Conflict & Justice
Associated Press
August 20, 2020
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and three associates were arrested Thursday on charges they ripped off donors to an online fundraising effort to build a privately funded southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime.
Global Politics
Steve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.
The Center for Public Integrity
July 27, 2017
Private publicist, not White House spokespeople, flacking for top Trump aide.
Conflict
'He lost his mind': Trump unloads on Steve Bannon over bombshell-filled book excerpt
Reuters
January 03, 2018
Trump blasts former aide Steve Bannon after "treasonous" comments in a new book.
Madeleine Albright thinks it's time to sound the alarm on fascism
The World
April 25, 2018
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says we might not recognize the resurgence of fascism worldwide until it's too late.
US Diplomacy
Steve Bannon's 'The Movement' is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe
The World
August 16, 2018
Bannon is in the process of setting up an umbrella group with a headquarters in Brussels to help support and coordinate these different nationalist parties. One of the people helping him is his friend, Benjamin Harnwell.
Conflict & Justice
China demands US 'dispel obstacles' to military ties and stop slander
Reuters
September 27, 2018
China demanded the United States "dispel obstacles" to improving military ties and stop slandering it, amid growing tensions over trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and President Donald Trump's claims of China meddling in the upcoming US election.
Le Pen’s niece opens grad school to train new generation of French far-right leaders
The World
January 04, 2019
Marion Maréchal — previously known as Marion Maréchal Le Pen — quit politics last year and dropped her famous last name, but she hasn’t dropped her focus on giving the far-right a boost. Maréchal's latest endeavor has been to start a school aimed at training the ultra-conservative elite in France.
Trump administration
Will Voice of America’s new Trump pick protect the agency’s independence?
The World
June 17, 2020
Michael Pack, a close ally of conservative political strategists including Steve Bannon, has been confirmed by the Senate as the head of VOA, America's tax-payer funded federal media agency.
Conflict & Justice
Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged in border wall scheme
Associated Press
August 20, 2020
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and three associates were arrested Thursday on charges they ripped off donors to an online fundraising effort to build a privately funded southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime.