China made public its satellite imagery to reveal U.S. buildup before start of Iran War

China made public its satellite imagery to reveal U.S. buildup before start of Iran War

Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior to Feb. 28, 2026 U.S. and Israeli war with Iran: China exposed that buildup with “commercial” satellite […]

Tennessee’s Democrat, Steve Cohen, slams Trump, announces exit

Tennessee’s Democrat, Steve Cohen, slams Trump, announces exit

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Steve Cohen, a Democrat, has represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District since January 2007. When Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature redrew its congressional map and carved up the district to favor Republicans, Cohen saw the writing on the wall. Cohen, Tennessee’s lone Democrat in the House of […]

Letter: Let our European ‘friends’ find their own path forward

Letter: Let our European ‘friends’ find their own path forward

LETTER TO THE EDITOR — May 15, 2026 Special to WorldTribune.com The war with Iran has significantly deepened severe rift between the U.S. and Europe. Refusal to provide military bases to Washington has hardened President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on the issue of the U.S. leaving NATO and the withdrawal of American troops from European countries. […]

Conversation with Gemini AI about the unchecked, near cosmic power of its creator, Google LLC

Conversation with Gemini AI about the unchecked, near cosmic power of its creator, Google LLC

Special to WorldTribune The following exchange between editors with Free Press Media Group and Google’s Gemini AI (Artificial Intelligence) was recorded on May 13, 2026  Free Press Media Group: Given the 2026 Internet global economy and Google LLC’s unchallenged and opaque dominance of advertising networks, Internet search results, reputation assessments, SSL qualifications and editorial content […]

CIA whistleblower: Here is how Fauci manipulated U.S. intelligence on Covid origins

CIA whistleblower: Here is how Fauci manipulated U.S. intelligence on Covid origins

by WorldTribune Staff, May 14, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Anthony Fauci deliberately steered U.S. intelligence away from the lab leak theory and toward a predetermined conclusion of a natural origin of the Covid virus, a whistleblower told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. According to testimony by CIA special operations […]

How does he know? John Brennan confirms the Deep State is alive, well, and anti-Trump

How does he know? John Brennan confirms the Deep State is alive, well, and anti-Trump

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2026 Non-AI Real World News [According to Wikipedia, “Deep state is a term used for unauthorized secret networks of power operating within a government but independent of its political leadership, in pursuit of their own agendas and goals.”] Widely disparaged as a “conspiracy theory in legacy media, it turns […]

U.S. still enforcing blockade as Trump meets Xi; 69 ships excluded

U.S. still enforcing blockade as Trump meets Xi; 69 ships excluded

by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2026 Non-AI Real World News As President Donald Trump prepared to meet with Xi Jinping in China, a top ally of Iran, the U.S. continued its blockade of Iranian ports. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the U.S. military in the month since the blockade was first enforced, has redirected […]

‘Shooting summit’: Record shows China’s Xi enables war as Trump seeks peace

‘Shooting summit’: Record shows China’s Xi enables war as Trump seeks peace

Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher It is not clear that any of the long list of Chinese and American conflicts will be settled or even just managed during the too-brief May 13-15 summit between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party […]