When you have a transactional president intent on increasing his family’s wealth, that means high times for lobbyists with close ties to the administration.
Tag: United States
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FOOD INSECURITY AMONG AMERICAN ADULTS DOUBLES SINCE 2021
A newly released survey found that 15.6 percent of American adults experienced food insecurity in May, which is double the amount compared to 2021, and highlights the widening wealth gap in the country.
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U.S. FUNDS NEW AIRBASES, FACILITIES IN ISRAEL
The U.S. is spending hundreds of millions on new military infrastructure inside Israel that focuses on Tel Aviv’s refueling capabilities and a new facility for its naval commando unit called Shayetet 13, Haaretz reported last week, citing newly released documents that were posted online.
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ANOTHER WEEK IN WASHINGTON TO REMEMBER
If one thinks that arming Ukraine against Russia or having Israeli soldiers and also American contractors slaughter Gazan civilians are not supportive of any United States actual interests, last week could easily be written off as yet another descent into Hell on the part of the United States.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RENEWAL OF AMERICA HAS GONE DRAMATICALLY WRONG
Donald Trump attracted massive political support—the most we have seen any candidate attract in many years—because he said his aim was to restore America to its traditional values, the values that had made the United States a successful country. Instead of foreign wars, Trump promised restoration at home.
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THE RISE OF THE PRISON STATE: TRUMP’S PUSH FOR MEGAPRISONS COULD LOCK US ALL UP
America is rapidly becoming a nation of prisons. Having figured out how to parlay presidential authority in foreign affairs in order to sidestep the Constitution, President Trump is using his immigration enforcement powers to lock up—and lock down—the nation.
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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS COMING TO TOWN AGAIN
Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way for his third visit to Washington during the first six months of the second term of President Donald Trump.
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RUTHERFORD WARNS: THE GOVERNMENT’S WAR ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ‘THOUGHT CRIMES’ IS TURNING ORWELL’S 1984 INTO OFFICIAL POLICY
BOSTON, Ma.—Today it’s Harvard and the University of Virginia—tomorrow, it could be any institution that dares to dissent.
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AMERICA’S NEW LONG WAR
Wars frequently pick up where the last ones left off. World War II started where World War 1 ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Gulf War II) began where Desert Storm (Gulf War I) concluded.
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TRUMP TAKES AMERICA TO WAR
There is a somewhat troublesome backstory to President Donald Trump’s glorification of how Saturday’s U.S. forces attack on three Iranian nuclear sites that “completely obliterated” their targets was carried out without any declaration of war against a country that has not attacked and was not in any way threatening the United States.