Analysis: FBI memos show causal links between biased texts and anti-Trump action

Analysis: FBI memos show causal links between biased texts and anti-Trump action

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 A stream of FBI memos being produced to House and Senate committees are increasingly connecting the “dots between expressions of political bias and official actions,” an investigative journalist wrote. “We already know from FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok’s now-infamous text messages with his fellow agent and reported lover, Lisa […]

IRGC’s Salami vows fight from Lebanon against ‘poisoned dagger’ in ‘body of the Islamic ummah’

IRGC’s Salami vows fight from Lebanon against ‘poisoned dagger’ in ‘body of the Islamic ummah’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 Hizbullah has over 100,000 missiles “ready for launch,” said the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who vowed Iran would fight Israel from Lebanese soil. IRGC deputy chief Hossein Salami said the “problem” of the State of Israel’s existence could be solved primarily by using the […]

National survey: Americans, especially Trump supporters, are happy with their lives

National survey: Americans, especially Trump supporters, are happy with their lives

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 “In an environment where we often hear about partisan rancor, nastiness and divisiveness in American society, it turns out that large majorities of Americans report that they are satisfied with their lives,” said Dr. Peter Francia, director of the ECU Center for Survey Research. In the survey conducted by […]

Collusion: Nunes wants 42 officials from pro-Obama network to testify

Collusion: Nunes wants 42 officials from pro-Obama network to testify

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2018 Rep. Devin Nunes is calling on a congressional task force to summon a group of Obama era officials, FBI agents and political activists to testify publicly about how they targeted the Donald Trump campaign in 2016. “If the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Judiciary Committee agree, their […]

Reports: Trump eyes short-term infrastructure fixes in Gaza to advance secret peace plan

Reports: Trump eyes short-term infrastructure fixes in Gaza to advance secret peace plan

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2018 The United States will prioritize improving conditions in the Gaza Strip in order to bring the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the negotiating table with Israel and move President Donald Trump’s peace plan forward, a report said. The PA continues to boycott peace talks in protest of Trump’s recognition of […]

Gay marriage debatable? Wisconsin Supreme Court gives prof his job back

Gay marriage debatable? Wisconsin Supreme Court gives prof his job back

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2018 The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered Marquette University to “immediately reinstate” a professor who was suspended after writing a blog post critical of another instructor who had told students not to question the propriety of gay marriage, a report said. “The undisputed facts show that the University breached its […]

Trade war: Oh no? Oh yes!

Trade war: Oh no? Oh yes!

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Global Trade War is sweeping the world, and U.S. President Donald Trump intends to keep fighting. The question, though, is how and when it will end and what damage it will leave in its wake. The U.S. contends that that eventually some of America’s trading partners will realize they […]

Reports: Israeli airstrike targets Syrian army at Golan Heights border

Reports: Israeli airstrike targets Syrian army at Golan Heights border

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2018 An Israeli warplane launched an airstrike on Syrian army positions in the Golan Heights, reports say. The retaliatory strike came after an errant shell landed east of the fence between Israeli-controlled territory and mainland Syria. According to a statement by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the shell was launched during fighting between Syrian government forces […]

Back in the DPRK: Pompeo holds 3-hour session with Kim Yong-Chol, delivers gift

Back in the DPRK: Pompeo holds 3-hour session with Kim Yong-Chol, delivers gift

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pyongyang on July 6 bearing gifts and a letter from President Donald Trump for discussions which included North Korea’s timeline to begin its commitment to denuclearization. A reporter accompanying Pompeo tweeted that the secretary held talks with Kim Yong-Chol, one of […]

‘Raw deal’: Democrats insist economic boom, job growth is bad news for nation’s ‘backbone’

‘Raw deal’: Democrats insist economic boom, job growth is bad news for nation’s ‘backbone’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2018 The U.S. economy gained 213,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report released on July 6. The jobs numbers were better than had been forecast. Democrats were not impressed. House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi called the Trump economy a “raw deal.” In a statement […]