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In this Jan. 21, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s Talk Of Seizing Iraq’s Oil Sparks Concern

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Trump Imposes Media Blackout At Federal Agencies

Moves come amid growing concern that Trump and his appointees will suppress scientific innovation and research to advance their own ideological agenda.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Spicer answered questions about the Dakota Pipeline, infrastructure, jobs and other topics. (AP/Susan Walsh)

(REPORT) --- Though the majority of President Donald Trump's controversial cabinet nominations have not yet been confirmed, his so-called "beachhead" teams have arrived at their respective agencies, carrying out orders that make clear that the "War on Science" has begun. On Tuesday, BuzzFeed broke the news that scientists at the U.S. Department of

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How Turkey’s Coup Attempt Spiraled Into A Dangerous Descent Towards Dictatorship

‘What [Turkish President Erdogan] wants is a presidential system where he controls everything and everyone. I mean, you could say that he’s controlling everything and everyone right now — he is, basically,’ Duke University Prof. Bahar Leventoglu tells Michael Nevradakis.

Dr. Michael Nevradakis
بواسطة Dr. Michael Nevradakis
Under a portrait of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 25, 2016. (Presidential Press Service/AP)

ATHENS --- In the past year, Turkey has increasingly become a battleground of divergent, conflicting, and often contradictory, geopolitical interests. Turkey is heavily embroiled in the ongoing war in Syria and a decades-long conflict with its Kurdish majority which has recently been rekindled, while facing instability and terror at home, with a

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Trump Acts To Advance Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines

Obama killed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in late 2015, declaring it would have undercut U.S. efforts to clinch a global climate change deal that was a centerpiece of his environmental legacy.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
President Donald Trump shows off his signature on an executive order about the Dakota Access pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON — Dealing a blow to former President Barack Obama's legacy on climate change, President Donald Trump signed executive actions Tuesday to advance the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, a move cheered by congressional Republicans and decried by environmentalists. Trump told reporters at the White House that

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Trump Announces New “Missile Defense System” Against Iran And North Korea

The announcement did not provide details as to how the new weapons “defense system” would be different from the systems already being developed, their cost, or how and when they would be deployed.

Brandon Turbeville
بواسطة Brandon Turbeville
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.

(ANALYSIS) --- Only minutes after being sworn in to office, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will develop a “state of the art” missile defense system to protect Americans against attacks from North Korea and Iran. The announcement was posted minutes after the inauguration on the White House website. The announcement did

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New York To Pay Out $56.5 Million Over Bogus NYPD tickets

The settlement came following a rash of tickets given out to fulfill the NYPD’s alleged quota system.

Nathan Tempey | Gothamist
بواسطة Nathan Tempey | Gothamist
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly poses for photographers next to the new police cruiser, a 2006 Dodge Charger, on display at New York City Police Department's headquarters in New York, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(REPORT) --- New York City has agreed to pay out as much as $75 million in taxpayer money to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit regarding hundreds of thousands of bogus summonses that lawyers alleged were the product of the NYPD's quota system. The proposed settlement hit the Manhattan federal court docket this afternoon and still needs

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Inside Trump’s Orwellian War With The Media

Outright Lies, Constant Tweets & “Alternative Facts.”

Democracy Now
بواسطة Democracy Now
An image of the inauguration of President Donald Trump is displayed behind White House press secretary Sean Spicer as he speaks at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

We turn now to look at President Trump, the media and what the new administration calls "alternative facts." On Saturday, in his first full day in office, Trump visited CIA headquarters. Speaking in front of the CIA Memorial Wall, he told the agency he had a running war with the media. Hours later, Trump then ordered his new press secretary, Sean

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