Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration on June 29 notified Congress that it had approved a major arms sales package for Taiwan to beef up the island democracy’s self defense against an aggressive Chinese military threat. According to Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the State Department, the package is worth $1.42 billion and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who has vetoed several attempts by the state legislature to clamp down on voter fraud, said he has “no intention” of complying with President Donald Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity. McAuliffe, a Democrat, insisted there is “no evidence” of voter fraud in Virginia, that the […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 President Donald Trump is battling a “Deep State” that is hellbent on “preserving their own privileges, positions and power” and taking the president down at any cost. It will take a Herculean effort, but Trump can win the battle, analysts say, if he is willing to send unelected […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 The United States will focus on defeating Islamic State (ISIS) and defer to Russia when the time comes to decide Syrian President Bashar Assad’s fate, a report said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a private State Department meeting last week that Russia is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Tim Pearce, Fairfax Free Citizen, Daily Caller News Foundation Increased fracking activity in certain parts of the U.S. leads to an increase in birth rates for those areas, The Economist reported Monday. University of Maryland economists Melissa Kearney and Riley Wilson in a May study found that birth rates increased by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 4, 2017 North Korea celebrated America’s Independence Day with the morning launch of what it announced was its first ICBM. Meanwhile, just a short cruise missile flight south of the DMZ, former President Barack Obama debriefed South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-In on Moon’s meetings three days earlier at the White […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 The murder of a Jewish woman by a Malian immigrant in France sparked an outburst by a Jewish rights group. The Simon Wiesenthal Center called for an end “to the culture of apology” that excuses the rise in recent years of rampant antisemitism by treating French Islamist perpetrators “as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 Cable news outlets are finding that picking a fight with a president they despise is much better for ratings than cuddling up to a president they adore. Antagonistic reporters have also seen their personal profiles soar in the ongoing battle royal with President Donald Trump. During the previous administration, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 Four Arab states who severed diplomatic ties with Qatar last month agreed to extend their deadline for Qatar to comply with their list of demands for ending the crisis. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt on July 2 agreed to a request by Kuwait to extend […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 The White House, State Department and Pentagon were watching in real time when a mortar strike killed two Americans at the CIA’s annex in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, the House Select Committee on Benghazi said last week. The terrorists’ mortar strike killed CIA contract security officers Tyrone Woods […]
