by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2017 A North Carolina county violated the U.S. Constitution by allowing elected officials to open meetings with a Christian prayer, a federal appeals court said in a divided ruling last week. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, in a 10-5 decision on July 14, overturned a ruling by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2017 Honchos from the worlds of technology, media and politics are hobnobbing at a ritzy resort in Sun Valley, Idaho this week at an annual invitation-only event hosted by the Allen & Co. investment bank. What they are talking about is privileged, as most would consider appropriate for those benefiting […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 The Associated Press, in the 2017 edition of its Stylebook, instructs journalists to avoid using words such as “pro-life,” “refugee,” “Islamist,” and “terrorist.” Rachel Alexander, an opinion contributor for The Hill, said on “Fox & Friends” on July 11 that the AP is attempting to sanitize conservative words and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson must halt the Obama-era policy of “offering sheepish and faint-hearted certifications” of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal it signed with world powers, four Republican senators said in a letter to Tillerson on July 11. Declaring Iran non-compliant with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2017 Amid a deepening housing crisis in Silicon Valley, Facebook said is being forced to construct a “village” of 1,500 homes for its workers after accusing the regional government of a “failure” to invest in infrastructure. Critics, however, say Facebook only made the problem worse when it offered $10,000 bonuses […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2017 Israel is seeking a demilitarized buffer zone in southern Syria that would prevent Hizbullah and “other Iranian-backed militias” from operating in the area, a report said. Israel wants the buffer zone to extend some 30 miles (48 kilometers) beyond the Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights, the Times of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2017 The “Deep State”, as networked centers of bureaucratic-media power in Washington has come to be known, harnesses so much power and comprehensive data on persons of interest in the Unites States that it can easily remove any obstacles threatening that power, analysts say. One window into that world is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2017 The major media in the U.S. has been body-slammed again. This time, Britain’s The Sun Online beat the U.S. outlets to the punch by enlisting a body language expert to analyze the much-anticipated initial face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Body language expert […]
Special to WorldTribune , July 6, 2017 President Donald Trump delivered the following speech from Warsaw’s Krasiński Square after being introduced by first lady Melania Trump: Thank you very much. That’s so nice. The United States has many great diplomats, but there is truly no better ambassador for our country than our beautiful First Lady, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 Austria has sent armored vehicles to the Italian border to block migrants from entering the country. Vienna’s government said it is bolstering border controls at the Brenner Pass, a key trade and transport route through the Alps that connects Italy and Austria. The government said it has 750 troops […]
