrested last night on charges of unlawful retention of national defense information. Dana J. Boente, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in […]
Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants…
REPORT: U.S. & Saudis Boosted Islamic State Arsenal by Sending EU-Made Advanced Arms to Syrian Rebels…
Advanced weapons in the arsenal of Islamic State terrorists in Syria were made in the EU and delivered by the US and Saudi Arabia, a new study says. The deliveries were intended to prop up ‘moderate’ rebel groups, but resulted in arming the jihadists. The investigation by the London-based Conflict Armament Research (CAR) concludes that […]
Lavrov: North Korea Ready to Open Direct Talks with U.S….
North Korea is open to direct talks with the US over their nuclear standoff, according to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, who said he passed that message to his counterpart, Rex Tillerson, when the two diplomats met in Vienna on Thursday. There was no immediate response from Tillerson but the official position of the […]
Trump, Moon Reach Final Agreement to Scrap Warhead Limits for Ballistic Missiles…
Trump’s China Trip Is a Test for U.S. Natural Gas Exports…
Forcing Trump’s Hand, Sanders and Dems Intro Bill to Lower ‘Outrageous’ Drug Prices…
Challenging President Donald Trump to make good on his professed desire to take on the pharmaceutical industry—which he has said is “getting away with murder”—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined several top congressional Democrats on Wednesday in introducing legislation that would tackle some of Big Pharma’s “outrageous abuses” by permitting the Department of Health and Human […]
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