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Amid Calls To Divest, Trump Hotels To Triple US Locations

The expansion — which has the potential to benefit from Trump’s actions and profile as president — could spark further controversy. Democratic lawmakers have also called on Trump to divest his businesses to avoid conflicts of interest, and he has refused to do so.

January 26th, 2017

By Bloomberg

Amid Calls To Divest, Trump Hotels To Triple US Locations

(REPORT) --- Only days after Donald Trump took the oath of office, the head of his hotel-management company outlined hopes for an ambitious expansion across the U.S., raising new questions about potential conflicts between his business and the presidency. Trump Hotels Chief Executive Officer Eric Danziger suggested the company’s

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National security adviser John Bolton listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Is Trump Finally Learning Not To Challenge his Neocon Captors?

Donald Trump tours the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump Puts his Logo on the Military-Industrial Complex, Sets Up US Arms Sales with Syria Demo

President Donald Trump, flanked by Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, speaks during a bicameral meeting with lawmakers working on the tax cuts in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Financial Industry to Rake in $250 Billion From Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts

John McCain-Linked Nonprofit Received $1 Million From Saudi Arabia

“Foreign governments are prohibited from financing candidate campaigns and political parties,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist for ethics watchdog Public Citizen, said. “Funding the lawmakers’ nonprofit organizations is the next best thing.”

April 01st, 2016

By Bloomberg

John McCain-Linked Nonprofit Received $1 Million From Saudi Arabia

A nonprofit with ties to Senator John McCain received a $1 million donation from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2014, according to documents filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Arizona Republican has strictly honorary roles with the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a program at Arizona State University, and its

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, front, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran say they stand against "separatist" agendas that would undermine Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Emerging Russia-Turkey-Iran Alliance Challenging NATO in the Middle East

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meets with Saudi officials in the kingdom. December, 2015. (Photo: Twitter/@KagutaMuseveni)

Unable to Win, Saudi Coalition Courts Uganda to Fight its War in Yemen

A girl carries a bucket filled with water from a well that is allegedly contaminated with cholera bacteria, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that plans to ship cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges in the war-torn country. Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000, causing over 1,700 deaths in the world's largest outbreak. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

With MSM AWOL on Yemen, MintPress News Series To Give Yemenis Back Their Voice

Food Stamps Still Feed One In Seven Americans Despite Recovery

Participation in the food stamps program near record levels even as unemployment declines.

February 04th, 2016

By Bloomberg

Food Stamps Still Feed One In Seven Americans Despite Recovery

Wendee Crofoot lost her job as a fundraiser for a non-profit in 2011. After exhausting her savings and giving up her Mountain View, California, apartment she ended up working part-time as a restaurant cashier.

The low pay qualified her for food stamps, so she signed up. “It wasn’t something I imagined would

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Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Golden State Engulfed In Poverty: California’s Inequality Epidemic

In this July 15, 1967, file photo, a National Guard officer passes the smashed window of a black-owned flower shop in riot-torn Newark, N.J. (AP Photo)

Study: 50 Years After Landmark Kerner Report, US Inequality Has Worsened

Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Poverty: American Style

Taxpayers May Be Funding Billionaires’ Biggest Apartment Deals

Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac’s and other firms that caused the 2008 economic crash are engaging in the same destructive behavior that many Americans are still struggling to recover from.

November 09th, 2015

By Bloomberg

Taxpayers May Be Funding Billionaires’ Biggest Apartment Deals

Who do billionaires turn to when they want to buy apartment complexes? The U.S. taxpayer. Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group and Stephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group LP are in talks with Freddie Mac to finance two transactions totaling more than $10 billion, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. Those discussions come

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Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who is charged currently in the U.S. for evading sanctions on Iran, is surrounded by the media members as he arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul, in a separate case against him. (Depo Photos via AP)

As US-Turkey Relations Simmer, Reza Zarrab’s Strange Case Adds Fuel to the Fire

Death of Marielle Franco Shines Light on the White Collar Criminals Running Brazil

Argentina's three-masted navy training tall ship ARA Libertad, which was seized on Oct. 2 as collateral for unpaid bonds dating from Argentina's economic crisis a decade ago, sits docked at the port in Tema, outside Accra, in Ghana Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP/Gabriela Barnuevo)

In Seeing African Corruption as Landlocked, George Clooney Misses the Boat

Despite Dismal Human Rights Record, US Approves $11.25 Billion Warship Sale To Saudi Arabia

The U.S. defense agency said in the statement. “Saudi Arabia will use the enhanced capability to keep pace with the rapid advances in technology and to remain a viable U.S. coalition partner in the region.”

October 21st, 2015

By Bloomberg

Despite Dismal Human Rights Record, US Approves $11.25 Billion Warship Sale To Saudi Arabia

The Pentagon has notified Congress of a planned sale to Saudi Arabia of as many as four Littoral Combat Ships made by Lockheed Martin Corp. for $11.25

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, front, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran say they stand against "separatist" agendas that would undermine Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

The Emerging Russia-Turkey-Iran Alliance Challenging NATO in the Middle East

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni meets with Saudi officials in the kingdom. December, 2015. (Photo: Twitter/@KagutaMuseveni)

Unable to Win, Saudi Coalition Courts Uganda to Fight its War in Yemen

A girl carries a bucket filled with water from a well that is allegedly contaminated with cholera bacteria, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that plans to ship cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges in the war-torn country. Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000, causing over 1,700 deaths in the world's largest outbreak. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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White House Finalizing Plan To Close Guantanamo

Shutting the detention facility has long been a priority for the president.

July 23rd, 2015

By Bloomberg

The Obama administration is nearing completion of a plan to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that it will then send to Congress, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said. The plan will shutter the facility in a safe and responsible way, Earnest told reporters on Wednesday. President Barack Obama, who leaves office

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Cuba's Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, and Cuba's Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, wave as they watch the May Day parade at Revolution Square, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 1, 2016. Thousands of people converged on the square for the traditional May Day march. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A New Generation Takes the Cuban Revolutionary Mantle

**FILE PHOTO*** *** John Bolton Named New National Security Advisor***

Bolton’s Regime-Change Mentality Includes Latin America Among His Targets

As Wall Street Sinks Global Markets, China’s Economic Policies Build Independence & Immunity

Monster El Niño Makes Record-Hot Year Look Inevitable

In more than 135 years of global temperature data, four of the five hottest months on record all happened in 2015.

July 21st, 2015

By Bloomberg

This is a new kind of heat. In more than 135 years of global temperature data, four of the five hottest months on record all happened in 2015: February, March, May, and now June. This has been the hottest start to a year by far, according to data released

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A still from the 2009 film, The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name.

On The Fast Track to Extinction: Can Humanity Survive?

Climate Change

US Climate Assessment Exposes ‘Simply Terrifying’ Recklessness Of Trump

Norway's Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim gestures as he speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. The WEF meeting lasts until Jan. 29. (AP/Michel Euler)

UN Environment Chief: ‘Donald Trump Can’t Stop The End Of The Oil Age’

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