Google is “directly engaged” with the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange stated during an international forum Tuesday. Speaking to the “New Era of Journalism: Farewell to Mainstream” symposium, hosted at Moscow’s Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center, the Wikileaks founder warned of the tech giant’s close involvement with both Hillary... 

As the US and EU continue to secretly debate the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), talks aren’t only taking place behind closed doors. Frustrations are also being aired online, according to emails obtained by Politico. An email sent on Friday and obtained by the website shows the European Commission warning the 28 EU ambassadors in Brussels that there will be no... 

Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination for president Thursday after several unbound delegates flipped sides. Trump now has 1,238 delegates, one more than he needed to clinch the nomination, and with 303 delegates still remaining at five state primaries scheduled for June 7, the mogul will avoid a contested GOP convention. “I think he has touched a part... 

Washington is continuing to pressure European leaders to sign the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) by the end of the year. However, the EU has resisted due to fears that some sectors of its economy would not be able to compete with the US economy. The US has mounted pressure on Brussels during recent talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the German newspaper... 

Countering claims by Ted Cruz and others that he has no chance of beating Hillary, Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Clinton 41% to 39% in a new national Rasmussen poll. This represents the first time that Trump has been in front of Hillary since October last year. As recently as March, Hillary was ahead by 41% to 36%. Trump is now also performing twice as well amongst Democrats as Hillary is amongst... 

Sections of the American establishment believe the Kremlin supports Donald Trump. It doesn’t. However, many Russians are concerned a future President Hillary will further worsen, already appalling, relations between Moscow and Washington. Bachman Turner Overdrive was a bunch of Canadian rockers who hit it big in the mid 1970’s. The band’s success was curious. In an era of glam rock and punk,... 

President Obama reassured some of his biggest Hollywood supporters that Donald Trump would not be his presidential successor. “I recognize that there is a deep obsession right now about Mr. Trump,” he said last night. “And one of you pulled me aside and squeezed me hard and said, ‘Tell me that Mr. Trump is not succeeding you’ — And I said, ‘Mr. Trump is not succeeding me.’” Obama... 

North Korea propaganda video shows imagined attack on Washington. North Korea has threatened to launch a nuclear strike on Washington if the United States provokes the North, a video shows. The North released a four-minute video titled “Last Chance” on Saturday which uses computer animation to show a ballistic missile hitting Washington. The video shows that the intercontinental ballistic missile... 

Donald Trump will meet with nearly two dozen Republicans Monday afternoon ahead of his AIPAC speech, The Washington Post reports. Several members of the House and Senate are expected to participate, according to The Washington Post, in addition to consultants and power brokers. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who endorsed Trump last month, and Trump campaign counsel Donald F. McGahn, organized the meeting. Trump... 

Unelected European Commission (EC) officials won’t be able to make new trade laws without asking Washington first, if the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) comes into force, a leaked document reveals. A secret document obtained by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), indicates the EC will also have the power to decide where Brussels should cooperate with the US.... 

A top US military official, who is NATO’s military commander, says Russia is an “existential threat” to Washington and its European allies. In testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove accused Russia of choosing to be an adversary and seeking to exert influence over its neighboring states. “Russia has chosen to be an adversary... 

The United States does not rule out a possible military action against North Korea, if Pyongyang continues to develop its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, says a top US military commander. On January 6, North Korea said it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb, a move that outraged Washington and prompted Congress to hit back with more sanctions against the country. The standoff... 

During his National Governors Association speech Monday, President Obama joked there was a lot to get done during his final days in office, including “appointing judges.” “Some of you may be in the final year of your term, working as hard as you can to get as much done as possible for the folks you represent, fixing roads, educating our children, helping people retrain, appointing judges, the... 

President Barack Obama says he doesn’t think Donald Trump will succeed him in the Oval Office. Speaking with reporters at the ASEAN Leaders Summit in California, Obama said he doesn’t think Trump will win the general election come November. He said he has faith in the American people as they decide who is best to hold a “serious job”: “I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president.... 

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has lambasted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for admitting hundreds of thousands of migrants, saying this could be “the end of Europe.” He also said America could have “very good relations” with Russia. The real estate billionaire was speaking to the French conservative magazine Valeurs Actuelles, saying the German chancellor had made “a...