by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2020 Though he essentially has no competition for the Republican presidential nomination in his 2020 re-election bid, record numbers of voters are turning out to vote for President Donald Trump in the primaries. Trump shattered the previous records for incumbents in both the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. “The […]
FPI / February 16, 2020 By Lee Cohen The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 13 filed new charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, accusing it, among other things, of stealing U.S. trade secrets and assisting the Iranian government to spy on protesters as well as illegally doing business with North Korea. Specific charges include […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2020 One of the young leaders “at the forefront” of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong has been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Andy Chan Ho-Tin, 29, an outspoken voice in the movement who has been hounded and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party’s puppets in Hong Kong […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2020 The Trump administration is sending members of an elite Border Patrol unit to sanctuary cities around the nation to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in locating and apprehending illegal immigrants. Members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) will be helping ICE officers arrest criminal illegals who […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2020 A rift that has opened between Europe and the United States over Europe’s use of China’s Huawei for 5G technology has led to concerns over the stability of the NATO alliance, reports say. Those reports are “grossly over-exaggerated,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in remarks on Saturday […]
FPI / February 14, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser suggested that China is not being “honest with us” about its handling of the Wuhan coronavirus. The Trump administration is “a little disappointed in the lack of transparency coming from the Chinese” and “I don’t know what their motives are,” Larry Kudlow told […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2020 In his post-acquittal initiative to finally clean the federal government of Obama holdovers and “never-Trumpers,” President Donald Trump has appointed a trusted loyalist to head up the Presidential Personnel Office, reports say. John McEntee is returning to the West Wing after being fired in 2018 by then-White House Chief […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2020 Harvard and Yale over the past four years have failed to disclose some $375 million in gifts and contracts from China and Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of Education said on Wednesday. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. universities have failed to report they brought in $6.5 billion […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2020 Hacked Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails confirmed that the party rigged the 2016 primary against socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. Is the fix in again in 2020? Sanders’ supporters “have been stricken with an acute case of paranoia about the Democratic Party hijacking the nomination from their guiding light at […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2020 Radio host Rush Limbaugh’s “army of one” inspired millions of Americans who’d long been ignored, and he changed the political landscape, historian and columnist Victor Davis Hanson noted. “Genius is often defined in myriad ways. One trusted criterion is the ability to do something extraordinary in a field where […]