by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 Did the IRS, the same federal agency that five years ago targeted conservative groups, allow the Clinton Foundation a pass on compliance requirements? Clinton Foundation officials “skirted or ignored federal laws and regulations” while converting the non-profit from its tax-exempt purpose of building a presidential library in Little Rock, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk You have to credit the North Koreans with chutzpah ― the Yiddish word for “nerve,” brazen arrogance or insolence, all in untranslatable exclamation. The leaders of the world’s 20 strongest, most powerful nations were gathered in a solemn conclave in China, and in Pyongyang North Korea’s Supreme Leader did […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 Americans are lazy. Too lazy to get to know the people of other cultures. Too lazy, even, to do their own recycling. U.S. President Barack Obama called Americans “lazy” multiple times during his visit to Laos this week. “The United States is and can be a great force for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 The NBA has moved the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte. New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned non-essential state travel to North Carolina. The Tar Heel state’s response – big whoop! Despite multiple calls to boycott North Carolina over its House Bill 2 (HB2), the so-called transgender […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2016 A group of Iranian fast-attack craft came within 100 yards of a U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship on Sept. 4, forcing the U.S. vessel to maneuver to avoid a collision, an American defense official said. The latest in a string of incidents in the Persian Gulf saw seven Islamic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2016 Three American counterterror strikes over a two week period killed 13 Al Qaida jihadists in Yemen, the U.S. military said on Sept. 6. The strikes, carried out from Aug. 24 to Sept. 4, targeted Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives in central Yemen’s Shabwah Governorate, U.S. Central […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton squandered an opportunity for the U.S. to gain a treasure trove of intelligence on China when she turned a high-level Chinese defector over to Beijing, a report said. In 2012, Clinton turned away Wang Lijun, a police chief and close aide to an up […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 U.S. Marines on the ground in Iraq are increasing efforts to gather intelligence on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fighters and equipment to assist Iraqi forces in an operation to retake Mosul by year’s end. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command is providing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The Obama administration is not only letting Iran “push the envelope” but appears to be acting as the Islamic Republic’s “lawyers” when it comes to enforcement of last summer’s nuclear deal, an Israeli analyst said. “Iran is continuing to push the envelope, trying to get as much as it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The following is Phyllis Schlafly’s final column. The conservative icon passed away on Sept. 5 at age 92. Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico, where he met the Mexican president and discussed the many contentious issues between our two countries, reminds me of President Reagan’s important trip to Geneva […]
