by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2017 There are no indications that electronic systems on the USS John McCain were hacked in a cyberattack, but “all possibilities” will be considered in a review of the Aug. 20 incident, the U.S. chief of naval operations said. It was the second deadly collision at sea of its kind […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 Latin American nations should not fall prey to the U.S.’s “coercive behavior” and should reject calls for them to sever relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for the North’s Foreign Ministry said. Pyongyang said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s move to openly press Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 If you missed the “Great American Eclipse of 2017” on Aug. 21, you will have several more opportunities in the next decade, if you are willing to travel, to view an eclipse. If you’re staying put, it will be much longer. A solar eclipse’s path passes where you live […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 The IRS must name the specific employees it blames for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny and must prove it has halted the targeting of the groups, a federal judge ordered last week. Judge Reggie B. Walton also said the IRS must explain why the IRS delayed extending non-profit status to 38 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 The USS John McCain guided-missile destroyer’s collision with an oil tanker in the early morning hours of Aug. 21 off the coast of Singapore marks the fourth incident involving the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. Five U.S. sailors were injured and 10 are reported missing. Four of the five […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 American voters made themselves heard last November, but since then Trump supporters have been subjected to non-stop invective and push-back from Washington’s “ruling class” and the Left in the dominant media culture. As pro-Trump conservatives debated over the weekend the meaning of Steve Bannon’s departure Friday from the White […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump, after consulting at Camp David with his national security aides, has made a decision on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said. “I am very comfortable that the strategic process was sufficiently rigorous and did not go in with a pre-set position,” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 South Korean President Moon Jae-In said last week that any U.S. military action taken against North Korea would first need the consent of South Korea. “This is a firm agreement between South Korea and the United States. The people can be assured that there will be no war,” Moon […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 A recent report from the liberal Harvard Kennedy School and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy noted that 80 percent of news stories in the first 100 days of the Trump administration were critical of the president. For CNN, it was 93 percent negative. “By the time […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2017 A California Republican congressman said the information he received during a three-hour meeting with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London this week would have “an earth-shattering political impact.” Assange “reaffirmed his aggressive denial that the Russians had anything to do with the hacking of the […]
