by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 FBI agents in Little Rock are active in a renewed investigation into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in pay-for-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, a report said. Law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Hill that the FBI is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2018 North Korea on Jan. 5 accepted South Korea’s offers of talks to be held next week in the DMZ truce village of Panmunjom in the first official meeting between delegations from the two Koreas since December 2015. President Donal Trump “is taking credit for easing tensions that might have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 An attorney for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has filed a lawsuit against special prosecutor Robert Mueller, saying the counsel’s indictment against Manafort was for “dealings that had no connections whatsoever to the 2016 presidential election or even Donald Trump.” Attorney Kevin Downing, who filed the suit in U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 The United States and South Korea will not hold joint military exercises that were slated to be held while the Winter Olympic Games were underway in PyeongChang next month. U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In agreed in a phone conversation on Jan. 4 to delay […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said former FBI Director James Comey leaked classified information after he was fired by President Donald Trump. Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican, said Comey leaked four memos to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman, who shared them with The New York Times. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 Twitter has restricted the account of a dissident who has streamed video of protests in Iran, which includes footage of Iranian security forces shooting protesters. Twitter blocked some viewership for London-based dissident Potkin Azarmehr, whose videos have also shown demonstrators shouting anti-regime chants, some of which call for the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Congressional investigators say they have obtained FBI documents which contain evidence that laws were broken when Hillary Clinton and her top aides transmitted classified material through the former secretary of state’s private email server. The evidence includes passages in FBI documents stating the “sheer volume” of classified information that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Physician assistants, nurse practitioners and pharmacies in North Carolina are now required to consult with a supervising physician before prescribing targeted controlled substances under a new law that tracks opioid distribution. The Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention Act – or STOP Act – went into effect on Jan. 1. On […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 3, 2018 Despite its leadership’s reference to 2017 as a “tough year,” Planned Parenthood increased its profits by $21 million and took in nearly $544 million in taxpayer funding. Opponents say that, while it claims to continue to champion womens’ health, Planned Parenthood performs more than 320,000 abortions per year but […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Consulting my crystal snow globe reveals a blizzard of events, many of them unpredictable which await us in the New Year. And after 2017’s roller coaster and often bizarre political events, it’s difficult to believe that 2018 may hold many unexpected surprises. UN Secretary General […]
