by WorldTribune Staff, October 4, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump has “very clearly” signaled his intent to pursue a diplomatic solution to the standoff with North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Oct. 3. Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon “supports fully” a diplomatic solution amid mixed messages from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. news agencies are reporting that the United States plans to expel about 60 percent of Cuba’s embassy staff in Washington after announcing it would pull its own personnel out of Havana following a series of unexplained “attacks.” The Associated Press and Reuters news agencies, citing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2017 Once home to what writer David Halbestam termed the “best and the brightest”, America’s government class in Washington is looking like a community of blithering idiots. “If ever there were a time to be skeptical that something is true just because ‘everybody’ says so, it is the era of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2017 The United States has “lines of communications to Pyongyang,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson disclosed on Sept. 30. “We’re not in a dark situation, a blackout,” Tillerson said during a trip to Beijing where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We can talk to them. We do talk […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is set to shift oversight of the sale of non-military arms and ammunition that would open world markets to American gun manufacturers. Trump is finalizing plans to shift oversight of firearms sales from the State Department to the Commerce Department, Reuters reported on Sept. 19. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2017 The United States has issued a travel warning advising U.S. citizens to avoid visiting Cuba and has called for non-emergency U.S. Embassy staff in Havana to leave the country, the State Department said on Sept. 29. In the past several months, 21 U.S. Embassy employees in Cuba have suffered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk North Korea has been crying wolf so often it’s hard to get too excited by the “declaration of war” North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho made in New York this week. Did not the North Koreans declare war after the release of the film “The Interview” three years ago […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2017 Because the Democrat Washington Post is widely-read mainly in Democrat Washington, DC, it recently thought it should address issues raised by investigative reporters at the Daily Caller Foundation. In its Sept. 17 article, “Intrigue far exceeds evidence in House IT probe”, the Post assured readers that indicted congressional IT […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 24 issued a full travel ban on nationals from North Korea. Pyongyang “does not cooperate with the United States government in any respect,” the order said. “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 26, 2017 Roger Stone’s opening statement to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Sept. 26: Good morning Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member, Committee members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and staff. My name is Roger J. Stone, Jr., and with me today are my counsel, Grant […]
