Senate votes down Green New Deal 0-57; House fails to override Trump national emergency veto

Senate votes down Green New Deal 0-57; House fails to override Trump national emergency veto

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 It was a dark day on one side of the aisle. Still reeling from the Mueller report verdict, Democrats in the Senate decried what they called a “sham vote” on the Green New Deal while Democrats in the House failed to persuade enough Republicans to join them in an […]

Soros donated over $400K to prosecutor who dropped charges against Smollett

Soros donated over $400K to prosecutor who dropped charges against Smollett

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 A super PAC which backed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx received $408,000 from leftist billionaire George Soros in 2016, Illinois state campaign finance records show. Foxx’s office on March 26 announced it was dropping the 16 felony counts in the hate crime hoax case of Jussie Smollett. Foxx’s office […]

President Trump declares war on EMP threat to nation

President Trump declares war on EMP threat to nation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 President Donald Trump on March 26 signed an executive order aimed at protecting the U.S.’s vital infrastructure from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Officials and analysts have long warned that the U.S. electric grid is vulnerable to an attack from countries with EMP weapons, including Iran, North Korea, China […]

Blood thicker than water: Ivanka and Jared took the heat, ignored swamp

Blood thicker than water: Ivanka and Jared took the heat, ignored swamp

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2019 In a new book titled “Kushner Inc.”, author Vicky Ward portrays Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and their influence with President Donald Trump as dangerous. In a review for NPR, Annalisa Quinn notes that Ward, a longtime writer for Vanity Fair, portrays the couple “as coiffed agents of chaos […]

‘Real reckoning’ demanded from major media, U.S. intel agencies over Mueller investigation

‘Real reckoning’ demanded from major media, U.S. intel agencies over Mueller investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 Two prominent journalists yesterday called for a full accounting from major U.S. media and intelligence agencies that helped launch and fuel Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which cleared the Donald Trump campaign of rumors its colluded with the Russian government to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. For two years, the […]

Press foundation: Pulitzer prizes awarded jointly to NY Times, Washington Post should be returned

Press foundation: Pulitzer prizes awarded jointly to NY Times, Washington Post should be returned

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 When Olympic athletes who win gold, silver or bronze medals are caught violating the regulations of the Games, they must return their medals to the International Olympic Committee. In Olympics history, 143 medals have been stripped. When a media outlet is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reporting as […]

Report: Russian planes carrying troops arrive in Venezuela

Report: Russian planes carrying troops arrive in Venezuela

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2019 Two Russian Air Force planes carrying troops and tons of equipment landed in Venezuela on March 23, reports say. A flight tracking website showed two aircraft left a Russian military base for the Venezuelan capital Caracas on March 22. The arrival of the military jets in Venezuela was confirmed by Javier […]

Pompeo: ‘American taxpayer dollars will not underwrite abortions’ abroad

Pompeo: ‘American taxpayer dollars will not underwrite abortions’ abroad

by WorldTribune Staff, March 26, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on March 26 said the Trump administration is moving on two fronts to ensure U.S. taxpayer funds are not used to “subsidize or promote” abortions abroad. The moves include “refinements” to the so-called “Mexico City Policy” which prohibits U.S. funds from going to foreign […]

Mass media meltdown: A partial list of ‘bombshells’ with no basis in fact

Mass media meltdown: A partial list of ‘bombshells’ with no basis in fact

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2019 “Bombshell” became the go-to word for the corporate media from the moment Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel in the Trump-Russia “collusion” investigation. It seemed a new “bombshell” was dropping by the day. The “B” in MSNBC could have been changed to “bombshell.” And the Mueller report […]

Withering post-Mueller wisdom for the Democrats and their media

Withering post-Mueller wisdom for the Democrats and their media

by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2019 Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team concluded in its final report that “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” Writing for The American Spectator, columnist Daniel Flynn noted “The report speaks here of obstruction of justice, which generally follows […]