Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape from courtroom indicted by feds

Judge who helped illegal immigrant escape from courtroom indicted by feds

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 A Massachusetts judge and a courtroom officer were charged by the federal government with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant sneak out the courtroom’s back door as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waited at the front door to detain the immigrant. District Court Judge […]

Trump skewers a White House Correspondents Dinner that ‘lost its sense of humor’

Trump skewers a White House Correspondents Dinner that ‘lost its sense of humor’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2019 The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was long the social event of the year for Washington insiders and Hollywood celebrities. Top-drawer comedians were the featured entertainment and onlookers lined the lobby of the Washington Hilton to gawk. Since President Donald Trump took office, however, the celebs have mostly stayed […]

Colorado governor backs environmental Left against economy-boosting fracking revolution

Colorado governor backs environmental Left against economy-boosting fracking revolution

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 On April 16, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed into law Senate Bill 19-181, which allows cities and counties to regulate oil and gas development under their planning and land-use powers. Critics say the bill amounts to a de facto ban on drilling and is a major blow […]

Washington state official bans use of airport to deport criminal illegal immigrants

Washington state official bans use of airport to deport criminal illegal immigrants

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 The county executive in King County, Washington has signed an executive order which bans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using the King County International Airport to deport illegal immigrants, including those convicted of crimes. The ban on ICE’s use of the airport, also know as Boeing Field, was […]

Redford urges Left to get real: What’s the point of impeachment without a planet?

Redford urges Left to get real: What’s the point of impeachment without a planet?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 Hollywood ex-idol Robert Redford, in an Earth Day op-ed for Time, said impeaching President Donald Trump won’t mean much if climate change destroys the planet. In the op-ed, titled “Don’t Fall for Political Distractions. Saving Our Planet Must Come First,” the 82-year-0ld Redford writes: “Collusion, obstruction of justice, impeachment […]

Columnist: Major media change gears on Trump: No collusion, but he’s really, really ‘unfit’

Columnist: Major media change gears on Trump: No collusion, but he’s really, really ‘unfit’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 In the wake of the Mueller report, Democrats and the major media “pulled one of the greatest sleight-of-hand tricks in U.S. political history,” by switching the non-stop narrative from “collusion” to President Donald Trump being “unfit to govern” due to obstructing justice, a columnist wrote. “You won’t find a […]

Down and out in the Hamptons: Americans’ exodus from high tax states

Down and out in the Hamptons: Americans’ exodus from high tax states

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 Buddy, can you spare a mil? As more and more Americans flee high-tax states, even the Hamptons is feeling the pinch. Vacation homes over $1 million in the playground of mega-rich financiers and celebrities just aren’t selling like they used to. Americans are leaving high-tax burdens behind, bolting from […]

10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

10,000 migrants in ‘mother of all caravans’ heading toward U.S. southern border

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 A migrant caravan, which started with 90 people from El Salvador the last week of March, has swelled to some 10,000 people hoping to reach the U.S. southern border. Mexico’s Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero dubbed it “caravana madre” – the “mother of all caravans.” Reports from media tracking […]

Gallup poll: Americans carrying the weight of the world, stressed to the max

Gallup poll: Americans carrying the weight of the world, stressed to the max

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2019 Americans are among the most stressed-out people in the world, with 45 percent saying they often felt worried a lot and 22 percent saying they felt a lot of anger, a new Gallup poll found. “Even as their economy roared, more Americans were stressed, angry and worried last year […]

Pulitzer board on defensive over charges of incestuous award decisions

Pulitzer board on defensive over charges of incestuous award decisions

by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2019 The board which presides over the selection of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes denies it lacks objectivity. A week before the 2019 Pulitzers were announced, journalist Kiran Somvanshi, reporting for The Federalist, found “a dozen publications that have predominantly won their Pulitzers during a period when a current or former […]