by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 The Commerce Department reported in November that the U.S. trade deficit with China has ballooned to $33.5 billion. In a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 15, U.S. President Donald Trump said the deficit “is not sustainable.” “President Trump expressed disappointment that the United States’ trade […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Spurred by a surge in shale oil, the United States is poised to break an output record that was set in 1970. U.S. oil production will soon top 10 million barrels per day and is expected to hit 11 million barrels per day by late 2019, a level that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Weeks before joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann met with reporters from The Associated Press where Weissman received information on the AP’s investigation into Paul Manafort, a report said. Weissman met the journalists on April 11, 2017, investigative journalist Sara Carter reported on Jan. 11. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 As he closes in on one year in office, doesn’t President Donald Trump have “every reason to be rather high on himself”? “What is there to be humble about?” asks R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor in chief of The American Spectator. “In his first year in office he has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that some 8 million new foreign-born voters will be added to the U.S. electorate in the next 20 years via chain migration. President Donald Trump has called for an end to the legal immigration option in which newly-naturalized citizens can bring in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas issued a furious response after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut nearly half of the U.S. contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. “Damn your money,” Abbas said during a two-hour speech on Jan. 14. The Palestinian leader added that he would […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 Facebook took down the page of Warriors for Christ for its stance against gay marriage but ignored death threats against the pastor who oversees the Christian page’s content, reports said. “The official corporate line is that the page violated the social media giant’s community standards,” columnist Cheryl K. Chumley […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 North Korea is threatening to withdraw its contingent from the 2018 Winter Olympics after South Korea lauded U.S. President Donald Trump for his role in bringing about last week’s talks between the North and South. South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Jan. 10 said Trump deserved “big credit for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 Two days after U.S. President Donald Trump extended the waiver on Iran nuclear sanctions and kept the 2015 Iran nuclear deal alive, Iran’s “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani declared victory for the Islamic Republic. “The American administration has failed to undermine the nuclear deal,” Rouhani said on state television on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 The top three states for out-migration between July 2016 and July 2017 were New York, California and Illinois – three deep Blue States with high taxes and high regulation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New York lost 190,508 residents to other states during the year ending last July […]
