by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 The number of immigrants on U.S. welfare rolls has tripled over the last 10 years, according to a new study. “Welfare and Medicaid use by new immigrants, even those with college degrees, has surged to new levels, an indication that the jobs they came to America to take aren’t […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 “In a panic” following the election victory of Donald Trump, China appointed the sister-in-law of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the Bank of China’s board of directors, the author of a new book on the monetizing of political influence said. Angela Chao was named to the Bank […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2018 An opposition candidate and vocal critic of Hizbullah was attacked as he put up a campaign poster in his southern Lebanon hometown, a report said. A group of men assaulted the candidate, journalist Ali al-Amin, who is challenging the Hizbullah party in the May 6 legislative election. “I was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) civil RICO lawsuit against the Trump campaign for alleged Russia collusion is 66 pages long. None of the pages references the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough for The Washington Times. The dossier played a key role […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 As oil prices on April 19 hit their highest levels in years, U.S. President Donald Trump said the “artificially very high” prices “will not be accepted.” The U.S. shale boom largely led to crude prices dropping below $30 per barrel in early 2016. This week, Brent crude neared $75 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2018 The father of Democratic House IT aide Imran Awan was tied to Pakistani intelligence and had transferred a USB drive to a Pakistani senator, according to a report. Rashid Minhas, the ex-business partner of Awan’s father, told The Daily Caller News Foundation that “Imran Awan said to me directly these […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong-Un during a secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend, a report said. Pompeo, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, made the trip to discuss the planned Trump-Kim summit, The Washington Post reported on April […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Washington-Taipei interaction, the most taboo issue in U.S.-China relations for the past five decades, is now entering a new stage. The U.S. is breaking some of the most crucial norms of diplomacy and security by vigorously rekindling a strategic partnership with Taiwan, the island democracy that is under existential threat […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2018 In a much-anticipated report on former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz also detailed how the Obama DOJ attempted to shut down the FBI’s investigation of the Clinton Foundation. According to Horowitz’s report, which was released on April 13, McCabe was called by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2018 The U.S. strike on Syria’s chemical weapons infrastructure was “well planned, well conducted” and “justified,” a former George W. Bush administration defense official said. “There were apparently no casualties and no mistaken hits on Russian forces, and the raid seems to have been a textbook example of a surgical strike,” […]
