Bernie Sanders is willing to ally with President-elect Donald Trump to help fulfil his centre-left campaign promises. The Vermont senator said on Thursday that Trump’s campaign spoke of the concerns of the working class and promised to work with the President-elect…. “if Mr. Trump was sincere.” CNN Politics reports: “If Mr.
The Israeli parliament has approved a draft bill that would legalize settler homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, a measure that has drawn condemnation by left-wing MPs and Israel’s close ally, the United States. Pro-settlement nationalists that dominate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government voted to move the bill through the Knesset on Wednesday. Palestinians have condemned the bill and also the international community’s inaction.
President-elect Donald Trump has offered retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn the post of national security adviser. The former DIA chief has been criticized by some for his refusal to taking an anti-Russian stance. RT reports: The 57-year-old three-star general, who once ran the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), is considered a controversial figure in US circles for a number of reasons.
Did OPEC just run out of short-squeeze ammo?
On any normal day the following two headlines from OPEC would have sent oil prices soaring....
But it appears the jawbone ammo has run dry...
Moments after Donald Trump offered the Attorney General spot to senator Jeff Sessions (which he promptly accepted), it was announced that Trump had also picked rep. Mike Pompeo as CIA director, who likewise accepted.
Trump has offered position of CIA director to US Rep Mike Pompeo and Pompeo has accepted -transition official
— Steve Holland (@steveholland1) November 18, 2016