Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 The three top Democrats in the commonwealth of Virginia seem engaged in a remarkable game of one-upmanship – or is it one-downmanship? Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring are all facing calls to step down amid a trio of scandals in what […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling for an investigation into USA Powerlifting (USAPL) after its announcement last month that men who identify as transgender women are banned from competing at women’s events. The Minnesota Democrat sent a letter to the powerlifting organization on behalf of one of her constituents, JayCee […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2019 A state lawmaker in Connecticut has introduced legislation calling for the tax on ammunition in the state to be increased by 50 percent. State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, a Democrat representing the 13th District, said of HB 5700: “Currently ammunition is taxed at the same rate as other products. We […]
Special to WorldTribune, February 6, 2019 Following is the full text of the 2019 State of the Union Address February 5, 2019 9:07 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States — (applause) — and my fellow Americans: We meet tonight at a moment […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2019 The FBI official who was overseeing the agency’s Clinton email and Trump campaign investigations told Congress that he was often excluded from key meetings and decisions in the investigations. During closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in June 2018, Bill Priestap, former head of the FBI’s counterintelligence division, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 Israel has begun construction on a new barrier, including underground sections, along its border with the Gaza Strip. “Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists before the weekly cabinet meeting on Feb. 3. Netanyahu said the 20-foot-tall […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 Hugo Chavez, the leader of Venezuela’s socialist revolution, once said that “to be rich is bad.” Last summer, the stepsons of current socialist leader Nicolas Maduro dropped $45,000 on an 18-night stay at the Ritz hotel in Paris. “These rich Chavista kids have also been spotted in the best […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 Even after Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam’s comments on the acceptability of infanticide, and after he admitted that he at least on one occasion wore blackface, half of Democrats in Virginia still support the governor. A report on the Morning Consult poll taken after Northam was hit with the two scandals […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The downfall of all the great civilizations has often been credited to external forces, such as the barbarian tribes that overran the western half of the Roman Empire in the fifth century CE. In fact, such external forces are always facilitated and preceded by internal social, political and economic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 Can Roger Stone possibly get, as the Sixth Amendment mandates, an “impartial jury” of 12 people in Washington, D.C.? The federal charges leveled against the longtime associate of President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller mean his U.S. District Court jury pool will come “strictly from deep-blue D.C. […]
