by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2018 As a caravan of some 2,000 Hondurans headed north through Guatemala, President Donald Trump said he is considering withholding funds from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador if the caravan reaches the U.S.-Mexico border. “We have today informed the countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador that if they allow […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In a riveting election for new members of the Human Rights Council, the General Assembly voted for 18 new members. Yet, given that all prospective candidates were unopposed, the perfunctory ballot simply selected a list of states where everyone won, including some notorious human rights […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Although Andrew Brunson called on President Trump in Washington after leaving Turkey in a U.S. military plane, worldwide persecution of Christians has reached an all time high. The former Christian missionary was arrested on bogus charges over alleged links to political groups, including the banned Gulenist movement after […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2018 Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson last week said he would plead the Fifth Amendment to avoid speaking to the House Judiciary and House Oversight & Government Reform Committees in an interview set for Oct. 16. “I’m not surprised that Glenn Simpson is taking the Fifth,” Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2018 The U.S. federal government is expected to take in $1.7 trillion in taxes from individuals in 2018, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Individual income taxes will account for about half of all federal revenues for Fiscal Year 2018, which ended on Sept. 30, the CBO said. And, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2018 The results of a DNA test show that Sen. Elizabeth Warren has somewhere between .09 and 3 percent Native American ancestry. According to a New York Times article cited by the Republican National Committee’s Michael Ahrens, the average European-American has 0.18 percent Native American DNA. The Boston Globe issued a correction on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2018 President Donald Trump “won every segment” of his interview with Lesley Stahl which was broadcast Oct. 14 on “60 Minutes”, the chief TV critic from Variety said. “By pushing through questions and by capitalizing on an interview approach seeking to synthesize his entire presidency into two segments of television, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Andrew Brunson to the White House on Oct. 13 to following the pastor’s release from nearly two years of confinement in Turkey. Brunson, originally from Black Mountain, North Carolina, prayed for Trump and the nation in the Oval Office, asking God to provide the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2018 The “most important matters” Democrats plan to undertake if they regain control of the House will include at least five investigations against President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “Our caucus – led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi – will need to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Considered by many historians as the most successful alliance in history, the 89-year-old North American Treaty Organization has a new lease on life. NATO’s largest war games in more than 16 years, the Trident Juncture exercise in Norway, Oct. 25-Nov. 10, will include more than 45,000 Alliance troops […]
