by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 Progressive? Centrist? Beto O’Rourke, who is enjoying favorable coverage by the corporate media, announced on March 14 that he is running for president in 2020. Vanity Fair described O’Rourke as “down to earth” and “charismatic” – “he has an aura.” The Texas Democrat has a campaign website up and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 18, 2019 A Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill in the Florida legislature that would make it a crime for minors to post photos of guns on social media. The bill, introduced by state Sen. Jason W. B. Pizzo, states that anyone younger than 18 “who posts or publishes a picture […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 17, 2019 The Pentagon’s proposed $718 billion budget for 2020 is designed in large part to counter the threat from China and its rapidly advancing military technology, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said. In presenting the Trump administration’s proposed 2020 defense budget to the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 14, […]
⁹by WorldTribune Staff, March 17, 2019 Christopher Steele admitted under oath that he used information from a user-generated CNN website for his anti-Trump dossier which has been treated by U.S. media and the FBI as intelligence. Steele made the revelation during testimony last year in a case where Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, a prominent figure […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 17, 2019 In a now-famous warning from 1990 following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told U.S. President George H.W. Bush: “Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly.” In a series of tweets on March 17, President Trump warned Fox News against going wobbly amid efforts by […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 After 12 Republicans voted to strike down his border national emergency declaration, President Donald Trump said at a press conference that America’s immigration laws are “stupid,” “ridiculous” and must be changed. The Senate on March 14 voted to block Trump’s national emergency. The president said he would veto the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 A former aide to Sen. John McCain testified he leaked the anti-Trump dossier to several media outlets. David Kramer made the revelation during testimony in a libel lawsuit brought by Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev against BuzzFeed, which first published in full the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. Gubarev […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Paul Manafort’s conviction and sentence on dealings unrelated to Russian collusion is a “travesty” brought about in large part by the “media mob,” a former defense attorney for President Donald Trump charged. John Dowd, in an interview with The Washington Times, noted that special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was rubbed out in a gangland hit outside his home in Staten Island on March 13. “Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over in front of his brick mansion in the lavish Todt Hill neighborhood at about 9:20 p.m.,” the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 An illegal immigrant who has been deported twice was arrested in Marshall County, Alabama and charged for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims said the suspect, 29-year-old David Gonzalez, was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala in 2008 and 2009. “He’s used more than […]