With Tax Cuts for Wealthy and Corporations Complete, Gary Cohn Calls it Quits

Since the passage of the Trump’s tax cuts in December, Wall-Street veteran turned Economic Advisor Gary Cohn likely had little incentive to stay in the White House.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
White House chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Just over two months after the Trump administration celebrated its most notable policy achievement of President Donald Trump's term—passage of massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy—the President's chief economic advisor Gary Cohn, former head of Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Reportedly over an

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Hezbollah Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Fomenting Lebanese PM’s Resignation

Saad Hariri rendered his resignation from Saudi Arabia, the announcement was first made and circulated on Saudi state television.

Juan Cole
By Juan Cole
In this photo released on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hariri resigned from his post Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that plunged the country into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, the Lebanese party-militia, Hassan Nasrullah, gave a major speech Sunday in the wake of the resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri. Nasrullah characterized this step as a Saudi move dictated to Hariri by Riyadh. Lebanon’s three big religio-ethnic groups are Sunnis, Shias and Christians. By gentleman’s

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What Pushed A Senior EPA Official To Resign In Protest?

“The environmental field is suffering from the temporary triumph of myth over truth.”

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
What Pushed A Senior EPA Official To Resign In Protest?

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A senior Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official resigned from the agency in protest against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s plans for massive industry deregulation that will threaten human health. The resignation comes as a federal appeals court in the D.C. Circuit upheld a ruling by the

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Edward Snowden Calls On The UK To Demand Cameron’s Resignation

Snowden’s call comes after Cameron was implicated in the Panama Papers leak that exposed the offshore dealings of international elites and their fortunes.

teleSUR
By teleSUR

Edward Snowden called on the people in the United Kingdom to rise up and demand the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron in the fallout of the Panama Papers. Cameron's father was one of the names listed as having an offshore account. The prime minister admitted today that he made over 31,000 pounds (US$43,700) from his father's hidden

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IRS Acting Commissioner Forced Out By Scandal

Acting IRS commissioner Steven T. Miller was forced to resign today, the first casualty from allegations the tax agency put conservative groups through extra scrutiny. In a briefing at the White House, President Barack Obama said he doesn’t blame Americans angry over the accusations and would take steps to prevent it from happening again, the Washington Post reported. “I […]

Global Post News Desk
By Global Post News Desk

Acting IRS commissioner Steven T. Miller was forced to resign today, the first casualty from allegations the tax agency put conservative groups through extra scrutiny. In a briefing at the White House, President Barack Obama said he doesn't blame Americans angry over the accusations and would take steps to prevent it from happening again,

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UK Bank Insists It Won’t Need Bailout After Being Downgraded To ‘Junk’ Rating

The country still struggles from the impact of bailouts to Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, which were rescued during the financial crisis.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

LONDON — The Co-operative Bank on Friday sought to reassure its customers that it didn't need a government bailout after Moody's Investors Service downgraded the U.K. lender's debt ratings to "junk" status. Concerns about the bank's credit status had been rising since it pulled out of a deal to buy some 630 branches from another U.K. lender,

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