Following Order To Evacuate, Veterans Vow To Act As Human Shields For Standing Rock Protestors
Though U.S. Army Veterans have fought alongside Indigenous protesters before, this time they are showing up in record numbers.
Though U.S. Army Veterans have fought alongside Indigenous protesters before, this time they are showing up in record numbers.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., Trump’s likely nominee to head Homeland Security, has advocated for holding Americans suspected of terrorism “indefinitely” at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump met with David Clarke, the controversial sheriff of Milwaukee County, at Trump Tower as he and his transition team work to fill out the remaining Cabinet
Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
Reputed by Forbes to be worth nearly $3 billion, Ross would represent the interests of U.S. businesses domestically and abroad as the head at Commerce.
Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the "king of bankruptcy" for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump's senior economic team as commerce secretary. The nomination could be announced as early as Wednesday. A senior transition official, who wasn't
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad chose to turn the other cheek by pardoning 484 local militants who recently surrendered.
Aleppo, once Syria’s most populous city, has been at the center of the Syrian conflict for months as Syrian government forces, with Russian support, have fought to reclaim the city from US-backed militants as well as Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. After months of heavy fighting on both sides, and international repercussions for some
Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
Tom Price is a surgeon who has been a member of Congress’ lower house for over 10 years. Donald Trump’s team has said his first mission will be to repeal and replace Obamacare.
US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he would nominate Georgia Congressman Tom Price as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. The orthopedic surgeon is a critic of the Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as "Obamacare." In a statement, Price said that he would strive "to ensure we have a healthcare
Both Clinton Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former Bush National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley are getting together to push for a shift toward direct US military attacks against the Syrian government.
作者 Jason Ditz
While President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he intends to shift US military involvement in Syria toward a focus on fighting ISIS, and away from propping up rebel factions to attack the Assad government. This has been a subject of debate among US officials for awhile, with the Pentagon and CIA arguing intensely over who the US should be at war
‘The article is rife with obviously reckless and unproven allegations, and fundamentally shaped by shoddy, slothful journalistic tactics,’ Glenn Greenwald and Ben Norton wrote in an analysis of the Washington Post report attacking alternative media as Russian propagandists.
AUSTIN, Texas --- On Thanksgiving, The Washington Post published a widely shared -- and widely criticized -- report accusing a host of media organizations of spreading Russian propaganda, despite little evidence to support the claims. In the Nov. 24 article,
A gonzo journalist from Austin, Texas and Staff Writer for MintPress News, Kit O'Connell's writing has also appeared at Truthout, the Texas Observer, and The Establishment.