by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Governors in 11 states are following President Donald Trump’s lead and have proposed tax cuts, according to the annual “State of the States Report” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “In a majority of the 2017 State of the State addresses, governors focused heavily on tax policy, with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 North Korea is holding up to 120,000 political prisoners while China and Burma continue to crack down on and often brutalize religious minorities, the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on religious freedom. Despite North Korea’s constitutional guarantee of “the right to faith” of its citizens, a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2018 FBI agents are reluctant to testify against their superiors before Congress out of fear of retaliation, a report said. Agents fear that the current Whistleblower Protection Act does not provide sufficient protection, according to interview transcripts with two FBI agents that a former White House official provided to reporter […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 28, 2018 “[A]n examination of the year-old official public record” reveals that special counsel Robert Mueller has failed to find evidence supporting the hypothesis justifying his investigation, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough. The lack of such data did not prevent the major U.S. media from establishing a rationale […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 President Donald Trump on May 25 signed executive orders making it easier to fire federal workers and demanding transparency in taxpayer-funded union activities. “These executive orders will make it easier for agencies to remove poor performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used,” Andrew Bremberg, Trump’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 A force of about 40 U.S. commandos held off about 500 troops loyal to Syria’s government, including Russian mercenaries, during a firefight in February, a report said. While the U.S. troops suffered no casualties, hundreds of Assad regime-aligned fighters were killed, according to the May 24 report by The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 The “widespread misuse of America’s intelligence and law enforcement apparatus” against the Trump campaign has become evident in recent weeks, investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson wrote in a May 23 op-ed for The Hill. Attkisson is an Emmy-award winning investigative journalist, formerly at CBS and currently the host of Sinclair’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 Teachers in North Carolina could get a 5 percent salary increase if they complete a training program to become school resource officers under the proposed “School Security Act of 2018”. Republican legislators have introduced legislation that would set aside millions of dollars for up to 3,000 teachers to complete […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 27, 2018 A U.S. guided missile cruiser and two F-18s in 2004 made visual and radar contact with a UFO that traveled at “ballistic missile speeds,” according to a leaked Pentagon report. The Pentagon’s report, issued in 2009, reveals first-hand accounts of the encounter, which was documented in video that emerged […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2018 George Soros is sinking millions of dollars into an effort to reshape the U.S. criminal justice system. Soros is currently targeting district attorney races in California, where elections are set for June 5. The leftist billionaire is backing candidates who favor lower incarceration rates, crackdowns on police misconduct and […]