by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2018 Emails from FBI agent Peter Strzok illustrate how the damage control mode worked at the FBI and Department of Justice after reports surfaced on then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s June 2016 tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton. Judicial Watch said it obtained the emails as part of a Freedom […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2018 The United States has reached a deal to end sanctions against Chinese telecom ZTE, imposing a $1 billion fine in what Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called “the strictest and largest settlement fine that has ever been brought by the Commerce Department against any violator of export controls.” The deal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 6, 2018 Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz is reportedly being pressed by the DOJ and FBI to “slow roll” the release of his report on the FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s alleged misuse of her private email server. Horowitz is also being urged to redact […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2018 Italy is the ironic host for this year’s Bilderberg meeting given that the subject topping the secretive group’s agenda is populism in Europe. The 66th Bilderberg Meeting is set for June 7-10 in Turin. Some 130 participants from 23 countries have confirmed their attendance. Italy’s new populist government, headed by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2018 The Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated a baker’s First Amendment rights when it ruled against him for his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision on June 3. Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion that the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2018 Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed interest in traveling to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-Un, according to state-run media in North Korea. “I am going to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong-Un,” Assad was quoted as saying by KCNA. KCNA said Assad made the comments on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2018 U.S. crude oil production hit 10.47 million barrels per day in March, the highest on record according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). U.S. production had shattered a 47-year output record in November at 10.057 million barrels per day (bpd). The U.S. government forecasts production will hit 11 million […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 31, 2018 U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on May 30 slammed the UN Security Council for its failure to condemn Hamas for its recent rocket attacks on Israel. “As I have asked my colleagues before, I will ask you again today. Who among us would accept 70 rockets launched […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 30, 2018 Capitol Police provided evidence in the House IT scandal to Imran Awan’s defense attorneys instead of prosecutors, apparently by accident, a report said. “The cop came to [Awan’s defense attorney] Chris Gowen’s office with a stack of papers … Then he came back and said, ‘I thought you guys […]
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 […]
