PRESS ROOM

Money in politics is a little bit like an iceberg — there’s the stuff you can see, like lobbying firms, and then there’s all the stuff below the waterline...

When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and fast-tracked the sale of more American arms to Saudi Arabia, it did more than anger members of Congress who opposed the sale on humanitarian grounds. It also raised concerns that the Saudis could gain access to technology that would let them produce their own versions of American precision-guided bombs — weapons they have used in strikes on civilians since they began fighting a war in Yemen four years ago...

"The feed industry is fiddling while Brazil burns. May had the highest level of deforestation in Brazil ever recorded, and the soy traders response is just to provide data similar to what's already available in the public domain and pretend it's a response to the deforestation crisis."...

The deal fits in with Saudi Arabia's long term economic plan, Saudi Vision 2030, which calls for the country to dramatically increase its domestic arms production...

While the military enjoys the highest level of public confidence of any government institution we ask about (a 3.87 on our scale), confidence in ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and Syria is markedly lower...

If confirmed, Shanahan would be the ninth defense secretary who did not serve in the military. Though there’s no shortage of industry chiefs in plum government positions, his 30 years at Boeing represent an aberration in U.S. history, for, as Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung write, “no secretary of defense in recent memory has had such a long career in the arms industry and so little experience in government or the military.”...

“The US—which violated UNSCR 2231 in withdrawing from JCPOA—or its allies (in violation of its provision on normalizing economic relations w/Iran) are in no position to push a conceited interpretation of its missile provision while pouring weapons into hands that kill Yemenis,” Zarif said...

If Saudi Arabia is able to develop an indigenous bomb-making capability, it will undermine U.S. leverage to prevent them from engaging in indiscriminate strikes of the kind it has carried out in Yemen...

Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs to force Mexico to crack down on immigration is a cheap electoral ploy to mobilize his base. This is nothing new. But by using trade to attack a vital U.S. ally, he has jeopardized a critical relationship and caused blowback from the Republican Party, U.S. business and consumers, and the Mexican government...

There’s nothing “uncontrollable” about people applying for asylum. All the U.S. has to do is meet its obligations under international law...

For more on free trade zones throughout Africa, CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Temi Ibirogba, Program and Research Associate for the Africa Program at the Center for International Policy...

Citing potentially devastating consequences to the U.S. economy, Senate Republicans defied the president Tuesday, announcing their opposition to the tariffs. We speak with Laura Carlsen, director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program of the Center for International Policy...