FPI / May 12, 2019 Analysis by Judicial Watch Judicial Watch announced on May 10 that it obtained 44 pages of records from the State Department through court-ordered discovery revealing that the Obama White House was tracking a December 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records concerning then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 12, 2019 The chairmen of the Senate Judiciary, Homeland Security and Finance committees have written to the Justice and State departments seeking answers about their possible roles in helping ex-British spy Christopher Steele disseminate the unverified anti-Trump “dossier.” The dossier was a key component in the launching of special counsel Robert […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 12, 2019 The U.S. Department of Justice “must not do Kim Jong-Un’s bidding” by extraditing two North Korean opposition activists suspected of breaking into the North’s embassy in Madrid, North Korean watchers say. Christopher Ahn, an American-born former U.S. Marine, was arrested last month in Los Angeles and is being held […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 12, 2019 As his nation’s economy continues to collapse under the weight of U.S. sanctions, Iran’s president is calling for unity among the Islamic Republic’s political factions and its citizens. “The pressures by enemies is a war unprecedented in the history of our Islamic revolution… but I do not despair and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2019 Trade discussions between Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s top trade envoy and his U.S. counterparts in Washington ended on May 10 without an announcement of an agreement. New U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, after the two sides were […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2019 The Kim Jong-Un regime, which has been reeling amid reports of purges after U.S. President Donald Trump walked out of the Hanoi Summit in late February, took another hit on May 9 when the U.S. announced it was, for the first time, seizing a North Korean cargo ship accused […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 On May 8, Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to testify before the committee. The subject? Russian interference in the 2016 election. Burr’s move bewildered and outraged some of his fellow Republicans. “Apparently the Republican chair of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 “The Iranian regime has been working with Venezuela’s corrupt dictatorship to establish a safe haven for its terrorist proxies,” U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in a May 7 address to the Council of the Americas. U.S. officials have long contended that Hizbullah, Iran’s terror proxy in Lebanon, has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 announced sanctions on Iran’s trade in metals, which is the Islamic Republic’s third largest export. Trump’s executive order imposes sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors. Trump said the new sanctions target “Iran’s revenue from the export of industrial metals […]
By WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2019 Attorney General William Barr has said he will look into how and why then-FBI Director James Comey decided the bureau should investigate the 2016 presidential campaigns. “Comey will claim that everything he did in the FBI was by the book. But after the investigations by Department of Justice Inspector […]
