by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he is not a target in the Michael Cohen investigation. But, then again, the president never could be a target, according to Mark Levin, host of Fox News’s “Life, Liberty & Levin.” During an April 19 appearance […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 The first Democrat to announce support for Mike Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of state may also be the senator who saves the nomination. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota said on April 19 she would vote in favor of confirming Pompeo. With Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky opposed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2018 The father of Democratic House IT aide Imran Awan was tied to Pakistani intelligence and had transferred a USB drive to a Pakistani senator, according to a report. Rashid Minhas, the ex-business partner of Awan’s father, told The Daily Caller News Foundation that “Imran Awan said to me directly these […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2018 A group of lawmakers on April 18 made a criminal referral to the Department of Justice against Hillary Clinton and other senior Obama administration officials. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Ron DeSantis, Florida Republican, and 10 colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The U.S. is pursuing a careful policy of appearing to support South Korea’s drive for reconciliation and dialogue with the North but holding out the option of refusing to go along with anything short of complete certainty that Kim Jong-Un is dismantling his nuclear program The carefully […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong-Un during a secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend, a report said. Pompeo, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, made the trip to discuss the planned Trump-Kim summit, The Washington Post reported on April […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller, not for lack of trying, has yet to find any evidence that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign. If you want to find actual collusion in the nation’s capital, though, it’s not that hard, an analyst at the Hoover Institution said. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 18, 2018 In his effort to forge a united front of Arab Gulf states against Iran’s increasing hegemony, U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Saudi Arabia to end its dispute with Qatar. In what was described as a “foreceful” telephone call earlier this month with Saudi King Salman, Trump demanded […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Washington-Taipei interaction, the most taboo issue in U.S.-China relations for the past five decades, is now entering a new stage. The U.S. is breaking some of the most crucial norms of diplomacy and security by vigorously rekindling a strategic partnership with Taiwan, the island democracy that is under existential threat […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2018 Judicial Watch on April 17 filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice seeking records related to an FBI pre-publication review of former Director James Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty”. Comey reportedly received an advance in excess of $2 million for the book. “James Comey illegally […]
