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White nationalist-Zionist alliance fraying already?
Reports of White House tension between white nationalist Steve Bannon and hardline Zionist Jared Kushner point to contradictions in Trump's alliance.
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Orwellian exploitation of Quebec mosque attack
The Trump White House actually has the chutzpah to exploit the deadly Quebec mosque attack to justify the very anti-Muslim policy that may have inspired it.
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White nationalist to National Security Council
With a constitutional crisis looming over Trump's "Muslim ban," white nationalist mouthpiece Steve Bannon has been named to the inner ring of the National Security Council.
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Court issues stay on Trump immigration order
A Brooklyn federal judge blocked Trump's order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, as activists occupied JFK and several other US airports.
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Trump issues executive orders on immigration
President Trump signed two executive orders on immigration—withholding funds from "sanctuary cities" and directing construction of a wall along the Mexican border.
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Trump approves pipelines, withdraws from TPP: contradiction?
Trump's approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines comes just as he has withdrawn the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a seeming contradiction in his agenda.
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Human Rights Watch: Trump portends ‘tyranny’
In its yearly report, Human Rights Watch warns that the rise of populist leaders "poses a dangerous threat to basic rights"—particularly naming Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
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New pipeline showdown brews in New Jersey
The Ramapough Lunaape tribe in Mahwah, NJ, is protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline that would carry shale oil down the Hudson Valley through their lands.
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Yes, the Russians. Wake up and smell the vodka.
Amid disingenuous demands for the "evidence," all the political logic points to Russia being behind the hacks in an intentional strategy to throw the US election to Trump.
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Trump: drug war general to Homeland Security
Gen. John Kelly, Trump's choice for Homeland Security secretary, is ex-chief of the Pentagon's Southern Command who clashed with Obama over his hardline views.
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Mayors warn Trump on immigration policy
Several US mayors sent a letter to president-elect Trump warning of potential economic losses if he follows through on his pledge to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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Dakota Access pipeline blocked —for now
After weeks of protest, the Army Corps of Engineers denied approval for the last remaining easement needed for the Dakota Access Pipeline—but the company pledges completion.