by WorldTribune Staff, March 21, 2018 The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union (EU), announced on March 21 it was bringing its tax rules “into the 21st century” with the unveiling of a new tax on digital companies. Though the EU said the digital tax is not aimed at any country or […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 Facebook is the “real bad guy” in the Cambridge Analytica story about big data’s role in the election of Donald Trump, Britain’s The Guardian said in an op-ed. The op-ed said that “Cambridge Analytica shouldn’t act as a diversion from the real bad guy in this story: Facebook. It […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 Building the border wall and ending sanctuary cities are crucial in the effort to end the opioid crisis in the United States, President Donald Trump said on March 19. “Ninety percent of the heroin in America comes from our southern border, where eventually the Democrats will agree with us, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 Wake County in North Carolina has stopped offering a publicly-funded class at a local law enforcement training center in which participants could shoot an AR-15, a local news report said. Meanwhile, Democrats in the North Carolina legislature proposed new gun laws during a press conference on March 19, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 20, 2018 During her recent trip to India, Hillary Clinton said white women who voted for Donald Trump were essentially Stepford wives while others who voted against her don’t like “black people getting rights” or “women getting jobs.” Prominent former supporters of the former First Lady were quick to suggest she […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2018 High-ranking government officials not only plotted to make sure Hillary Clinton was not indicted, but had a “backup plan” to “basically frame” President Donald Trump for Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a former FBI official said. “I think we have ample facts revealed to us during this last […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2018 In his first public appearance since striking a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, former national security adviser Michael Flynn on March 16 endorsed a long-shot Republican candidate running against 14-term California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters. At a campaign event in La Quinta, California, Flynn endorsed GOP candidate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2018 President Donald Trump on March 16 signed legislation which calls for the U.S. government to support expanded official visits to and from Taiwan “at all levels.” China voiced its displeasure with Trump’s signing of the Taiwan Travel Act, saying that it “severely violates the one-China principle, the political foundation […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2018 The Russians? Please. A former employee said a British-based data mining firm helped Republicans level the playing field in “digital engagement” with voters by using the Facebook profiles of millions of Americans to build a “full-service propaganda machine” that boosted the Trump campaign in 2016. The Trump administration and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2018 An FBI agent who was removed from the team of special counsel Robert Mueller over anti-Trump texts he exchanged with his FBI lawyer mistress was close friends with a judge who recused himself from the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, newly released documents show. Text messages […]
