by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 The Obama administration attempted to influence the results of Israel’s election by funneling U.S. taxpayer funds to a political group opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau, according to a congressional report. The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) said the State Department gave $349,276 in U.S. taxpayer-funded […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 Pink slips dated Jan. 20 have gone out to all diplomats who were appointed by President Barack Obama. President-elect Donald Trump has ordered every Obama-appointed diplomat home in the days following his inauguration. Most got their posts after generous political donations. Past administrations allowed diplomats an extension until a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2016 While presidential debate moderators are not allowed to wear earpieces during the proceedings, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has not specifically ruled out the use of ear mics for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the first debate on Sept. 26. A voter in Maryland wrote FEC Commissioner Matthew […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 Two suspected jihadists, including one who was making explosive belts, were killed by Saudi security forces on Jan. 7. The suspects were shot and killed during a police operation in the north of the capital Riyadh, the Saudi Interior Ministry said, according to AFP. Tayeh al-Saihari and Talal al-Saidi, who […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2017 Nat Hentoff, who described himself as “a Jewish, atheist, civil libertarian, left-wing pro-lifer,” died on Jan. 7 at the age of 91. Hentoff was a Village Voice contributor and columnist for 50 years and also wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Down Beat and the Wall […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump will be flexing America’s muscles against both China and North Korea from almost the moment he sits down in the Oval Office of the White House, at least to judge from his recent tweets. “China has been taking out massive amounts of money & […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2016 The American black community is “being pimped like prostitutes” by the Democratic Party, the leader of the New Black Panther Party said on Aug. 27. Meanwhile, Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has endorsed Trump for president, saying the GOP candidate’s plan for the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told the Chinese defense delegation in Singapore that the U.S. will take appropriate action if China crosses the red line, i.e. further reclamation and militarization of the Scarborough Shoal in the Spratlys chain. The Philippines and China have fiercely clashed over the Scarborough Shoal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2017 Political and media elites are late in recognizing what has been known for quite some time, that foreign cyber threats to U.S. national security are real, analysts say. All it took was a sweeping election victory by an unlikely Republican presidential candidate for charges of meddling in the U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2017 The UK’s economy defied the gloom and doom predictions after the Brexit vote and ended the year with the strongest growth of the world’s advanced economies. Britain’s economy grew by 2.2 percent last year — more than the six other leading nations, including the United States, Germany and Japan. […]