by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Since taking control of the state government in 2010 and building a super-majority, Republicans have transformed North Carolina from one of the nation’s worst tax climates to one of the best. “North Carolina, more than any other state in recent years, has provided a model for what pro-growth tax […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – The standoff on the Korean peninsula is entering a new phase. While President Moon Jae-In calls for talks with North Koreans, he is also honoring the U.S.-Korean alliance and insisting the North give up its nuclear program. Can Moon have it both ways? He’s besieged by protesters […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the European Union for “undermining” Israel and also slammed former U.S. President Barack Obama in audio from a closed-door meeting that was mistakenly released to the press on July 19. Netanyahu made the comments while meeting in Budapest with leaders of the Visegard Group, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The competition for the Democratic Party presidential nomination for 2020 is already buzzing. Sen. Kamala Harris, seen as a fresh face in a field that includes several septuagenarians, is playing both camps from the 2016 Democratic Party contest – having made the rounds with wealthy Hillary Clinton donors while […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Democrats should stop using the mantra that the U.S. is a “nation of immigrants” to justify the importing of people from places such as Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya, author Richard F. Miniter wrote in a July 19 column for American Thinker. “An American immigrant is not someone supported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Syria, with the cooperation of North Korea and Russia, is constructing a secret facility to manufacture long-range missiles in a rural area outside the port city of Tartus, a Syrian opposition website reported. The Zamanalwsl.net website said that Syrian President Bashar Assad recently visited the facility under the guise of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michael Giere, Fairfax Free Citizen You have to be astonished in the last decade by the complete collapse of any accountability in the political ruling class — the politicians, judges, and academics, the corporate news-entertainment complex, and the faceless bureaucratic apparatchiks — who would rule us commoners. We are witnessing the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Government watchdog group Judicial Watch, citing a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, said the Obama-era IRS’s practice of “losing” or “destroying” documents demands a criminal investigation. House Republicans in April called on the Justice Department to reopen the investigation into Lois Lerner and the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Nearly daily leaks are pouring out of the investigative and security arms of the government, a reality that “underscores a truth of our time,” according to columnist Patrick Buchanan. “The mutual agendas of the deep-state leakers and the mainstream media mesh perfectly. “In the 19th century, power meant control […]
