by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2019 With $1 million from George Soros giving them a huge money advantage, a pair of leftist prosecutor candidates in Virginia knocked off incumbents in the state’s June 11 primary election. The wins by Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington County and Steve Descano in Fairfax County furthered Soros’s plan to “overhaul” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2019 I want a pay raise. I want it now! That’s not Veruca Salt of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame talking, it’s Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The New York Democrat has been a member of Congress for 161 days — yet the $174,000 salary she gets apparently isn’t enough. AOC […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 In a strong statement in support of massive demonstrations in Hong Kong, the U.S. State Department warned: “The continued erosion of the ‘one country, two systems’ framework puts at risk Hong Kong’s long-established special status in international affairs.” Hundreds of police clashed with demonstrators on June 12, firing rubber bullets […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the U.S. southern border is at its “breaking point,” Democrats said they are blocking the $4.5 billion needed to manage the border crisis until their immigration demands are met. The Trump administration’s May 1 funding request sought $3.3 billion to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 More than 60 percent of illegal immigrants pay a trafficker to get them into the United States, according to a new Rand Corporation report. In Central American nations, crime lords, gangs, and small-time operators make up to $2.3 billion a year moving illegals across the border, making it one […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 Jordan and Morocco have announced they will take part in the U.S.-backed economic workshop in Bahrain this month. The Trump administration is expected to release the economic component of its long-awaited “Deal of the Century” Middle East peace plan at the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop set for June 25-26. […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 Is the end of the Clinton dynasty nigh? For a power couple used to the political spotlight, 2019 is proving to be a tough year — and 2020 will most likely be even tougher. Still bitter and reeling from her 2016 presidential election loss, Hillary Clinton is finding […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a discussion ahead of Abe’s planned trip to Iran on June 12-14, a Japanese official said. Abe will be the first Japanese sitting prime minister to visit Iran in 41 years, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. Suga […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler’s “show” hearing featuring John “Worse Than Watergate” Dean as a prop turned out to be a colossal flop, the New York Post said, noting that not even CNN carried the hearing live “because it can’t afford to bore its audience.” Nadler “has to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 President Donald Trump took on the “failing” New York Times and “Nervous Nancy” Pelosi after they attempted to write off the effectiveness of his tariff threats in leading to a deal with Mexico to help secure the border. The New York Times reported that Trump’s new deal with Mexico […]
