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Chris Riotta

Chris Riotta

Chris Riotta is a reporter from New York and is a Master's candidate in Journalism at Columbia University. He has covered topics as diverse as politics and international conflict, immigration and Internet culture. Riotta left Newsweek in 2018 and can be reached at chrisriotta@gmail.com.

Articles by Chris Riotta

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Jared Kushner Failed to Disclose He Led a Foundation Funding Illegal Israeli Settlements Before U.N. Vote

Yet another omission was discovered on Jared Kushner’s financial disclosure forms Friday, as news broke of his reported involvement in attempting to sway a U.N. Security Council vote before Donald Trump became president.

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Jared Kushner Can’t Pass His Security Clearance Investigation, Officials Say

But Donald Trump can provide Jared Kushner a permanent security clearance even if he fails a final investigation.

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White House Bars One of Few Black Journalists From Attending Christmas Party

“I don’t think I was overlooked. I think they don’t like me. For whatever reason, they have disdain for me.”

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Ivanka Trump Recycles One of Her Own Speeches in India

The first daughter recycled the same lines word-for-word from her speech in Tokyo earlier this month.

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Jared Kushner Delays Senate Deadline for Documents in Russia Investigation Battle

Jared Kushner’s attorneys pushed back on a deadline to provide the Senate Judiciary Committee with all his communications related to Russia.

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White House Officials Discuss Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Departing by 2018: Report

The first daughter and president’s son-in-law may soon leave the West Wing, conversations White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has reportedly had with the president’s advisers suggest.

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Russia May Label McDonald’s a ‘Foreign Agent’ Hell-Bent on Damaging People’s Health

A Russian lawmaker wants to reclassify American fast food chains like McDonald’s and KFC as “foreign agents,” after the Kremlin moved to provide the same label to international news outlets.

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Trump’s Justice Department Could Lead to ‘Resignations, Investigations, Public Outcries,’ Former AG Says

Eric Holder suggested the president needs to stop “berating” Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an interview Friday.

3 min read

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Trump Has Been on a Golfing Binge in Florida, Delaying White House Duties

The president said he was only “quickly” playing golf with Tiger Woods before getting back to “bringing even more jobs and companies back to the USA!”

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Trump Takes Credit For Fighting ISIS in Thanksgiving Call With Military Service Members

The president claimed the U.S. is “really winning” against ISIS during a Thanksgiving call with military service members stationed in Afghanistan.

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Trump is Rich Enough to Go Anywhere, But He Only Likes To Stay At His Own Properties

Thanksgiving marked Donald Trump’s 100th day visiting a Trump property since becoming president.

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Trump’s Swamp Of Billionaires And Lobbyists Revealed In Secret White House Visitor Logs

Donald Trump’s billionaire friends, corporate lobbyists and far right religious groups have all visited the White House since his presidential victory, newly released records reveal.

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Trump Creating Fund So His Children and Advisers Can Keep Their Expensive Lawyers—Paid By Donors

The Trump campaign has already spent over $2 million in legal fees due to the ongoing Russia probe.

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Hyderabad Is Building a Mall and Rounding Up Beggars So Ivanka Trump Can Shop in Peace

Local officials are working to provide Ivanka Trump with a pristine, unrealistic view of the Indian city of Hyderabad.

3 min read

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Nobody Knows Where Trump’s Leftover Inauguration Funds Went, Causing Outrage and Change in Washington

The man who organized Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities is running for Congress, with the intention of changing the rules so an inauguration like Trump’s in 2016 never happens again.

6 min read

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When Has Trump Been Accused of Rape or Attempted Rape? Allegations Include a Child, His Wife and a Business Associate

The president has been accused of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and harassment, among other allegations of inappropriate misconduct.

4 min read

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Jared Kushner Doesn’t Read And Gets Tired Of Talking About The Middle East, Joe Scarborough Says

Anytime foreign policy experts attempted to brief White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner on the Middle East along the campaign trail, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough said “he didn’t want to hear it.”

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Analysis

Mike Pence Denied Trump-Wikileaks Collaboration the Same Day Donald Jr. Spread Intel

Each time new ties between the Trump campaign and foreign operatives are found, Vice President Mike Pence denies, denies, denies.

3 min read

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Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion Already Exists, Watergate Prosecutors Say

The proof is in the emails, according to former Watergate prosecutors, who wish they had the computer evidence special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators is equipped with.

5 min read

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Ivanka Trump Describes Rock-Star Crowd Sizes in Asia Despite Horrible Turnout at Her Speech

Questionable crowd-size claims now run in the Trump family.

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Mueller Will Test Hope Hicks’s Loyalty to Donald Trump, Watergate Prosecutors Say

Former Watergate prosecutors told Newsweek the White House communications director could find herself in legal jeopardy for fabricating statements about the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian operatives during the 2016 election.

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