White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner arrives for a meeting between President Donald Trump and automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

After Cutting Deal With Kushner, Sinclair Broadcasting To Become ‘Trump TV’

“It’s unheard of to have one company pushing one specific agenda reaching so many people and doing it in a way designed to evade local input”

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Your Guide To Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci: Trump’s New Commander Of Communication

Apparently, an ex-Wall Street exec with the nickname “Mooch” is now the White House communications director

Your Guide To Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci: Trump’s New Commander Of Communication

The Trump administration on Friday officially announced that Anthony Scaramucci—a former Goldman Sachs executive who describes himself simply as an "American entrepeneur"—will be the new White House communications director. At an afternoon briefing, Scaramucci spoke with reporters for the first time and announced that Sarah Huckabee Sanders will

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Capitol Hill Police Drag Disabled Protesters Out Of Wheelchairs

“Our lives and liberty shouldn’t be stolen to give a tax break to the wealthy. That’s truly un-American.”

Capitol Hill Police Drag Disabled Protesters Out Of Wheelchairs

Soon after a draft version of the Republican's Senate version of their Trumpcare care bill was released Thursday morning, Capitol Hill Police were systematically arresting people who staged a dramatic sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office. Amid chants of "Don't Touch Medicaid!" and signs suggesting the same, many of

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Snowden Comes To Defense Of Jailed NSA Contractor Reality Winner

‘The prosecution of any journalistic source without due consideration by the jury as to the harm or benefit of the journalistic activity is a fundamental threat to the free press.’

Snowden Comes To Defense Of Jailed NSA Contractor Reality Winner

A day after her arrest was announced publicly by the U.S. Justice Department, Reality Winner, the 25-year-old alleged source of a leaked National Security Agency document detailing Russian hacking efforts, has found a vocal ally in the world's best known whistleblower of the contemporary era: Edward Snowden. Snowden, who first made headlines

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At Least 3,800 Civilians Killed By US-Coalition Attacks In Iraq, Syria Since 2014

“We have been killing a lot of civilians in and around Raqqa for quite some time now, yet these incidents are rarely admitted by the coalition and there is almost no interest from international media.”

At Least 3,800 Civilians Killed By US-Coalition Attacks In Iraq, Syria Since 2014

With its latest official declaration estimating the number of innocent people killed by airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military has admitted killing 484 civilians since beginning a bombing campaign and ground operations to unseat the Islamic State (ISIS) from strongholds in the two countries. Though that number is far lower than

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

New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and Politico all reportedly barred from afternoon gaggle.

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

Update: The White House's decision to selectively bar certain news outlets from a Friday afternoon off-camera briefing with press secretary Sean Spicer has been decried as "undemocratic and unacceptable;" "

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#NoDAPL: Native American Leaders Vow to Stay All Winter, File Lawsuit Against Police

Amnesty International are sending a delegation of human rights observers to monitor the response of law enforcement to the protests.

#NoDAPL: Native American Leaders Vow to Stay All Winter, File Lawsuit Against Police

Native American leaders vowed on Saturday to protest through the winter against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water resources and sacred lands and are planning lawsuits over police treatment of arrested protesters. Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II said he and other tribal leaders were working on providing food,

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