by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2016 A former U.S. Navy sailor whose use of the “Hillary Clinton defense” was shot down at trial has been sentenced to one year in prison. Lawyers for Kristian Saucier, a former Navy machinist mate who admitted taking photos of classified areas inside a nuclear submarine, were rebuffed by a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2016 The Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF), a group of “radical feminists”, has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the Obama administration’s guidelines on transgender people’s use of public bathrooms. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on Aug. 18, says that two WoLF’s New Mexico members, identified in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 President Barack Obama is set to relinquish the last vestiges of U.S. control of the Internet. Barring “any significant impediment” the Department of Commerce will finalize the transition effective Oct. 1, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lawrence Strickling said on Aug. 16. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Parris H. Chang In recent months, both chambers of the U.S. Congress have passed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and the “six assurances” as cornerstones of U.S.-Taiwan Relations. The six assurances, which were given to Taiwan by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan in July 1982, include U.S. pledges not to set a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 12, 2016 It’s no surprise to conservatives that the “usual suspects” of left-leaning media outlets are doing everything they can to boost Hillary Clinton and demonize Donald Trump. In 2016, however, “the propaganda skewing … runs much deeper than just the media,” journalist and political pundit Liz Crokin wrote for Observer.com on Aug. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey HAIFA, Israel — In a recent secret visit to Moscow, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad told Vladimir Putin that he would assure quiet on Israel’s border. I am constantly amazed how the mainstream media [even here in Israel] can ignore the most interesting things that are happening, while concentrating on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2016 In newly-obtained emails, Hillary Clinton’s top aides at the State Department discussed “taking care” of a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire who was a top donor to the Clinton Foundation. On Aug. 9, Judicial Watch released 296 pages of State Department records, of which 44 email exchanges were not previously turned over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 10, 2016 The former top intelligence official in the Obama administration said jihadists aligned with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) are already in the United States and the White House is hiding information on that threat from the American public. “They are here,” Gen. Michael Flynn, former Defense Intelligence […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2016 The Obama administration granted a group of Somali Muslims unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to a major U.S. airport, a report said. According to government records obtained by Judicial Watch, the Somali group “complained to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about feeling harassed and profiled” and that Johnson had a “sympathetic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2016 U.S. policy has always strictly prohibited the payment of a ransom to terrorists who take hostages as such a precedent encourages more terrorism. However, anti-terrorism sanctions prohibit the United States from “U.S. dollar- or other-currency denominated transactions” with Iran, a report said, meaning the Obama administration’s shipment of $400 […]
