by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 “In a panic” following the election victory of Donald Trump, China appointed the sister-in-law of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to the Bank of China’s board of directors, the author of a new book on the monetizing of political influence said. Angela Chao was named to the Bank […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 Facebook spent a record $3.3 million on lobbying the U.S. government in the first quarter of 2018, a report said. “While that’s a lot for Facebook, it’s not far from what its peers spend,” Recode noted in an April 22 report. “Amazon spent slightly more, $3.38 million, last quarter as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 24, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un complimented CIA Director Mike Pompeo for his “guts” during their recent meeting, a report said. Pompeo, whose nomination for secretary of state was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 23, had a secret meeting with Kim in Pyongyang over Easter weekend. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2018 The civil lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) against the Trump campaign, WikiLeaks and Russia was more an act of desperation than anything else, a New York Post columnist wrote. “It’s not just Hillary Clinton who can’t quit Russia. The whole Democratic Party keeps going back to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2018 The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) civil RICO lawsuit against the Trump campaign for alleged Russia collusion is 66 pages long. None of the pages references the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, according to a report by Rowan Scarborough for The Washington Times. The dossier played a key role […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Frud Bezhan and Niusha Boghrati, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian travelers stand in front of a currency exchange in Tehran, hoping to exchange money on April 11. Every day, hundreds head to Tehran’s bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many exchange offices have shut […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2018 As oil prices on April 19 hit their highest levels in years, U.S. President Donald Trump said the “artificially very high” prices “will not be accepted.” The U.S. shale boom largely led to crude prices dropping below $30 per barrel in early 2016. This week, Brent crude neared $75 […]
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 […]
