by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 Missing among the some 500,000 in attendance during the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 were a number of key Democrats. Those leaders of a battered party that is clearly looking for direction, including all but one of the candidates seeking to head the Democratic National Committee, were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 A payment of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) that was authorized in the final hours of Barack Obama’s presidency has been frozen by the Trump administration. U.S. officials informed PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Jan. 24 that the funds were not expected to be handed over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Hold the $15 per hour worker? Meet the Big Mac ATM machine. McDonald’s and other quick service restaurants are answering the push led by Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders for a nationwide $15 minimum wage by installing automated kiosks instead of adding more humans […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 California ‘dreamin’? One in every three California residents supports the state’s withdrawal from the union, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. California, the world’s sixth-largest economy and boasting a population of 39 million, went two-to-one in favor of Hillary Clinton in the November election. The U.S. Constitution lays […]
Special to WorldTribune , January 24, 2017 By Michael Breen SEOUL — The vision of the new American president, Donald Trump to “put America first” captures the shift in the American role in the world that has been going on for the past 25 years. For all the policy nervousness it is causing here and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is “meaningless” without the United States, Japan on Jan. 25 rejected Australia’s effort to salvage the trade agreement. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had suggested China be brought in as a replacement for the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 Republicans have long voiced concern over the threat of terrorists entering the U.S. from Mexico, a concern the Obama administration largely downplayed. Available data suggest the concern is justified, according to a Jan. 15 report by the Christian Science Monitor which included 10 incidents of terror suspects and enablers […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) said he is ready to “fire up the weed whacker” and cut down net neutrality rules. Trump on Jan. 23 designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the FCC, to be the agency’s new chairman. “Pai is a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 The anti-Trump protesters who torched a limousine in downtown D.C. on Inauguration Day may have thought the destructive act was righteous – sticking it to the man. The limo, however, was owned by a Muslim immigrant who now says the damage could cost his company $70,000, along with hospital […]
Special to WorldTribune , January 24, 2017 By Ileana Johnson, Fairfax Free Citizen Aside from good morals, proper behavior, appropriate dress and language around their children, what else are these leftist women lacking? American women have more respect and freedoms than most women in the world. But these marchers are unhinged, enraged, and deranged because […]
