What’s the real reason Jared Kushner lost his security clearance?
Qatari ministers, Chinese conglomerates and 666 Fifth Avenue could have something to do with it.
Cockburn
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Wednesday
Tuesday
The truth about Putin’s ‘chef’
Yevgeny Prigozhin has been charged by Robert Mueller for interfering in the 2016 election.
The truth about Putin’s ‘chef’
Yevgeny Prigozhin has been charged by Robert Mueller for interfering in the 2016 election.
Thursday
Who is the mysterious sociologist following Richard Spencer around?
And why has she signed an NDA with his think-tank?
Friday
Why did McMaster go?
Everyone wants to know what caused President Trump to dump national security adviser H.R. McMaster. Today’s papers are saying it was because McMaster, addressing the Munich Security Conference in February, said he had ‘incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump was quick to signal his disapproval. ‘General McMaster forgot to say that … Read more
Friday
Kudlow vs. Navarro? The Race To Replace ‘Globalist Gary’
Cockburn has learned that Lawrence Kudlow, the CNBC star, former Reagan official and financier, is a major candidate to replace Gary Cohn as Donald Trump’s top economic advisor, according to a source familiar with the matter. Other candidates include the man who forced Cohn’s departure: the tariff-loving Peter Navarro. Also in contention are Mick Mulvaney, … Read more
Friday
Who is blocking John Bolton?
U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is blocking former Ambassador John Bolton from taking over as National Security Advisor, Cockburn has learned. John Bolton was first reported as heir apparent to McMaster by The National Interest in January. McMaster was nearly ousted from the White House summer of last year, ostensibly by a faction lead by … Read more
