U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stands before laying a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, March 30, 2017. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Tillerson Threatens Regime Change In Venezuela

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson floated the possibility of measures to force President Nicolas Maduro to leave.

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Oil Lobby Spending Less As Sympathetic Legislators, President Provide More Favors

“You will like me so much,” President Donald Trump said to attendees at an energy industry conference last year. His claim has rung true thus far, as his administration has made several moves to benefit the industry and consequently reduced its spending on lobbying this year.

Oil Lobby Spending Less As Sympathetic Legislators, President Provide More Favors

MINNEAPOLIS-- The oil and gas industry has spent over $36 million lobbying Congress so far this year, a massive figure that speaks to the fossil fuel industry’s weight in Washington. Among the top spenders so far have been ExxonMobil, Chevron and Koch Industries,

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Whitney Webb is a MintPress contributor who has written for several news organizations in both English and Spanish; her stories have been featured on ZeroHedge, the Anti-Media, 21st Century Wire, and True Activist among others - she currently resides in Southern Chile.

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Trump Ends Timber Sycamore, The Covert CIA Program To Arm Syrian Rebels

The move constitutes a monumental shift in terms of US priorities in Syria which throughout most of the 6-year long war have focused on removing Bashar al-Assad

Trump Ends Timber Sycamore, The Covert CIA Program To Arm Syrian Rebels

In what may be one of the most significant foreign policy decisions of his first year in office, Trump is shutting down the CIA's covert program to arm rebels fighting the Syrian government. This would constitute a monumental shift in terms of US priorities in Syria which throughout most of the 6-year long war have focused on removing Bashar

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Shuttering The State Dept’s War Crimes Office May Be A Good Thing

Since its founding, the State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice has proven to be ineffective and guided only by political motivations, rather than humanitarian ones.

Shuttering The State Dept’s War Crimes Office May Be A Good Thing

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to reports, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to shut down a State Department office that is charged with investigating war crimes. A U.S. official familiar with recent changes at the State Department

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Whitney Webb is a MintPress contributor who has written for several news organizations in both English and Spanish; her stories have been featured on ZeroHedge, the Anti-Media, 21st Century Wire, and True Activist among others - she currently resides in Southern Chile.

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Trump Plans To Close ‘War Crimes Office’ Sparking Concern

The US ‘is essentially downgrading the importance of accountability for the commission of atrocity crimes.’

Trump Plans To Close ‘War Crimes Office’ Sparking Concern

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to shut down the U.S.'s office dedicated to advising his department on issues related to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, according to a new report by Foreign Policy. A former U.S.

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Rex Tillerson Admits US Working Towards Regime Change In Iran

Trump’s foreign policy team is filled with hawks on Iran, but Tillerson is the first administration official to advocate for regime change in his official capacity.

Rex Tillerson Admits US Working Towards Regime Change In Iran

The new U.S. policy towards Iran includes regime change, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Tillerson was asked on Wednesday whether the United States supports regime change inside Iran. He replied in the affirmative, saying that U.S. policy is driven by relying on “elements inside of Iran” to bring about

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Do Middle Fingers In New Zealand Portend New Global Trend For Trump Regime?

“I’ve never seen so many people flip the bird at a US motorcade,” said one onlooker in New Zealand

Do Middle Fingers In New Zealand Portend New Global Trend For Trump Regime?

After giving the world a series of symbolic insulting gestures since taking office in January, the administration of President Donald Trump is now facing literal middle

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