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Philippine President Duterte Fears CIA Assassination, Blames U.S. for ISIS Presence

In the wake of a recent Daesh (ISIS) attack that claimed one of his country’s cities, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed concern that the U.S. may be seeking to destabilize the country, even suggesting that the U.S. could attempt to assassinate him. This comes ahead of the Philippines attempting to stray away from US influence.

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk

  MANILA-- The Philippines has become the first nation in Asia to have one of its cities fall to the international terror group Daesh (ISIS). Clashes between militants and Filipino security forces began Monday night in the southern city of Marawi, as the government raided a home where the leader of the local branch of Daesh, Isnilon Hapilon, was

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Theresa May Pushs For UK Intervention in Syria Following Manchester Attack

The UK is ramping up its military preparedness following the deadly Manchester bombing earlier this week. The actions being taken by the country’s government, coupled with sensational media coverage of the attack and the deployment of 5,000 troops to the streets of Britain, indicate that the UK may be gearing up for war beyond its borders.

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بواسطة Whitney Webb
Theresa May | BREXIT Military

Following the recent Daesh (ISIS)-linked terror attack in Manchester, England, United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May raised the country’s terror threat level to critical, the first time it has been raised to that level since 2007. However, the situation in the UK is dramatically different now than it was when the streets of London and Glasgow

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Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents

If FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s plan “is enacted, there would be nothing preventing Comcast from simply blocking sites like Comcastroturf.com that are critical of their corporate policies”

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley
a silhouetted coaxial cable

Open Internet proponents who have been fighting the Trump administration's rollback of net neutrality protections, which has been enacted at the bidding of the telecom industry, said Tuesday that Comcast is now threatening legal action saying the website Comcastroturf.com is infringing on its trademark. As the organization Fight for the Future

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Department Of Defense Audit Reveals US Lost Track Of $1 Billion Worth Of Weapons

Amnesty believes that the DoD’s lax controls and record-keeping have resulted in US arms winding up in the hands of groups like ISIS.

Middle East Monitor
بواسطة Middle East Monitor
Islamic State group militants hold up their flag as they patrol in a commandeered American in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)

The US military lost track of $1 billion worth of arms bound for Iraq and Kuwait, according to a US Department of Defense audit obtained by Amnesty International. The government audit, from September 2016, reveals that the DoD “did not have accurate, up-to-date records on the quantity and location” of a vast amount of equipment pouring into Kuwait

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Trump’s Immigration Pick Attacked Obama Programs In Ghost-Written Senate Letters

If letters written by Lee Francis Cissna, the president’s nominee to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, are any guide, he’s poised to dismantle Obama-era policies like a humanitarian program for Central American children.

Marcelo Rochabrun
بواسطة Marcelo Rochabrun
A new citizen holds a package of documents during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in Miami. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

Lee Francis Cissna, President Trump's nominee to head the federal agency that handles applications for visas, refugee status and citizenship, has put little on the public record in his 20 years as a lawyer, government employee, diplomat and Capitol Hill aide. But it turns out he has left many clues about how he could reverse Obama-era policies

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66 Programs That The 2018 Trump Budget Will Eliminate

Here are the programs that Donald Trump administration is set to put on the chopping block.

ZeroHedge.com
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

President Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal would completely eliminate 66 federal programs, for a savings of $26.7 billion.   As The Hill reports, some of the programs would receive funding for 2018 as part of a phasing-out plan. Here are the programs the administration wants on the chopping block. Agriculture Department — $855

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