by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2020 As of Monday morning, there were at least 143,055 coronavirus cases in the United States and at least 2,513 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The tragic statistics in recent days included the news that the United States has passed China in the number of reported infections (though many […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2020 Included in the federal government’s coronavirus relief package is $25 million for the Kennedy Center. On the same day the center got news it was getting the emergency funds, the center’s president, Deborah Rutter, essentially fired the National Symphony Orchestra’s 96 musicians, a columnist noted. “She gave them a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 The Trump administration has completed 40 miles of border fencing since early February, according to Border Patrol data. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, amid his coronavirus duties last week, signed off on six waivers to speed wall construction in sections all across the U.S.-Mexico border. Additional contracts for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2020 Open borders proponents are demanding that illegal immigrants receive coronavirus stimulus checks. The coronavirus relief package passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump on Friday includes $1,200 federal checks for most American citizens and those considered “resident aliens,” such as permanent lawful residents in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft, has announced that it is halting operations in Venezuela and selling its assets there to a company fully owned by the Russian government. Rosneft said in a statement on March 28 that it “concluded an agreement with the company 100 percent […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 A former staffer who worked in Joe Biden’s Senate office said Biden pinned her against a wall and sexually assaulted her. Tara Reade, who worked as a staffer in Biden’s Senate office from December 1992 to August 1993, said in an interview with liberal podcaster Katie Halper that then-Senator […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department on March 26 announced that socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and several other Venezuelan government officials have been indicted on drug-trafficking charges, including efforts to smuggle tons of cocaine into the United States. The charges pertaining to Maduro’s conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism carry a minimum of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 At his daily coronavirus task force briefing Wednesday night, President Donald Trump doubled-down on his timeline for reopening the country. Trump said his vision is to return life to normal by Easter, April 12. “I think there are certain people that would like it not to open so quickly,” […]
FPI / March 26, 2020 By Judicial Watch Although there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in federal immigration detention facilities, open borders groups are taking advantage of the health crisis to demand that all illegal immigrants be immediately released from custody and into communities throughout the United States. The movement, known as FreeThemAll, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2020 On March 22, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told NBC News that he asked President Donald Trump to mobilize the military to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the city. He suggested that if Trump doesn’t act immediately, then “people will die who could have lived otherwise.” On […]
