by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2018 A watchdog group has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking records relating to U.S. government funds that were reportedly used by George Soros-backed groups to support left-wing political activities in Romania and Colombia. Judicial Watch filed the suit against the U.S. State Department and the U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 A new book details how President Barack Obama used the power of the executive office to enable his friends to become quite wealthy. In his book, “Secret Empires: How Our Politicians Hide Corruption and Enrich Their Families and Friends”, Peter Schweizer notes that Obama and his team would “deem […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump is cracking down on China’s “economic aggression” via upcoming tariffs and will next move to prevent China from controlling the “industries of the future,” a senior White House official said. “The next action on the president’s plate will be the Section 301 action which is designed, in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former UN Ambassador John Bolton as national-security adviser, with a senior official saying that it is shameful and is a sign that Washington hopes to overthrow the government in Teheran. A spokesman for Bolton dismissed such […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 The Trump administration’s foreign policy successes have been accomplished “because” of President Donald Trump, “not in spite of him,” as many of his mainstream media critics claim, an analyst wrote. And, now, with John Bolton as his new national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo nominated as secretary of state, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2018 According to the March for Our Lives website “School safety is not a political issue.” But many of the thousands who took part in the march in Washington, D.C., on March 24 “carried signs revealing their anti-gun, anti-Trump, and pro-left wing agenda,” Penny Starr reported for Breitbart News. Signs […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The appointment of John Bolton as President Trump’s national security adviser portends a tough U.S. policy toward the North even as South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un in late April and Trump is to see Kim in May. Conservatives in the U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper provided misleading testimony to Congress regarding information he allegedly leaked to CNN on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the House Intelligence Committee said. The committee’s final report, which it approved on March 22, found no evidence of Russian collusion […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2018 President Donald Trump first threatened to veto and then signed Congress’s massive spending bill that appropriates funds for only a fraction of the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tweeted on March 23: “I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with former UN Ambassador John Bolton, an outspoken hawk who has advocated using military force against Iran and North Korea. Trump tweeted late on March 22 that McMaster, 55, had done “an outstanding job and […]