[dropcap]A[/dropcap] global anti-corruption watchdog says the United States has dropped four spots in its list of nations’ anti-corruption efforts and is now no longer listed in the top 20 for the first time. Acting U.S. Representative at Transparency International, Zoe Reiter, calls a four point drop in the 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) a […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is claiming credit for beginning the end of what President Donald Trump has termed “American Carnage,” a spike in violent crime during 2015 and 2016, the final two years of the Obama administration. In an opinion piece published Tuesday in USA Today, Sessions pointed to preliminary FBI data showing […]
The world’s appreciation of United States leadership has dropped to a new low since Donald Trump became president one year ago, according to a new Gallup poll. Median admiration of U.S. leadership now stands at 30 percent in 134 countries and regions, lower than it was under the leadership of Trump’s two most recent predecessors, Barack […]
Without evidence for his claims, President Trump attacked the global retailer, Amazon, of causing job losses and “doing great damage to tax-paying retailers,” on Wednesday, causing the online retail giant to lose .3% in the market before the opening bell. In an early morning tweet, Trump wrote, “Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying […]