by WorldTribune Staff, April 4, 2018 In a second wave of tariffs, the Trump administration on April 3 released a list of 1,300 Chinese products that will be hit by 25 percent import taxes. The list includes Chinese-made communication satellite parts, flat screen televisions, semiconductors and industrial machinery, bakery ovens and rocket launchers. The White […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 4, 2018 The FBI pressed officials at the Department of Justice to expedite a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) warrant on a former Trump campaign volunteer, congressional investigators say. The possible improper coordination between the FBI and DOJ was revealed in text messages about a “delay” by investigators from FBI Special Agent […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2018 Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has turned over all evidence related to Mike Flynn’s case to Flynn’s defense team, a report said. The action could lead to Flynn withdrawing his guilty plea. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in December had ordered Mueller’s team to produce any evidence in its possession […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2018 All 44 House Democrats who hired a group of Pakistan-born IT aides suspected of gaining “unauthorized access” to congressional data apparently waived background checks on the aides, records show. Court records show the background checks, which are recommended for “shared employees,” would have revealed numerous red flags on Imran […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2018 CNN has referenced President John F. Kennedy’s adultery while in office as “legendary” while skewering Donald Trump for alleged affairs years before he became president. While tweeting to promote its program “American Dynasties: The Kennedys”, CNN referred to JFK’s “legendary love life.” “But was JFK’s love life really legendary? […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The political choreography was classic. The staging was epic. But the outcome remains unpredictable. North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-Un and his entourage secretly rolled into Beijing on a special armored train later to be greeted and then feted by the Supreme Leader of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump is taking on Amazon, a mega corporation that is widely revered and feared but is rarely attacked. Trump pointed out that the retail giant pays no federal income taxes and said it scams the Post Office out of billions of dollars. He also said The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto In a chaotic and graceless manner, President Trump signed a $1.3 billion omnibus spending bill that failed to achieve funding for his seminal campaign promise: a wall along the porous southern border. This came as a political earthquake to his supporters, with many vowing to turn their backs on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2018 The impression given by the mainstream media’s “coverage” of high school students’ March for Our Lives was that underage students were rising up against school violence. Coverage featured photogenic young men with all their hair shaking fists in the air. Americans not paying close attention may have been taken […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2018 President Donald Trump wants to end Amazon’s free ride from U.S. taxpayers, while Vice President Mike Pence is warning of the dangerous power wielded by Facebook and Google, reports say. Trump has “wondered aloud if there may be any way to go after Amazon with antitrust or competition law,” […]