by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 National security adviser John Bolton has named intelligence specialist Fred Fleitz as National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff. Fleitz, a former CIA analyst, is the author of “Obamabomb: A Dangerous and Growing National Security Fraud” about the Iran nuclear deal, and “The Coming North Korea Nuclear Nightmare: What […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Capitol Police provided evidence in the House IT scandal to Imran Awan’s defense attorneys instead of prosecutors, apparently by accident, a report said. “The cop came to [Awan’s defense attorney] Chris Gowen’s office with a stack of papers … Then he came back and said, ‘I thought you guys […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Republicans are using their veto-proof majority in North Carolina in a first to push through a budget while refusing amendments from Democrats, a report said. NC Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and NC House Speaker Tim Moore have said they plan to hold a vote on the $23 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, said canceling “Roseanne” was “the right thing to do” and he personally apologized to Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett. President Donald Trump responded, in a May 30 tweet, asking about his own apologies from ABC: “Bob Iger of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee on May 29 reiterated his campaign pledge that a wall will be built – and Mexico will pay for it. “In the end, Mexico is going to pay for the wall,” Trump said. “They make all of this money, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Governors in 11 states are following President Donald Trump’s lead and have proposed tax cuts, according to the annual “State of the States Report” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “In a majority of the 2017 State of the State addresses, governors focused heavily on tax policy, with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 North Korea is holding up to 120,000 political prisoners while China and Burma continue to crack down on and often brutalize religious minorities, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on religious freedom. Despite North Korea’s constitutional guarantee of “the right to faith” of its citizens, a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 FBI agents are reluctant to testify against their superiors before Congress out of fear of retaliation, a report said. Agents fear that the current Whistleblower Protection Act does not provide sufficient protection, according to interview transcripts with two FBI agents that a former White House official provided to reporter […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 28, 2018 “[A]n examination of the year-old official public record” reveals that special counsel Robert Mueller has failed to find evidence supporting the hypothesis justifying his investigation, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough. The lack of such data did not prevent the major U.S. media from establishing a rationale […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 President Donald Trump on May 25 signed executive orders making it easier to fire federal workers and demanding transparency in taxpayer-funded union activities. “These executive orders will make it easier for agencies to remove poor performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” Andrew Bremberg, Trump’s […]