With border ‘at breaking point,’ Democrats block funds

With border ‘at breaking point,’ Democrats block funds

by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the U.S. southern border is at its “breaking point,” Democrats said they are blocking the $4.5 billion needed to manage the border crisis until their immigration demands are met. The Trump administration’s May 1 funding request sought $3.3 billion to […]

Rand: Human trafficking is multi-billion dollar business for crime bosses, gangs

Rand: Human trafficking is multi-billion dollar business for crime bosses, gangs

by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 More than 60 percent of illegal immigrants pay a trafficker to get them into the United States, according to a new Rand Corporation report. In Central American nations, crime lords, gangs, and small-time operators make up to $2.3 billion a year moving illegals across the border, making it one […]

Floating solar project in Seychelles? It’s sink or swim time for the Clintons

Floating solar project in Seychelles? It’s sink or swim time for the Clintons

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2019 Is the end of the Clinton dynasty nigh? For a power couple used to the political spotlight, 2019 is proving to be a tough year — and 2020 will most likely be even tougher. Still bitter and reeling from her 2016 presidential election loss, Hillary Clinton is finding […]

The John Dean show; NY Post pans Nadler’s ‘Trump-bashing’ production

The John Dean show; NY Post pans Nadler’s ‘Trump-bashing’ production

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler’s “show” hearing featuring John “Worse Than Watergate” Dean as a prop turned out to be a colossal flop, the New York Post said, noting that not even CNN carried the hearing live “because it can’t afford to bore its audience.” Nadler “has to […]

President Trump ‘hits back’ after NY Times, Pelosi seek to diminish Mexico deal

President Trump ‘hits back’ after NY Times, Pelosi seek to diminish Mexico deal

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 President Donald Trump took on the “failing” New York Times and “Nervous Nancy” Pelosi after they attempted to write off the effectiveness of his tariff threats in leading to a deal with Mexico to help secure the border. The New York Times reported that Trump’s new deal with Mexico […]

Ohio bakery wins $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College

Ohio bakery wins $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 The owners of an Ohio bakery were awarded $11 million in a libel suit against Oberlin College. Gibson’s Bakery and Market won the award after filing a lawsuit against the college in the wake of student protests that accused bakery personnel of racial profiling. On the day after the […]

Report estimates $4.7 billion is only a fraction of earnings Google takes from publishers

Report estimates $4.7 billion is only a fraction of earnings Google takes from publishers

FPI / June 12, 2019 Google in 2018 alone received $4.7 billion in revenue “from crawling and scraping news publishers’ content – without paying the publishers for that use,” a new study shows. “News is a key source on which Google has increasingly relied to drive consumer engagement with its products,” the nonprofit News Media […]

Facebook warns WorldTribune on AOC article

Facebook warns WorldTribune on AOC article

by WorldTribune Staff, June 11, 2019 A WorldTribune.com article on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s exchange with an FBI official on domestic terrorism resulted in a warning from Facebook. In the article, Ocasio-Cortez is cited as using the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting and the 2015 murders of nine African Americans at a South Carolina church […]

AOC puts out video saying she won debate with FBI on ‘domestic terrorism’

AOC puts out video saying she won debate with FBI on ‘domestic terrorism’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2019 The FBI is letting violent white perpetrators “off the hook” by only charging them with hate crimes while Muslim perpetrators are charged with “domestic terrorism,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a House hearing last week. Using the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting and the 2015 murders of nine […]

Report: Mueller tracked Trump associates using cellphone GPS

Report: Mueller tracked Trump associates using cellphone GPS

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2019 Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team used cellphone GPS tracking as an investigative technique to keep tabs on associates of President Donald Trump, unredacted portions of the Mueller report show. One example from the Mueller report described the special counsel’s team being able to pinpoint security company executive Erik Prince’s […]