by WorldTribune Staff, December 9, 2018 Former FBI Director James Comey seemed to suffer memory loss on several occasions during closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 7 and at times struggled with simple questions on FBI procedure, according to a transcript from the meeting. Under questioning by Republicans on the committee, Comey […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 9, 2018 The outspoken Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not yet taken office but has already misquoted the U.S. Constitution while joking about a potential presidential run. A photographer at a photo shoot at Harvard University joked with the 29-year-old New York Democrat that “You can’t even run for president for another […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2018 Tens of millions of dollars went directly to the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments or other entities during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. That those governments and entities stood to benefit from Clinton’s position “seems to pose inherent conflicts of interest” and United States Attorney John Huber […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2018 Professional athletes who make tens of millions of dollars a year are complaining they will lose thousands of dollars a year under President Donald Trump’s tax law. “One of my players makes $2 million a year, and it will cost him $80,000 more now because he can’t deduct state […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2018 The FBI was aware that the intelligence community had concerns about the so-called Trump “dossier” before it was used as evidence to secure a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Carter Page, a report said. The warrant opened the way for widespread surveillance against the Trump campaign. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2018 The Republican candidate who received the most votes in the midterm election in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District has since seen his win slip away due to the state’s new “rank voting” system. In the “rank voting” system, voters on Nov. 6 selected their first, second, and third choices in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2018 For nearly two years, special counsel Robert Mueller held hostage the life of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, sapping his finances and reportedly threatening to level new charges against him, or even members of his family. A 13-page, heavily-redacted memo released by Mueller’s team on Dec. 4 said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 5, 2018 Upon taking over control of the House in January, Democrats will add about 1,800 staffers to the congressional payroll. The pay is six figures for most, and for committee aides can reach $172,500. About 1,000 of the staffers will take House committee positions as lawyers, administrators, and communicators, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2018 It’s possible that extraterrestrials have already visited Earth and humans never even noticed, a NASA scientist said. “The size of the ‘explorer’ might be that of an extremely tiny super-intelligent entity,” Professor Silvano P. Colombano of NASA’s Ames Research Center in California wrote in a recently published paper on SETI […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 4, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley demanded FBI Director Christopher Wray explain why the bureau raided the home of a recognized whistleblower who had reportedly provided documents to the Department of Justice related to the Uranium One scandal. The whistleblower, Dennis Cain, reportedly produced documents regarding the FBI’s failure […]
