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Former President Barack Obama pauses as he hosts a conversation on civic engagement and community organizing, April 24, 2017, at the University of Chicago. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Obama Under Fire For $400K Speech To Wall Street ‘Fat Cats’

Trump Held 190 Private Meetings With Corporate CEOs Since Inauguration

Despite promising to “break-up the special interest monopoly in Washington,” records of Trump’s private meetings in his first 100 days in office show that he has not only invited those same special interests into the White House but has allowed them to strengthen their choke-hold on the American political system.

April 24th, 2017
Whitney Webb
April 24th, 2017
By Whitney Webb
Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn talks on the phone as he waits for the start of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

While most Americans – Trump supporters and detractors alike – have realized that the President’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp” is unlikely to happen, a new analysis from the watchdog group Public Citizen has made it official. According to the group’s new report, titled “Corporate Executives Swamp the White House,” Trump has met with at

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In Latest Populist Betrayal, Trump Executive Order Unchains Wall Street Greed

Orders signed Friday are ‘nothing more than special favors for the same Wall Street banks that crashed our economy in 2008 and put millions of Americans out of work.’

April 22nd, 2017
Deirdre Fulton
April 22nd, 2017
By Deirdre Fulton
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after his signing the order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. The executive order that will direct the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, which reshaped financial regulation after 2008-2009 crisis. On the far left are Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and Rep. Ann Wagner, R Mo. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

In yet another Wall Street giveaway, President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon took executive action to chip away at Dodd-Frank financial regulations and roll back rules aimed at reducing corporate tax avoidance. Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs for watchdog group Public Citizen, described the orders signed Friday at the

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New Report Reveals Trump White House Taking ‘Marching Orders’ From CEOs

‘One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration within the first 100 days represented the banking or financial sector.’

April 18th, 2017
Nadia Prupis
April 18th, 2017
By Nadia Prupis
Goldman Sachs COO Gary Cohn talks on the phone as he waits for the start of a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has met with at least 190 corporate executives, not including phone calls with heads of banks or his numerous Wall Street appointees, the watchdog group Public Citizen reported Monday in a new analysis. And since the November election itself, he's met with at least 224. "One of every five of the

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Sanders, Warren Propose Free Tuition Plan Funded By Tax On Wall Street

Official estimates put the student debt in the United States at more than US$1 trillion.

April 4th, 2017
teleSUR
April 4th, 2017
By teleSUR
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greet one another during a rally Friday, March 31, 2017, in Boston. (AP/Steven Senne)

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former presidential candidate, along with several other progressive senators introduced a bill that would seek to eliminate college tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities in the United States for students from families that make up to US$125,000 a year. “Our job is to bring

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Sanders & Warren Rail Against Trump’s SEC Pick, Wall Street Lawyer Jay Clayton

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman nominee Jay Clayton is sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

March 23rd, 2017
Nika Knight
March 23rd, 2017
By Nika Knight
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman nominee Jay Clayton is sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 23, 2017, prior to testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) rallied against President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, alongside other progressive leaders late Wednesday. Clayton, a corporate lawyer who helped Wall Street defy regulators and get billions of dollars in

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Trump’s Historically Brutal Budget Eliminates 19 Federal Agencies, Boosts Military

“You see reductions in many agencies as he tries to shrink the role of government,” said White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.

March 16th, 2017
teleSUR
March 16th, 2017
By teleSUR
President Donald Trump smiles while speaking to a meeting of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Ahead of its formal release Thursday, the White House unveiled key details about U.S. President Donald Trump's first budget proposal which would gut key departments, going as far to entirely eliminate 19 federal agencies, all in the name of boosting military spending and increasing "border security". While nothing in the budget is a surprise

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