by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2017 If it seems to the American voters who put them there that lawmakers aren’t getting much done, it may have something to do with the fact that Congress will only be in session 147 days this year. The House of Representatives is taking 218 days off in 2017, according […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2017 The United Nations continues to look the other way as Iran “repeatedly and deliberately” violates sanctions imposed by the world body, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said on June 29. “The Security Council has failed to even take minimal steps to respond to these violations,” Haley told […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2017 Three years to the day that Islamic State (ISIS) announced its “caliphate,” Iraq declared that the “fake” caliphate was coming to an end. Iraqi forces on June 29 took control of Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque and Al-Hadba (minaret), Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said in a statement quoted by AFP. Iraqi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Susan Smith, Fairfax Free Citizen One watches — or should I say listens to — the more and more unhinged left in America in increasing wonderment certain that what is being said about our President can’t get any worse. It’s got to stop at some point, one thinks, but now we […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 The United States is preparing military options to deal with North Korea, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said. “The threat is much more immediate now and so it’s clear that we can’t repeat the same approach – failed approach of the past,” H.R. McMaster said on June 28 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 As congressional investigators dragged President Donald Trump’s longtime bodyguard into the ongoing Russia probe and the White House’s war with the media intensified, Watergate reporter Bob Woodward called for a return to “fair-mindedness” for those reporting on the Trump administration. Following a screening of “All The President’s Men” in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman met with the House Intelligence Committee in a behind-closed-doors meeting on June 27 amid breaking news that Democrats and the Obama administration knew well before the election of Russia’s attempted meddling. John Podesta, whose hacked emails led to much embarrassment for the Clinton campaign, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to press China to rein in North Korea, the State Department on June 27 called out Beijing on its human rights record. “China was downgraded to Tier 3 action in this year’s report (on human trafficking) in part because it has not taken […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 The battle royal between the Trump administration and the major media outlets the president refers to as “fake news” has been amplified by a number of recent developments. The White House, fresh from a Supreme Court victory that upheld President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, used the June 27 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will build four to eight border wall prototypes this summer in San Diego. Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner at Customs and Border Protection, said the prototypes will be used to evaluate what kind of barrier is most effective in combating drug […]