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White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters on Air Force One en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, from Philadelphia. (AP /Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Chilling, Undemocratic, Totalitarian’: White House Bars Critical News Outlets

Archives for febrero 2017

Trump’s National Security Pick Differs With Administration On Anti-Islam Stance

McMaster has a reputation for speaking truth to power. In his 1997 book, «Dereliction of Duty,» McMaster leveled stinging criticisms at the U.S. military establishment for failures during the Vietnam War.

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump makes the announcement at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, that McMaster will be the new national security adviser. (AP/Susan Walsh)

WASHINGTON (REPORT) — President Donald Trump's choice of an outspoken but non-political Army general as national security adviser is a nod to pragmatism, but Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will serve a commander in chief with unorthodox ideas about foreign policy and an inner circle of advisers determined to implement them. McMaster, 54, is an

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Mexican Official: Trump’s Plan To Deport Non-Mexicans To Mexico Is A ‘Non-Starter’

On the eve of a meeting between Mexico’s President Peña Nieto and American officials, Mexican officials emphatically rejected the latest Trump administration immigration proposal.

Marcelo Rochabrun
Por Marcelo Rochabrun
Immigration

(REPORT) --- Mexican officials have flatly rejected the Trump administration's plan to deport to Mexico migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. southern border, regardless of nationality. On the eve of a high-level meeting between the two countries, Mexican officials said Mexico will never accept the return of Guatemalans, Salvadorans,

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Former IMF Director Sentenced To 4.5 Years In Prison For Fraud

The former director of the International Monetary Fund was sentenced Thursday by a Spanish court to four years and six months in prison for misappropriating bank funds.

teleSUR
Por teleSUR
Former IMF managing director Rodrigo Rato, center, arrives at the National Court in Madrid, Spain, to answer questions over his stewardship of Spanish bank, Bankia. Former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato was detained by police Thursday night April 16, 2015, according to media reports, after tax officials spent hours searching his apartment.

(REPORT) --- Rodrigo Rato was charged for using credit cards for irregular and undeclared expenses. The former director of the International Monetary Fund was sentenced Thursday by a Spanish court to four years and six months in prison for misappropriating bank funds. Rodrigo Rato had been on trial along with 64 other executives and

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John McCain Takes “Unusual” Secret Trip To Syria

McCain’s trip coincided with President Trump’s memorandum to prepare a plan to “defeat” ISIS within the next 30 days.

Whitney Webb
Por Whitney Webb
Independent U. S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, left, and Republican Sen. John McCain, of Arizona are seen at a Syrian refugee camp in Yayladagi, Turkey, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP/Umit Bektas)

(ANALYSIS) --- Despite his experience as a U.S. veteran and prisoner of war, Arizona Senator John McCain is about as pro-war as they come. While he faded from view somewhat following his failed bid for the presidency in 2008, McCain remains a very active senator, particularly in regards to the Syrian conflict that has raged on for the better part

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1 Killed, 2 Hospitalized In Racially Motivated Kansas City Bar Shooting

Asked at a news conference Thursday if the involvement of federal authorities indicated the shooting might be considered a hate crime, FBI special agent Eric Jackson said it was too early to determine.

Associated Press
Por Associated Press
Adam Purinton, of Olathe, Kan. was arrested early Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in connection with a shooting at a bar in Olathe that left one person dead and and wounding two others. (Henry County (Mo.) Sheriff's Office via AP)

OLATHE, Kan. (REPORT) — A man has been charged with murder in what some witnesses described as a racially motivated shooting at a crowded suburban Kansas City bar that left one Indian man dead and two other men hospitalized. Local police are working with the FBI to investigate the shooting Wednesday night in Olathe, Kansas, but have declined to

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Mutiny Over Donald Trump Inside The World’s Wealthiest Hedge Fund

«With the amount of money people are taking home, they literally have the ability to reshape America in whichever way they see fit.»

ZeroHedge.com
Por ZeroHedge.com
Soros Fund Management chairman George Soros, left, shakes hands with Renaissance Technologies President James Simons on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on "Hedge Funds and the Financial Market". (AP/Kevin Wolf)

(ANALYSIS) --- Last August, we introduced readers to the hedge fund that we dubbed the "puppet master behind the US presidential election", which also happened to be the most successful hedge fund in history : Setauket-based Renaissance Technologies (a recent analysis by LCH found that Ray Dalio's Bridgewater, with $45 billion in absolute profits

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