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Clinton Campaign Staff Made Major Donor Policy Decision Without Her Knowledge, Emails Show

Hillary Clinton’s top campaign advisors made the decision to accept money from lobbyists hired by foreign entities without first obtaining her approval or even informing her, newly released emails show. An email chain published by Wikileaks titled “Re: Foreign registered agents” shows her campaign staff debating to institute a policy barring those who have registered under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) from contributing to or fundraising for the campaign. Dennis Cheng, the campaign’s national finance director, wrote in an email dated April 13, 2015:… Keep Reading

Vote On Cyber Surveillance Measure Delayed Amid Fierce Opposition From Technologists

As security experts and digital rights groups rail against a sweeping cyber information-sharing measure, Congressional leadership has bowed to the pressure and pushed back a vote on the legislation. The bill, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, was originally scheduled to be voted on at the end of July. Senate Majority Whip, John Cornyn (R-Texas), however, announced Tuesday that the bill likely won’t be brought to the floor until the fall, after the month-long August recess. “I think we’re just running out time,” he told reporters,… Keep Reading

State Dept. Ripped For Flip-Flopping On Gaza Concerns: “You Just Forgot About Them Or What?”

The State Department on Tuesday said that it would oppose any multilateral efforts to act on the findings of a UN report detailing possible war crimes during the conflict in the Gaza Strip last year, in an apparent contradiction of an earlier stance it had taken when it publicly claimed to have concerns over Israel’s military operations. “We challenge the very foundation upon which this report was written, and we don’t believe that there’s a call or a need for any further Security Council work… Keep Reading

House Defeats Resolution Requiring Troop Withdrawal From Iraq, Syria Absent New Authorization

Lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a measure directing the president to withdraw American troops from Iraq and Syria absent a new authorization for use of military force (AUMF) from Congress. The vote was 288-139. The measure, brought to the floor by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) with Reps. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), relied on a provision of the Nixon-era War Powers Resolution to force a consideration by the House of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Syria, which the lawmakers argue were never… Keep Reading

Clinton Haiti Project May Run Afoul Of Foreign Assistance Law, Federal Investigators Find

An industrial park in Haiti with extensive ties to the Clinton Foundation continues to be granted federal aid without oversight mandated by law, according to a report published last week. The Government Accountability Office investigation found that projects associated with the Caracol Industrial Park in north Haiti were green-lighted by the United States Agency for International Development in spite of the fact that the legally-required sustainability reviews of those projects were not completed. “USAID/Haiti officials have not completed a 611(e) certification for every activity that… Keep Reading

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