by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence on March 6 announced the U.S. would revoke the visas of 77 individuals tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and also called out Cuba for propping up Maduro’s brutal socialist regime. “We will continue to hold the Maduro regime accountable until ‘libertad’ is restored in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 As Democrats move on a resolution “opposing hate” which doesn’t mention Rep. Ilhan Omar by name for comments widely termed anti-Semitic, former Sen. Joe Lieberman warned Democrats that if they don’t root out bigotry in the party it could “take hold.” Omar, Minnesota Democrat, said at a recent town […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk HANOI — No matter what he does or says, Donald Trump is playing a losing game with his critics on North Korea and probably on just about everything else. If he had joined Kim Jong-Un last week in signing a piece of paper agreeing to give up sanctions while […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Law and order was once popularized by an unflappable detective on the TV series “Dragnet.” Sgt. Joe Friday was known for his laconic response to dramatic crimes: “All we want are the facts, ma’am.” House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff and his staff appear to have a different perspective […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Satellite imagery acquired on March 2 shows that North Korea is rebuilding the long-range rocket site at Sohae (Tongchang-ri) which in the past was used to launch satellites with ICBM technology that is banned under UN Security Council resolutions. “Activity is evident at the vertical engine test stand and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 5, 2019 With special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation winding down, and no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion in sight, the Democrat chairs of two House committees are set to investigate anything and everything connected to President Donald Trump in search of a crime, a report said. And they are doing it on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Sometimes you have to walk,” was President Donald Trump’s stunning conclusion to the U.S./North Korea Summit in Hanoi, where political great expectations seemed to get ahead of the hard reality that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program created an impasse to an expected diplomatic agreement between the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2019 Lynne Patton, an official in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was thrust into the spotlight during last week’s Michael Cohen hearing when Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib infuriated Republican Rep. Mark Meadows by accusing him of using Patton, an African-American, as a “prop.” Patton brushed off Tlaib’s tactics, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2019 Kim Jong-Un’s special green train returned to North Korea from his unsuccessful summit with President Donald Trump to Vietnam “at a much faster pace” than the trip to Hanoi, a report said. The North Korean leader’s train bypassed stops in China following speculation that Kim would stop in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk HANOI – Call the outcome of the second Trump-Kim summit disappointing or frustrating, but it was anything but a “failure.” The real failure would have been President Donald Trump’s signature authorizing concessions in return for promises made only to be broken. The North’s nuclear program is buried so deeply […]
