Politics

A report on CIA torture reveals that America's post-9/11 interrogations were more brutal than previously acknowledged – and brought no significant results. RT asks Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer, what the release of the report means for the organization.

The devil is about to visit Florida this Christmas - after a Satanic Temple there scored a major victory, winning a battle to bring a display of Lucifer to the State capitol. Officials approved the move due to the freedom of speech and religion law. RT talked to those both for and against the move.

On "With All Due Respect," Mark and John discuss a new Bloomberg Politics poll that shows a majority think race relations have gotten worse under Obama.

There's not that much difference between politics and sports, and Al Hunt makes that clear with his spiffy GOP presidential brackets.

Here's a look at how your government and the media is using the Ferguson Shooting to divert your attention away from THIS problem in America.

As part of the 24th Annual Health Economics Conference hosted by PennLDI, Mark Pauly and Jonathan Gruber were featured in the Plenary Panel discussing the role of economics in shaping (and possibly reshaping) the ACA. In this conference, he infamously says that "Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage.” Oh, and he calls American people stupid.

With Russia flying bombers to the Gulf of Mexico and Nato saying Russian troops have entered Ukraine, Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote looks at the state of Russia's military might and what that could mean for the stand off in the region.

S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall discusses what the midterm elections mean for financial markets on Bloomberg Television's Election 2014 special with Pimm Fox.

Vladimir Putin criticized the West for "sawing at branches" with sanctions against Russia and releasing a "genie in a bottle" with color revolutions. RT looks at the Russian President's best quotes from his speech in Sochi.

Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, has released his 2014 Wastebook chronicling the worst examples of wasted taxpayer money in Washington. Bloomberg’s Yang Yang breaks down the entries on “In The Loop.”

German businesses are feeling the pinch of the political tit for tat. Sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU are effecting many mid-size businesses in the Eurozone’s largest economy.

Islamic State jihadists in Syria have made a video threatening to bring the Russian republic of Chechnya into their self-proclaimed caliphate, after capturing Russian-made planes in Syria. The viral video drew an angry response from the Chechen leader.

France has suspended delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier ships to Russia, due to events in eastern Ukraine. Two ships were commissioned by Russia in 2011 at a cost of $1.6 billion. 'The Vladivostok', was due to come into service this year, 'the Sevastopol', due to be completed in 2015.

American officials claim the Chinese jet performed a 'barrel roll' - at one point coming within 10 meters of their plane. Beijing says it was keeping a safe distance and that American spy missions pose a threat to its core security interests, and could be considered as a hostile act. Every year the US flies about five hundred missions around China - as well as monitoring from the sea and from satellites. Andrew K. P. Leung - a China specialist - says Beijing could take serious action if it feels it's being threatened

With Russia testing the West's resolve over Ukraine, many fear another cold war could be around the corner. One Professor of Economics tells Bloomberg why some other Eastern European countries are wary and explains the implications of Nato making the wrong strategic move.

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on the full ban for imports of beef, pork, poultry meat, fish, cheese, milk, vegetables and fruit from Australia, Canada, the EU, the US and Norway. The ban will last a year, starting August 7.

The United States government has concluded that a new leaker has been supplying members of the media with classified documents. RT talks to defense analyst Ivan Eland about the most recent U.S. leaks.

As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, many are now scrutinizing the nation’s relationship with the US. The largest single supplier of military equipment, Washington provided as much as 95 percent of the weaponry in Israel’s arsenal as recently as 2009. RT’s Marina Portnaya breaks down the numbers to explain the relationship.