Latin American liberal tide wanes after subdued Castro funeral, Trump win

Latin American liberal tide wanes after subdued Castro funeral, Trump win

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 Latin America’s “pink tide” of liberalism has receded with the death of Fidel Castro and the rise of Donald Trump, analysts say. “The band of union leaders, ex-guerrillas and other left-wing rabble-rousers that dominated Latin American politics for more than a decade has fallen from favor as the region’s […]

North Carolina’s tax cuts credited for making its GDP growth No. 1 in the nation

North Carolina’s tax cuts credited for making its GDP growth No. 1 in the nation

by WorldTribune Staff, December 15, 2016 The tax-cutting regimen of Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led North Carolina state legislature has led to $4.7 billion in tax cuts and landed the Tar Heel state in the No. 1 position in the nation for GDP growth since 2013. From 2013 through 2015, North Carolina’s 13.4 percent […]

20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 More Americans died from illicit opioid overdoses in 2015 than did in the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, according to newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to the CDC, 12,990 American citizens died from heroin overdoses in 2015, a 23 percent increase from […]

Report: Obama team repeatedly downplayed rogue states’ cyber attacks

Report: Obama team repeatedly downplayed rogue states’ cyber attacks

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2016 After eight years of all but ignoring cyber attacks on U.S. interests by Russia, China and North Korea, President Barack Obama now has ordered a full investigation into alleged Russian cyber meddling in the 2016 election. “Any intelligence review should coincide with a companion investigation by Congress into why […]

How two Democrat senators plotted with Soviet leaders against a sitting U.S. president

How two Democrat senators plotted with Soviet leaders against a sitting U.S. president

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2016 Who came up with the idea of inviting Moscow’s interference in a U.S. election? Democratic Sens. Ted Kennedy and John Tunney used their close ties with the Soviet Union in attempts to undermine two sitting U.S. presidents, according to KGB documents. Kennedy “offered to work in close concert with […]

Putin won the election? A closer look at the Left’s ultimate ‘fake news’ narrative

Putin won the election? A closer look at the Left’s ultimate ‘fake news’ narrative

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! This is the latest cry from the liberal media. Having failed to stop President-elect Donald Trump, the left is now claiming he won because the Russians illegally interfered in the 2016 election. In other words, liberals are now peddling the fiction […]

‘Information warfare’: Brennan’s loyalty to Obama said to be driving Russian allegations

‘Information warfare’: Brennan’s loyalty to Obama said to be driving Russian allegations

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2016 The CIA’s allegation that Russia interfered in the U.S. election is a political move driven by Director John Brennan’s loyalty to President Barack Obama, a former Army intelligence officer said. “This is purely political, and I believe that John Brennan is a political animal,” Tony Shaffer told WMAL radio […]

Moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem remains a ‘big priority’ for Trump, adviser says

Moving U.S. embassy to Jerusalem remains a ‘big priority’ for Trump, adviser says

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump fully intends to follow through on his campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a top Trump aide said on Dec. 12. “That is very big priority for this president-elect, Donald Trump,” Kellyanne Conway told radio host Hugh Hewitt. […]

Bolton charges ‘significant’ politicization of intelligence under Obama, questions Russian hacking allegations

Bolton charges ‘significant’ politicization of intelligence under Obama, questions Russian hacking allegations

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2016 Former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton believes the alleged Russian hacking of the presidential election could be a “false flag” orchestrated by the Obama administration. “I do think it’s critical to answer the question that I posed: If you think the Russians did this, then why did […]

Trump: Why should U.S. be ‘bound’ by a ‘one China policy’?

Trump: Why should U.S. be ‘bound’ by a ‘one China policy’?

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2016 Unlike his predecessor, analysts say U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is signaling he won’t capitulate to China early in his presidency. “I fully understand the ‘one China’ policy, but I don’t know why we have to be bound by a ‘one China’ policy unless we make a deal with China […]