by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 An Obama-appointed judge has determined that Wisconsin’s taxpayers are on the hook for sex reassignment surgery for some trans persons. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley ruled that Medicaid cannot exclude transgender surgery and related treatment such as hormone therapy to low-income residents in Wisconsin, The Gateway Pundit reported […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2019 Even South Korea’s “mainstream media” which has largely ignored a populist conservative revolt against President Moon Jae-In are reporting that he has squandered his political capital. The number of South Koreans who disapprove of his performance has exceeded 50 percent for the first time since he took office in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have prohibited state-run propaganda outlets from publishing “any positive reports on the Hong Kong people’s appeals for democracy and freedom,” a report said. The CCP has also directed that the state-run media outlets, which have global reach, promote in print, photographic and televised reports the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Federal authorities in 2018 made more arrests of Mexican nationals living in the United States than arrests of American citizens, according to the Department of Justice. More than 78,000 federal arrests of Mexicans were made last year, compared to 70,500 federal arrests made of American citizens, the DOJ reported. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Most mass shootings in the United States are followed by a surge in FBI background checks for gun purchases, according to a new study. A spike in gun sales has occurred after eight of 10 recent mass shootings, the study by the home security firm Cove found, according to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Writer and satirist Kioomars Marzban has been sentenced to 23 years and nine months in prison by an Iranian Revolutionary Court which convicted him of charges including cooperation with the United States. Mohammad Hossein Aghasi, lawyer for the 28-year-old Marzban, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Aug. 24 that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2019 Liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently underwent three weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York after a cancerous tumor was discovered on her pancreas. Libertarian billionaire David Koch, who passed away on Aug. 23 after a long battle with prostate cancer, donated […]
FPI / August 23, 2019 By Richard Fisher, Geostrategy-Direct.com On Aug. 15, the Trump administration informally told the U.S. Congress that it had approved the $8 billion sale of Lockheed-Martin F-16V fighters to Taiwan, that now requires Congressional approval to proceed. Taiwan has been seeking upgraded and more capable F-16s since 1997, in the wake […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2019 Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff has a challenger for the California congressional seat he has held since 2013. According to a report by Route Fifty, the challenger is drag queen Maebe A. Girl. “We need more everyday people in Congress — its overwhelmingly older, white, wealthy men, and that’s just […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 23, 2019 South Korea’s government on Aug. 22 announced that it was scrapping a military-intelligence sharing pact with Japan weeks after being urged to do so by communist North Korea. Japan had sought an extension of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) despite increased tension between the two countries. […]
