by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2018 The leader of a synagogue in Tampa, Florida was one of four Americans killed in a Jan. 20 Taliban attack in Afghanistan, the State Department said. Glenn Selig, the two-term president of Congregation Mekor Shalom, a conservative synagogue in Tampa, was killed during a 13-hour siege by the Taliban […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2018 Twitter’s analytics show that the #ReleaseTheMemo social media campaign went viral because of interested Americans, not Russian troll and bot farms as Democrats had suggested. The #ReleaseTheMemo campaign seeks the release of a four-page report by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee that alleges abuses related to the discredited […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2018 Republican lawmakers are demanding explanations from the FBI after newly-released text messages between a pair of anti-Trump FBI agents referenced a “secret society” being formed to derail then President-elect Donald Trump. Also troubling are missing text messages from 5 critical months. “The day after the election … there is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was “a declaration of a new Jewish-Crusader war” and all Muslims have a duty to “liberate” the holy city, a senior Al Qaida leader said in a video released on Jan. 22. “No Muslim has the right […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2018 The Department of Justice has refused to release the proposed budget for special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, according to a government watchdog group which sought the records via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The DOJ, in notifying Judicial Watch on Jan. 19, said “We have determined that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2018 A non-profit veteran’s group invited by the NFL to advertise in the official Super Bowl program later had the ad rejected. American Veterans (AMVETS), a group founded by World War II veterans, said the same print ad which encouraged people to “please stand” for the National Anthem was accepted […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2018 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in an address to Israel’s Knesset on Jan. 22, said the United States would “never allow” Iran to possess nuclear weapons. “I have a solemn promise to Israel, to all the Middle East and to the world – the United States of America will […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2018 Though five months of text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page remain unaccounted for, the 384 pages that were turned over to the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week indicate former Attorney General Loretta Lynch had advance notice that then-FBI Director James Comey would not call […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2018 In the blame game for the U.S. government shutdown, the mainstream media have hoisted their “piñata”. The media is swinging away at Stephen Miller, senior adviser to President Donald Trump. Politico called Miller “a pugnacious conservative who has a keen focus on restrictive immigration policy.” The Washington Post said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2018 Turkish military leaders informed the United States prior to bombing positions of U.S.-allied Kurds in northern Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Jan. 21. “They warned us before they launched the aircraft that they were going to do it,” Mattis said. Turkish warplanes on Jan. 20 launched […]
