White House chief of staff sets terms for DACA deal: Limits on chain migration, $20 billion for wall

White House chief of staff sets terms for DACA deal: Limits on chain migration, $20 billion for wall

by WorldTribune Staff, January 18, 2018 The Trump administration will need “about $20 billion” for the border wall and assurances on limits on chain migration before a deal on DACA can be reached, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said on Jan. 17. Kelly, during an appearance on Fox News’s “Special Report”, was asked […]

Trump to Xi: U.S. trade deficit with China ‘not sustainable’

Trump to Xi: U.S. trade deficit with China ‘not sustainable’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 The Commerce Department reported in November that the U.S. trade deficit with China has ballooned to $33.5 billion. In a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 15, U.S. President Donald Trump said the deficit “is not sustainable.” “President Trump expressed disappointment that the United States’ trade […]

Sources: DOJ’s Weissmann colluded with AP reporters on Trump investigation

Sources: DOJ’s Weissmann colluded with AP reporters on Trump investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 Weeks before joining special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann met with reporters from The Associated Press where Weissman received information on the AP’s investigation into Paul Manafort, a report said. Weissman met the journalists on April 11, 2017, investigative journalist Sara Carter reported on Jan. 11. […]

Bragging rights for a president who builds things and speaks his mind

Bragging rights for a president who builds things and speaks his mind

by WorldTribune Staff, January 16, 2018 As he closes in on one year in office, doesn’t President Donald Trump have “every reason to be rather high on himself”? “What is there to be humble about?” asks R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., editor in chief of The American Spectator. “In his first year in office he has […]

8 million new voters: Democrats balk at Trump’s call to end chain migration

8 million new voters: Democrats balk at Trump’s call to end chain migration

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that some 8 million new foreign-born voters will be added to the U.S. electorate in the next 20 years via chain migration. President Donald Trump has called for an end to the legal immigration option in which newly-naturalized citizens can bring in […]

Trump plays hardball with Palestinian leaders, prompting fiery response

Trump plays hardball with Palestinian leaders, prompting fiery response

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas issued a furious response after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut nearly half of the U.S. contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. “Damn your money,” Abbas said during a two-hour speech on Jan. 14. The Palestinian leader added that he would […]

N. Korea warns of Olympics pullout after South’s praise of Trump

N. Korea warns of Olympics pullout after South’s praise of Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2018 North Korea is threatening to withdraw its contingent from the 2018 Winter Olympics after South Korea lauded U.S. President Donald Trump for his role in bringing about last week’s talks between the North and South. South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Jan. 10 said Trump deserved “big credit for […]

Iran’s Rouhani declares ‘victory’ over Trump on nuclear deal

Iran’s Rouhani declares ‘victory’ over Trump on nuclear deal

by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 Two days after U.S. President Donald Trump extended the waiver on Iran nuclear sanctions and kept the 2015 Iran nuclear deal alive, Iran’s “moderate” President Hassan Rouhani declared victory for the Islamic Republic. “The American administration has failed to undermine the nuclear deal,” Rouhani said on state television on […]

Do I have to? Pakistan candidate says meeting with President Trump would be ‘bitter pill’

Do I have to? Pakistan candidate says meeting with President Trump would be ‘bitter pill’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2018 A candidate for prime minister in Pakistan said he would “dread it,” but would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Imran Khan, a former cricket star and leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) party said during a Jan. 13 press briefing “Yes, we would talk … Whether we […]

Flashback : Former Haitian official, set to testify against Clinton Foundation, found dead

Flashback : Former Haitian official, set to testify against Clinton Foundation, found dead

by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2017 A former Haitian government official who was expected to testify this week against alleged Clinton Foundation corruption died  in Miami. Klaus Eberwein died from a gunshot wound to the head and was discovered in his Quality Inn hotel room. The Miami-Dade medical examiner is ruling it a suicide, the […]