Politics

According to tweets from Julian Assange, it appears that Hillary Clinton and Intelligence Officials see Mike Pence as “the Deep State’s insurance policy”. The WikiLeaks founder said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton was pushing for a Pence takeover of the White House and claimed that two intelligence officials were planning such a takeover. Clinton stated privately this month that she is quietly pushing for a Pence takeover. She stated that Pence is predictable hence defeatable.

In a setback for Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders, and perhaps the entire European populist movement, the first Dutch exit polls are out and his PVV, or Freedom Party, has only won 19 seats, tied with the Christian Democrats and Democrats 66 party, both of which also got 19 seats; the outcome is in line with polls that were predicting a sharp drop off in support for Wilders in recent days. The winner: prime minister Mark Rutte's VVD, or Liberal Party, with 31 seats.

Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince has nothing but praise for the US President following their meeting on Tuesday. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Donald Trump at the White House, in what his senior adviser called a “historic turning point” in US-Saudi relations. The Prince called Trump a “true friend of Muslims” and said that the Presidents immigration ban was not targeting Islam.

Authored by Carson Block via Bloomberg.com,

Euphoria has been pervasive in the stock market since the election. But investors seem to be overlooking the risk of a U.S. government default resulting from a failure by Congress to raise the debt ceiling. The possibility is greater than anyone seems to realize, even with a supposedly unified government.

Authored by Vijeta Uniyal,