With two major hurricanes come and gone, scammers are moving into fleece the victims. Special guest host Simone Del Rosario sits down with Bart Chilton to tackle the problem. Correspondent Bianca Facchinei is tackling FEMA as she examines why so many...
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News / 28 Apr 2019
Bart Chilton, CFTC’s Colorful Swaps-Rules Backer, Dies at 58
Bart Chilton, the former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission official who called for tighter regulation of swaps and derivatives, and was known for his long blond hair that stood out in buttoned-down Washington, has died. The TV channel RT America, for…
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No significant federal legislation has become law this year. That’s remarkable given that both the US House of Representatives and Senate are controlled by Republican majorities and President Donald Trump is also a Republican. Washington DC is now Dysfunction Junction. This...
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President Trump’s speech on tax reform was good but it is unlikely that his current efforts will do much to make tax reform happen. Tax reform is possible but first, Trump needs to get out of the way and let Congress...
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The super soaker Hurricane Harvey has inundated not only Corpus Cristi, Houston and many other cities and towns, it has wreaked havoc on energy production. What’s for sure is that gasoline prices, which have been surging, will continue to rise. That...
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Hurricane Harvey has already impacted oil prices. Bart Chilton, former US trading commissioner, joins RT America’s Manila Chan to discuss the economic impact of the catastrophic hurricane and price-gouging at service stations in affected areas.
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The white sheet has been taken off the head of the White House and it was called out yesterday by an unlikely group: President Donald Trump’s corporate colleagues. What’s transpired is both historic and consequential for policy, politics, and national security....
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It’s been a long week for President Trump and today he announced the disbandment of his Manufacturing Council and Strategy and Policy Forum.
Bart Chilton discusses the lack of leadership at the CFTC with Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterley on “Bloomberg Markets.”
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Evaluating our U.S. presidents is done intermittently. Such benchmarks are the bedrock upon which we gauge the past. The first 100 days of an administration—a standard used since Franklin Roosevelt’s Administration—arrived on April 29th. President Trump said it was a “ridiculous...
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Arguably the most presidential periods of Donald Trump’s administration were in February when he addressed a joint session of Congress and in May on his first foreign foray when he visited Saudi Arabia and Israel, followed by Belgium for a North...
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Testimonials
"Writing rules for Wall Street doesn't afford much opportunity for artistic license. Unless, that is, you're Bart Chilton who is prone to waxing poetic on arcane financial matters."
The New York Times
"The competition for colorful comments has a clear winner: Bart Chilton."
The Wall Street Journal
"Even some of his adversaries will especially miss his way with words."
