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Trump Administration Moves to Undermine Centuries-Old Native American Treaties

Tribal leaders say Trump’s moves violate centuries-old protection treaties signed by President George Washington, and reaffirmed by the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations.

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Protesters carry an U.S. flag emblazoned with an American Indian during march in Chicago, Tuesday, May 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The Donald Trump administration has proposed a major change to Native American health program, by dismissing their sovereignty and classifying them as a race, under which the Indigenous communities will be included in Medicaid work rules, a move which could further marginalize them and pose a serious threat to their health access. So far, three

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Eyewitness: Israel Still Firing On Unarmed Gaza Protesters

Dennis J. Bernstein speaks with Gaza-based Palestinian Journalist, Wafa Al-Udaini.

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Israel | Gaza Protest

According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), the Palestinian death toll since March 30, 2018 “has risen to 33, including 4 children and 1 photojournalist, and the number of those wounded has risen to 2,436, including 410 children, 66 women, 22 journalists and 9 paramedics.” There have been no Israeli casualties. According to

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Thanks to Rand Paul’s “Cowardly Flip-Flop,” Senate Approves Warmonger Pompeo

“In voting to recommend Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted against diplomacy today, and for a foreign policy even more inclined towards war.”

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Protesters disrupt a confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who has faced considerable opposition before the panel, as Marc Short, center, the White House legislative liaison, sits in the audience, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 23, 2018. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

After Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) decided to support President Donald Trump's Secretary of State pick Mike Pompeo at the last minute in a "cowardly flip-flop," the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday voted along party lines to advance Pompeo to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation. "In voting to recommend Mike Pompeo for Secretary

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Behind Trump’s Announcement That North Korea Will Denuclearize

Parsing the flurry of conflicting statements coming from both Washington and Pyongyang.

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A submarine missile is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. April 15, 2017. (AP/Wong Maye-E)

On April 18, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that CIA Director Mike Pompeo, slated to be the next Secretary of State, had traveled to North Korea to meet the Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un to discuss the denuclearization of Pyongyang. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/986555533535731712 Trump followed with a tweet that North

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Trump Should Ask Israel to Fund America’s Occupation of Syria

Israel will play a role in the invasion and occupation of Syria, the Saudis will lead it — with US weapons. And taxpayers everywhere will lose from it.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before the start of their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 6, 2018. With Netanyahu, are from left, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Ranking Member, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

On 16 April 2018, the internationally respected analyst of Middle-Eastern affairs, Abdel Bari Atwan, headlined about Trump’s increasingly overt plan to break Syria up and to establish permanent US control over the parts it wants, “Attempting the Unachievable”. He stated that “The coming few months are likely to prove very difficult for the

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New Photos Show US May Be Expanding Military Bases Ahead of Syria Withdrawal

U.S. troops, which are supposed to be winding down their presence in Syria, appear to be constructing a new military base and expanding existing bases in northern Syria.

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US Military Base in Syria Aerial Banner

Twitter user, @obretix, has noted more signs of Trump’s widely-announced 'troop withdrawal' from Syria. U.S. troops, which are supposed to be winding down their presence in Syria, appear to be constructing a new military base between Tell Baydar and Tell Tamr in northern Syria. The base includes a 1.5 kilometer airstrip. According to reports,

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