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New Reports Surface of Trump Campaign’s Involvement With Foreign Entities
Foreign entities other than Russia may have sought to influence the election.
![Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henri Falcon speaks to supporters, during the closing rally of his campaign ahead of the weekend's presidential election, in Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela on May 17, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2018_0519venezuela-400x300.jpg)
Venezuelan Election Showdown: Competing Ideology Behind Competing Currencies
Anti-US feelings may prove stronger than economic fears.
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Donald Trump Really Shouldn’t Have Run for President
The skeletons in Trump's closet are marching into the light.
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Capitalist Development in Nicaragua and the Mirage of the Left
The Sandinistas are now fully on board with neoliberalism.
![Latest appointee to Donald Trump's legal team and former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani attends the Conference on Iran on May 5, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-955081966-400x300.jpg)
In Desperate New Defense for Trump, Rudy Suggests Russia Collusion Wasn’t Illegal
Team Trump keeps inventing new fantasies and this one is especially bizarre.
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In Jerusalem, Christian Zionists Seal the Deal With Netanyahu
The embassy is Trump's payback to white evangelicals.
![Police search a protester at the entrance to a designated protest area outside the 2018 American Renaissance conference in Burns, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/AmRen10-400x300.jpg)
The Fight Against the Far Right Requires Tackling White Nationalist Institutions
Many well-known universities receive far-right funding.
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Who’s Paying Hush Money Now?
Several corporations were caught giving money to a company used by Trump's personal attorney to pay hush money.
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Planned US-North Korea Peace Talks in Jeopardy as Trump Adviser Bolton Pushes for Regime Change
North Korea is threatening to cancel the June 12 US-North Korea summit.
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