by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Continued enforced lockdowns are a bigger threat to Americans’ physical and mental health than the coronavirus, physicians said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. “I just feel that’s there’s a very big disconnect between what the average American thinks is going on and what’s actually going on,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler After years of consistent economic expansion and growth throughout much of the world, the global economy is facing tectonic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic. For developed states such as the United States and Western Europe, the “unseen enemy” of the virus has shattered economic forecasts and international commerce; […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has vowed there will be “uniformity on both sides” when it comes to intelligence briefings to 2020 presidential candidates. Such was not the case in the 2016 election, Washington Times reporter Rowan Scarborough noted on May 19. “In 2016, with […]
FPI / May 21, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The destruction China has exported to the U.S. and the world continues to grow. Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump are exploring ramifications that include an intentional default on Chinese debt. Frankly, this is a somewhat tepid punishment. China owns some $1.1 trillion of American treasuries, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Republicans swept to victory in Staunton, Virginia’s city council election on Tuesday as voters tossed out three Democratic incumbents in a usually reliable Democratic stronghold in the state’s Shenandoah Valley. Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received $80 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Now, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and some members of Congress are calling on the abortion provider to return the funds, saying it violated the coronavirus relief program. “The money needs to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 PBS affiliates which receive millions of dollars in funding from U.S. taxpayers have aired a pro-communist China documentary produced in conjunction with a Chinese propaganda outlet, a report said. The documentary, titled, “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty,” was produced in conjunction with CGTN, a Chinese-government controlled […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 On Jan. 20, 2017, President Donald Trump’s inauguration day, then-national security adviser Susan Rice sent a note to herself (which was declassified in its entirety this week by acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell) showing that then-FBI Director James Comey suggested to President Barack Obama in a January […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 “The debate over reopening the economy has a peculiar characteristic: It breaks down almost entirely along political lines,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw wrote in a May 18 op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. “Liberals emphasize the dangers of an open society, shaming those who want to go back to work. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 Democratic officials have gone “crazy” with power in imposing wide-ranging lockdown orders even as coronavirus curves have been flattened and the pandemic “recedes,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson said. Carlson slammed several “drunk with power” leaders including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and New York City […]
