Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2022 The omnibus spending package that is about to be passed by Congress days before Republicans take control of the House contains 6,825 pages: 4,155 pages of legislative text plus 2,670 pages of explanatory materials that instruct agencies how to carry out the provisions and include at least 4,000 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2022 During his broadcast on Wednesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed independent journalist Glenn Greenwald in a 4-minute segment that provided one of the best summaries of the Russia-Ukraine War heard anywhere. “What was so shocking about the interview, was how casually both men veered onto topics that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau When political plans involve a scheme to vilify former President Trump — but are found to be invented and without merit — those plans are put into a “File 13” trash bin, away from the eyes of interested parties. This is the going principle of the “Party of the Jackass,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2022 The Associated Press has reportedly fired the journalist of a retracted story which claimed that Russia last week had fired missiles that hit NATO member Poland, which led to speculation of a possible World War III scenario. The AP reporter, James LaPorta, had written that an unnamed “senior U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 17, 2022 Joe Biden is calling on Congress to approve another $37.7 billion in aid to Ukraine for the war effort against Russia. Biden’s proposed new round of aid to Ukraine reportedly includes $21.7 billion for military, intelligence and other defense support; $14.5 billion to help keep the Ukrainian government functioning, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2022 An anti-Russia “bot army” of fake automated Twitter accounts flooded the Internet with pro-Ukraine propaganda at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a mostly unreported study by a team of researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Up to 80 percent of tweets pushing the pro-Ukraine […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2022 The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, deployed to Europe for the first time since World War II, has been carrying out live-round tank and artillery exercises at a forward operating site on NATO’s eastern flank and not far from the Ukraine border, U.S. military officials said. The U.S. forces […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2022 Ukraine lost one of its MiG-29 fighter jets after it shot down an Iranian-made drone being used by Russia in the ongoing war. A Ukrainian MiG-29 reportedly costs between $5 million and $12 million. The drone, an Iranian Shahed-136 Kamikaze (re-christened as Geran-2 by Russia), costs between $20,000 and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, October 12, 2022 The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. How can President Biden talk about “Armageddon” in Ukraine after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin boasts of Russia’s nuclear strength without also mentioning North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s threats to use nuclear weapons? That question does not seem to have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 3, 2022 Amid a swirl of ongoing and upcoming international crises, the Ukraine war overwhelmingly dominated debate at the United Nations General Assembly. Most speakers decried Vladimir Putin’s widening war against Ukraine and equally viewed the dangerous regional and global ramifications from this European conflict which could […]