by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 U.S. bombing raids and drone strikes killed up to 70 leaders of the Afghan Taliban this month, the Pentagon announced on May 30. “These strikes represent one of the largest blows to Taliban leadership in the last year,” said Army Gen. John Nicholson, commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. “The cumulative […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 The founder of the Drudge Report, in a rare editorial comment, called out the makers of Ambien for mocking Roseanne Barr’s suggestion that the tweet which resulted in her show’s cancellation was induced by the insomnia sedative. Matt Drudge slammed drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on May 30, saying “The drug company […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 National security adviser John Bolton has named intelligence specialist Fred Fleitz as National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff. Fleitz, a former CIA analyst, is the author of “Obamabomb: A Dangerous and Growing National Security Fraud” about the Iran nuclear deal, and “The Coming North Korea Nuclear Nightmare: What […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Capitol Police provided evidence in the House IT scandal to Imran Awan’s defense attorneys instead of prosecutors, apparently by accident, a report said. “The cop came to [Awan’s defense attorney] Chris Gowen’s office with a stack of papers … Then he came back and said, ‘I thought you guys […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Republicans are using their veto-proof majority in North Carolina in a first to push through a budget while refusing amendments from Democrats, a report said. NC Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and NC House Speaker Tim Moore have said they plan to hold a vote on the $23 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, said canceling “Roseanne” was “the right thing to do” and he personally apologized to Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett. President Donald Trump responded, in a May 30 tweet, asking about his own apologies from ABC: “Bob Iger of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The challenge is growing. The risk is widening. The stakes are stark. Those are some of the key takeaways from a UN press briefing on an expanding and dangerous global challenge; human slavery and sex trafficking where forty million lives hang in a precarious balance […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee on May 29 reiterated his campaign pledge that a wall will be built – and Mexico will pay for it. “In the end, Mexico is going to pay for the wall,” Trump said. “They make all of this money, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Governors in 11 states are following President Donald Trump’s lead and have proposed tax cuts, according to the annual “State of the States Report” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “In a majority of the 2017 State of the State addresses, governors focused heavily on tax policy, with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 North Korea is holding up to 120,000 political prisoners while China and Burma continue to crack down on and often brutalize religious minorities, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on religious freedom. Despite North Korea’s constitutional guarantee of “the right to faith” of its citizens, a […]
