Exclusive: Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton emerges as Trump’s top SEC choice

A general exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan…

Nearly 200 children freed from south India brick kiln in one of biggest rescues

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a brick kiln in the southern state of Telangana in one of the biggest operations in the region, officials said on Wednesday.

The children were rescued from a brick kiln in…

Ukraine moves to blacklist Le Pen over…

Britain's top EU diplomat quits with blistering attack over Brexit

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LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Britain's top diplomat at the EU quit his post with a blistering attack on the government, giving voice to what several sources say is wider frustration among officials over Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy.

The early resignation of envoy…

Donald Trump blasts defense contracting titans for overpriced weapons

Military reformers in the nation’s capital may have found a soul mate in a billionaire real estate magnate who takes a keen interest in what things cost, including big weapons systems.

The…

The Ministry of Truth Opens June 21st

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The "Intelligence" briefing on so-called "Russian hacking" was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!"…

(Reuters) - A U.S. regulator on Tuesday ordered credit reporting agencies TransUnion <TRU.N> and Equifax Inc <EFX.N> to pay more than $23.2 million in fines and restitution for deceiving consumers about the usefulness and cost of credit scores they bought.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the payments also resolve charges that TransUnion and Equifax lured…

https://twitter.com/NIRPUmbrella/status/816293301586366464

...Google, Facebook, and to a lesser extent Apple and Amazon will be seen as monopolists by government and individuals in the US (as they have been…

(Reuters) - A former Jefferies Group Inc bond trader is…

No proof Russian hacking influenced U.S. election: Trump…

BERLIN (Reuters) - Sales of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have soared since a special edition of the Nazi leader's political treatise went on sale in Germany a year ago, the German publisher has said.

The book outlines Hitler's ideology that formed the basis for Nazism and sets out his hatred of Jews, which led to the Holocaust.

The new edition is the first reprint since World War Two, released last January…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> said Tuesday it will cancel a planned $1.6 billion factory in Mexico and will invest $700 million at a…

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind... — Ephesians 4:23 (KJV)

It's crisis time for the Democrats as they scramble for explanations to their recent demise in the presidential race. After losing more than 1600 seats through out the US, the Senate, and House of Representatives since 2010 would you think they would finally do some soul searching? Could they possibly re-evaluate their political position? Did it ever occur to…