The U.S. military are preparing for a full military strike against North Korea in a move designed to wipe out Kim Jong-un’s full nuclear arsenal. The announcement comes after North Korea threatened to strike US bases in Japan, firing three of its four missiles dangerously close to the U.S. ally. President Trump has warned that Pyongyang will suffer “very dire consequences” for its actions as a result, according to a White House statement.
US President Donald Trump has asked Congress to establish whether the Obama administration abused investigative powers in 2016 The White House has requested that the US Congress investigate alleged abuse of executive power by the Obama administration as part of the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the presidential election.
While it has been superficially covered by much of the press - and one can make the argument that what Julian Assange has revealed is more relevant to the US population, than constant and so far unconfirmed speculation that Trump is a puppet of Putin - the fallout from the Wikileaks' "Vault 7" release this morning of thousands of documents demonstrating the extent to which the CIA uses backdoors to hack smartphones, computer operating systems, messenger applications and internet-connected televisions, will be profound.
Interested in precious metals investing or storage? Contact us HERE
Endless Fed Deceit
Posted with permission and written by Craig Hemke (CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL)
In Wilbur Ross' first public announcement, the former hedge fund manger and current Trump commerce secretary announced that China's telecommunications giant ZTE has agreed to pay a total of $1.2 billion in penalties and plead guilty to violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, selling US technology to Tehran, and obstructing a federal investigation, ending a five-year probe that has raised trade tensions between the U.S. and China. The penalty was among the largest ever in a sanctions case.