Mattis shelves pricey policy on transgenders, prioritizes ‘readiness and lethality’ of forces

Mattis shelves pricey policy on transgenders, prioritizes ‘readiness and lethality’ of forces

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2017 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has delayed by six months an Obama-era policy that would allow transgender people to enlist in the military. Mattis said the delay until Jan. 1, 2018 would allow military leaders to ensure that the policy change will not disrupt U.S. military preparedness. In a statement […]

Real Indian has fun running to unseat fake Indian Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts

Real Indian has fun running to unseat fake Indian Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2017 Can a real Indian, albeit a Republican from Bombay (Mumbai), take down a lily white Democrat claiming to be an American Indian in liberal Massachusetts? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who pretended to be an American Indian to take advantage of Harvard’s affirmative action privileges, is being challenged by Republican V.A. […]

Virginia governor’s defiance of voter integrity probe is nothing new

Virginia governor’s defiance of voter integrity probe is nothing new

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who has vetoed several attempts by the state legislature to clamp down on voter fraud, said he has “no intention” of complying with President Donald Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity. McAuliffe, a Democrat, insisted there is “no evidence” of voter fraud in Virginia, that the […]

Trump vs the ‘Deep State’: To win, he must send out the pink slips

Trump vs the ‘Deep State’: To win, he must send out the pink slips

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 President Donald Trump is battling a “Deep State” that is hellbent on “preserving their own privileges, positions and power” and taking the president down at any cost. It will take a Herculean effort, but Trump can win the battle, analysts say, if he is willing to send unelected […]

Tillerson: Russia will decide Assad’s fate in post-war Syria

Tillerson: Russia will decide Assad’s fate in post-war Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2017 The United States will focus on defeating Islamic State (ISIS) and defer to Russia when the time comes to decide Syrian President Bashar Assad’s fate, a report said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a private State Department meeting last week that Russia is […]

Talk, talk, launch: S. Korea’s Moon huddled with Obama three days after meeting Trump

Talk, talk, launch: S. Korea’s Moon huddled with Obama three days after meeting Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, July 4, 2017 North Korea celebrated America’s Independence Day with the morning launch of what it announced was its first ICBM. Meanwhile, just a short cruise missile flight south of the DMZ, former President Barack Obama debriefed South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-In on Moon’s meetings three days earlier at the White […]

Spectator sport: War on Trump boosts MSM ratings as its credibility plummets

Spectator sport: War on Trump boosts MSM ratings as its credibility plummets

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 Cable news outlets are finding that picking a fight with a president they despise is much better for ratings than cuddling up to a president they adore. Antagonistic reporters have also seen their personal profiles soar in the ongoing battle royal with President Donald Trump. During the previous administration, […]

Benghazi report: Obama team had real time awareness of attacks that killed Americans

Benghazi report: Obama team had real time awareness of attacks that killed Americans

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 The White House, State Department and Pentagon were watching in real time when a mortar strike killed two Americans at the CIA’s annex in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, the House Select Committee on Benghazi said last week. The terrorists’ mortar strike killed CIA contract security officers Tyrone Woods […]

On July 4 weekend, Obama critiques his ‘aggressive’ successor

On July 4 weekend, Obama critiques his ‘aggressive’ successor

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 As Americans were set to celebrate Independence Day, former President Barack Obama was in Indonesia warning against nations that had adopted “an aggressive kind of nationalism” while also taking a shot at his successor. “It’s been clear for a while that the world is at a crossroads. At an […]

Report: Taxpayers funding animal tests for homemade abortions

Report: Taxpayers funding animal tests for homemade abortions

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for animal tests using substances that are widely known to be used as a way to induce “herbal abortions,” a report said. The watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, citing government data from the National Toxicology Program (NTP), said two herbs on the […]