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Trump's Flip-Flops, Hawks' Sway Rule Out Dialogue

EghtesadOnline: Those who advocate talks with Washington are ignoring the fact that hardliners are currently pulling the strings at the White House and that a vacillating and contradictory government cannot be trusted, a political observer says.
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Publish Date:27/July/2019 | 24:27

Special counsel asks White House to save Trump Jr., Russian meeting documents

EghtesadOnline: The special counsel investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia has asked White House officials to preserve any records of a meeting last year between the president's eldest son and a Russian lawyer, according to a source with knowledge of the request.
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Publish Date:22/July/2017 | 04:42

White House to Release Financial Disclosures for Cohn, Kushner

EghtesadOnline: The White House will release Friday evening the financial disclosures of about 180 staff members, including Gary Cohn, the former president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who now chairs the National Economic Council, and Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, a senior official said.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 19:20

Trump rewrote political playbook in successful White House bid

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump's successful campaign for the White House broke every tradition and upended the political establishment with the same bluster, hyperbole and media mastery that made him one of the world's best-known businessmen.
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Publish Date:09/November/2016 | 09:01

White House presses Congress on bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia

EghtesadOnline: The White House said on Tuesday it is trying to persuade Congress not to press ahead with a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for damages, in an apparent effort to avoid having a presidential veto overridden.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 11:41

White House says will veto Congress anti-Iranian measures

EghtesadOnline: Reacting to the US Congress adoption of two anti-Iranian bills, the White House has announced it will veto any such measures if it finds them against the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Publish Date:16/July/2016 | 07:16

White House to facilitate trade with Iran

The White House is pushing to ease the way for companies to complete deals with Iran, aiming to cement the nuclear agreement reached last year and make it difficult for future administrations to undo it, senior U.S. officials said.
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Publish Date:10/July/2016 | 07:19

CBI Draws Attention to Key Economic Issues

EghtesadOnline: On the anniversary marking the US economic sanctions on November 4, 2018, governor of the Central Bank of Iran said the hostile restrictions and “maximum pressure” of the United States government failed to produce what the Trump White House desired, expected and worked for tirelessly.
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Publish Date:09/November/2019 | 13:39

White House Shares Number in Case Tehran Wants to Call

EghtesadOnline: After US President Donald Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions with Tehran, the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call Trump on, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the move.
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Publish Date:12/May/2019 | 14:10

US Seeks to Scare Firms Doing Business With Iran

EghtesadOnline: The White House will strictly enforce the upcoming secondary sanctions on companies that do business with Iran, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed on Sunday.
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Publish Date:03/July/2018 | 06:20

Obama Goes From White House to Wall Street in Less Than One Year

EghtesadOnline: Hillary Clinton says she made a mistake when she gave speeches on Wall Street after leaving government. Taking money from banks, she writes in her new memoir, created the impression she was in their pocket.
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Publish Date:19/September/2017 | 06:00

Bannon Says He’s ‘Going to War for Trump’ After White House Exit

EghtesadOnline: Ousted White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon returned to the conservative Breitbart News website on Friday and said he’ll be “going to war” for President Donald Trump, vowing to intensify the fight he has waged against opponents of his brand of populist conservatism.
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Publish Date:20/August/2017 | 05:03
The White House confirms “positive conversations,” but an ultra high-speed rail line from Washington to New York?

Elon Musk Claims U.S. Approval for World’s Longest Tunnel

EghtesadOnline: Elon Musk says he won “verbal” government approval to build the world’s longest tunnel for an ultra-high-speed train line to connect New York to Washington.
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Publish Date:21/July/2017 | 07:59