Iran scolds France’s Macron: Don’t ‘blindly follow’ Trump

Iran scolds France’s Macron: Don’t ‘blindly follow’ Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2017 French President Emmanuel Macron should get off of U.S. President Donald Trump’s lap and stop raising the possibility of new sanctions on Iran over the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program, an Iranian official said. “To sustain its international credibility, France should not blindly follow the Americans … The French […]

Trump approves sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine

Trump approves sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the sale of lethal arms to Ukraine, which continues to battle pro-Russian separatists in its eastern province. The move was supported by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, according to a report by The Washington Post. Though Russia is […]

2017: Prominent liberals and conservatives who were dead wrong about Donald Trump

2017: Prominent liberals and conservatives who were dead wrong about Donald Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2017 Predictions of Donald Trump’s demise have reached a crescendo several times since the big man descended the Trump Tower staircase to announce his candidacy for president. And we’re not just talking about political liberals. “The National Review crowd can’t admit they were wrong, dead wrong, about Donald Trump,” Rick Manning, president […]

North Carolina governor insists incentives aren’t ‘corporate giveaways’

North Carolina governor insists incentives aren’t ‘corporate giveaways’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2017 The North Carolina Democratic Party is touting Gov. Roy Cooper as “the jobs governor” for offering incentives to corporations in exchange for a promise of jobs. Republicans say the jobs created in recent years in North Carolina are a result of changes they have made to the tax code […]

Big brother frustrated: Facebook fails to stop fake news, but will try harder to steer us straight

Big brother frustrated: Facebook fails to stop fake news, but will try harder to steer us straight

by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2017 After its efforts to identify fake news totally backfired, Facebook said it has come up with a better way to ensure its users get what it decides are the actual facts. The social media giant announced it will remove the “disputed” tag it had implemented to alert readers of […]

Six-figure salaries called ‘minimum wage’ for federal employees living near the ‘Swamp’

Six-figure salaries called ‘minimum wage’ for federal employees living near the ‘Swamp’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2017 The 2 million people working for the U.S. federal government are doing very well for themselves on the taxpayers’ dime, a government watchdog group said. The $100,000 paycheck is the new “minimum wage” for federal employees, Illinois-based Open the Books nonprofit group said in its new report “Mapping the […]

8 top DOJ and FBI officials under a cloud over roles in Clinton, Trump investigations

8 top DOJ and FBI officials under a cloud over roles in Clinton, Trump investigations

by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2017 Overlooked in the major media’s focus on the year-long Trump-Russia collusion story is the toll taken by Congressional hearings and inspector general probes. “Eight high ranking Department of Justice and FBI officials have been removed, reassigned or are rumored to be leaving,” according to widely-respected investigative journalist and former […]

‘The fix is in’: Buchanan concludes FBI out to get Trump

‘The fix is in’: Buchanan concludes FBI out to get Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2017 A year-and-a-half into the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign and no “collusion” with Russia has been found. So, the question is “are the investigators after the truth, or are they after Trump?” Pat Buchanan asked in a Dec. 26 column. “Set aside the Trump-Putin conspiracy theory momentarily, and […]

Bad intel? FBI stands by Russian dossier despite lack of evidence

Bad intel? FBI stands by Russian dossier despite lack of evidence

by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2017 The FBI is not abandoning the Russian dossier on which it relied to launch an investigation into the Trump campaign. At the same time the agency admits the Democratic Party-funded dossier is largely unverified. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who testified in a closed session before the House Permanent […]

‘Wrecking ball’ for God: Author says Christian conservatives turned the tide for Trump

‘Wrecking ball’ for God: Author says Christian conservatives turned the tide for Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, December 25, 2017 Christian conservatives overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, turning the tide in key swing states and delivering Trump to the White House, according to the author of the new book “The Day Christians Changed America”. “When all the hyperbole is stripped away, and the countless actors who […]