by WorldTribune Staff, February 19, 2021 Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz took a trip to Cancun as his home state was gripped by a record cold snap. New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo is steeped in a corruption scandal involving his policy which sent thousands of nursing home residents to their deaths and his alleged […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Former President Donald Trump praised conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who passed away Wednesday, as a “legend.” With that and other interviews, Trump re-emerged also marveling that impeachment seemed to have boosted his approval ratings. “He was with me right from the beginning. And he liked what I said […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, six have been censured in their home states by party organizations or grassroots voters. In Louisiana, the executive committee of the state GOP voted unanimously to censure Sen. Bill Cassidy. “Our […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Rush Limbaugh “influenced millions — a movement of millions, really. A movement of millions and masses of young and old conservatives alike,” a columnist noted of the legendary radio host who passed away Wednesday. “A movement of millions and masses that also included liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, socialists, progressives and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Radio host and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. One of the most influential media figures in American history, Limbaugh was a giant in conservative politics since “The Rush Limbaugh Show” began in 1988. He […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Millions of Texans remained without power amid sub-freezing temperatures on Wednesday. The state scrambled to open “warming centers” as controlled outages were implemented to protect the grid from crashing from a record surge in demand as temperatures plunged to near zero in some areas. The state’s grid operator, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 President Donald Trump granted TC Energy a presidential permit to construct and operate the XL pipeline in March 2019. In a Jan. 20, 2021 executive order, Joe Biden revoked that permit. “It basically shut a lot of what we were doing down overnight,” Jeff Birkeland, the CEO of West […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 In what it calls an effort to “address the issues of racism, sexism and other destructive biases and their impact on naval readiness,” the U.S. Navy is requiring that all sailors pledge to “advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities of every Sailor in the Navy.” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 In their pursuit of a permanent majority in Congress, Democrats are lining up to sponsor a push for Washington, D.C. statehood. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting House member representing the District, has reintroduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which has 210 Democrat co-sponsors. The Senate version of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 16, 2021 Soon after the Jan. 20 inauguration, Joe Biden’s team issued a “comprehensive threat assessment” on “domestic violent extremism.” Conducted jointly by the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence, the “assessment” does not include the violent Antifa and Black Lives Matter movements which burned and looted […]
