Andrea Germanos

New Poll Shows Trump, Clinton The Among Two Worst Rated Presidential Candidates Since 1956

The wild card in this year’s ratings is that more Americans view Clinton and Trump highly unfavorably than highly favorably, and to an unprecedented degree.”

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By Andrea Germanos
Caricatures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (Photo: DonkeyHotey/flickr/cc)

Via a new Gallup poll, more evidence comes Friday that the nation's electorate really doesn't like this year's leading presidential candidates. Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has the dubious distinction of being the most unfavorably viewed of any candidate over the past seven decades—displacing 1964 Republican candidate Barry

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At Home and Abroad, Most People Agree That Americans Are Greedy and Arrogant Jerks

New Pew poll shows that in the 16 countries surveyed, a median of 54 percent associated arrogance with Americans.

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By Andrea Germanos
Americans are arrogant and greedy, according to people both within and outside the country, a new Pew Research Center poll finds. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)

Americans are arrogant and greedy, according to people both within and outside the country. And, while Americans may believe themselves tolerant, that's not the opinion of many across the globe. Those are some of the takeaways from a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday, which surveyed over 20,000 respondents in 16 nations. Respondents

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‘Our Anger Is Past Its Limit’: Tens Of Thousands Rally Against US Bases In Okinawa

Demonstration a reflection of years of resentment against US military footprint on island, with former Marine suspected of recent murder and rape adding fuel to fire

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Protesters wearing masks of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and U.S. President Barack Obama, right, attend a rally in front of the National Diet building in Tokyo Sunday, June 19, 2016. Tens of thousands of Japanese on Sunday protested the presence of U.S. military bases on the southwestern island of Okinawa, many of them wearing black to mourn the rape and killing of a local woman in which a former U.S. Marine is a suspect. The placard, center, reads: "Currently, the Abe administration is going out of control accompanying all Japanese people." (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Okinawa on Sunday was site of a massive protest against U.S. bases, the latest in years of demonstrations, with fresh anger fueled by the recent suspected rape and killing of a woman on the Japanese island by a former Marine. Organizers say that 65,000 people took part in the rally in Naha, Okinawa's capital, and theIrish Times described it as

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Far-Right Terror Attack Suggested As Details Of Jo Cox’s Killer Emerge

Cox was killed by a “well of hatred,” Labour leader Corbyn says.

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By Andrea Germanos
Flowers, notes, and candles fill the memorial site for Jo Cox at Parliament Square in London on 17 June 2016. (Photo: Public Domain)

As tributes pour in for British lawmaker Jo Cox, new information is emerging about potential extremist group ties held for years by the suspected killer of the "champion of refugees" and humanitarian who "fought for a better world." Cox, a Labour Party MP and 41-year-old mother of two, died Thursday after being shot and stabbed while meeting

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CIA Chief: ‘War on Terror’ Has Created A Lot More Terrorists

John Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee “our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach.”

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By Andrea Germanos
CIA Director John Brennan

Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan said Thursday that, years into the United States' fight against the Islamic State, the terrorist group's reach and power have not been diminished and that it has even more fighters than al-Qaeda had at its height. Speaking to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Brennan said, "Unfortunately,

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Community Of Kunkletown Wins As Nestle Drops Water Extraction Plans

“This entire village of Kunkletown came together and slayed the dragon, and it’s something to be proud of.”

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By Andrea Germanos

After facing community resistance, bottled beverage giant Nestlé Waters North America this week ditched its plans to extract water from a Monroe County, Penn. spring. The plan would have seen Nestlé take 200,000 gallons of water per day from the source in Kunkletown, located in Eldred Township, and truck it away daily to a nearby plant where it

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New Proposal Allows Consumers To Join Together To Sue Big Banks

The ‘abusive practice… blocks consumers from challenging predatory practices such as hidden fees, fraud and other illegal behavior.’

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By Andrea Germanos
Germany Protests ECB

A new proposal from the U.S. financial watchdog for consumers has been applauded for its ability to help prevent big banks from evading liability for wrongdoing. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal, unveiled Thursday, curtails mandatory arbitration clauses in financial products like credit cards, bank accounts, and student loans,

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