This 1998 frame from video provided by C-SPAN shows George Nader, president and editor of Middle East Insight. As an adviser to Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Nader worked throughout 2017 with Elliott Broidy, a fundraiser for President Donald Trump, in a secretive lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in […]
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Joe Biden campaign chairman rallies Wall Street donors for fundraising push
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s recent actions in Iraq at Current, Chelsea Piers in New York City. Ron Adar | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Joe Biden’s campaign chairman privately met with some of Wall Street’s top donors last week in an attempt to rally them […]
US won’t consider China a currency manipulator ahead of trade deal
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) says goodbye to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they break from meetings at the USTR offices May 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The United States removed China from a list of countries considered currency manipulators just two days before top trade negotiators […]
Cory Booker drops out of 2020 presidential race
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., dropped out of the 2020 presidential race Monday, after failing to gain traction in national polls and failing to qualify for two Democratic debates. “Today I’m suspending my campaign for president in the same spirit with which it began,” Booker said in a video posted Monday morning. “It is my faith […]
Budget deficit topped $1 trillion in 2019, the first time in 7 years
The U.S. fiscal deficit topped $1 trillion in 2019, the first time it has passed that level in a calendar year since 2012, according to Treasury Department figures released Monday. The budget shortfall hit $1.02 trillion for the January-to-December period, a 17.1% increase from 2018, which itself had seen a 28.2% jump from the previous […]
Sentence recommendation for Rep. Chris Collins in insider trading case
Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) exits federal court on October 1, 2019 in New York City. Collins announced his resignation from Congress on Monday. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to sentence former Rep. Chris Collins, a New York Republican, later this week to nearly five years in […]
MIT puts professor on leave for Jeffrey Epstein donations
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday that it had placed one of its tenured professors on paid administrative leave after finding that he “purposefully failed to inform MIT” that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was the source of two donations in 2012 […]
US slaps new sanctions on Iran following strikes on US targets
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced new sanctions Friday on Iran’s metal exports and eight senior Iranian officials. The penalties came days after Iran fired missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation for an American airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military leader, Qasem Soleimani, last week. After […]
Pelosi announces next steps for Trump impeachment articles to Senate
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that she will send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week. “I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” […]
Haim Saban will not be back a 2020 candidate until after Super Tuesday
Haim Saban, chairman and chief executive officer of Saban Capital Group, arrives ahead of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images One of the wealthiest Democratic megadonors has decided to remain uncommitted to any of the […]
