by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2017 Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon shifted into high gear upon leaving the White House and believes that his campaign backing President Donald Trump’s populist movement against the GOP establishment is “on the right side of history.” If that movement gets it right, “we will govern for 50 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2017 President Donald Trump has asked longtime Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch to consider running for an eighth term, in large part because Mitt Romney, the failed 2012 presidential candidate and a virulent “Never Trumper,” is said to be preparing to run for the seat should Hatch retire. In a phone […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2017 North Korea’s Hwasong-15 ICBM broke up on re-entry, according to a U.S. official and the crew of a Cathay Pacific airliner that reported witnessing the test. U.S. and allied ships are reportedly still searching for debris from the ICBM, which was launched on Nov. 29 and came down near […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 Former FBI officials said that the Saudi government officials helped 9/11 terrorists prepare for the attack and hide out in the United States. Affidavits filed by three former FBI officials that were provided to the Washington Examiner allege that Saudi Arabia used intricate espionage “tradecraft” to assist the September […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 The objectivity of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has been further called into question after revelations that an FBI agent who oversaw the team’s Russia investigation exchanged anti-Trump and pro-Hillary Clinton text messages with an FBI attorney with whom he was having an affair. Previous reports found that several […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed by Houthi rebels on Dec. 4, just days after his faction’s alliance with the Iran-backed rebels collapsed. Sources in the Houthi militia said its fighters stopped Saleh’s armored vehicle with an RPG rocket outside Sanaa and then shot him dead. Sources […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 The plan drawn up by a Stanford University law professor to reshape North Carolina’s voting districts is being lauded by state Democratic leaders. Republicans condemned it as a political power play. Nathaniel Persily on Dec. 1 submitted proposed voting district changes in Wake, Cumberland, Guilford, Hoke, Mecklenburg, Bladen, Sampson […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 Japan’s coast guard reports dozens of rickety wooden boats, some with human skeletons on board, have washed up on Japan’s shores throughout this year. Analysts believe the “ghost ships” are most likely from North Korea. The “ghost ships” have been discovered in increasing numbers since North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2017 Lebanon has been “hijacked” by Hizbullah and the only way the nation can flourish is if the terror group disarms, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said. “Lebanon will only survive or prosper if you disarm Hezbollah,” Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a conference in Italy on Dec. 1. “As […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2017 The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said he has instructed committee staff to draw up contempt of Congress charges for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray for their failure to reveal why special counsel Robert Mueller removed a key FBI agent from the Trump-Russia […]