House Judiciary calls for 2nd special counsel to restore ‘public confidence’ in DOJ, FBI

House Judiciary calls for 2nd special counsel to restore ‘public confidence’ in DOJ, FBI

Special to WorldTribune.com By Christopher Sparks, July 31, 2017 The House Judiciary Committee is calling on the Justice Department to appoint a second special counsel to restore “public confidence in our nation’s justice system and its investigators, specifically the Department of Justice and FBI.” A second counsel is necessary to investigate a “plethora of matters” […]

U.S. ‘assessing’ Putin demand to cut 755 diplomats In Russia

U.S. ‘assessing’ Putin demand to cut 755 diplomats In Russia

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. State Department called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand that U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia be slashed by 755 personnel “regrettable and uncalled for act” and said Washington was considering a possible response. “We are assessing the impact of such a limitation and how we […]

Pence: The U.S. will ‘always stand’ with Baltic nations

Pence: The U.S. will ‘always stand’ with Baltic nations

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has reaffirmed Washington’s support for the Baltic nations and accused neighboring Russia of seeking to “redraw international borders ” and “undermine democracies.” “We stand with the people and nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and we always will,” Pence said on July 31 in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, where he […]

Lighten up, get a life, enjoy the 45th president

Lighten up, get a life, enjoy the 45th president

Special to WorldTribune.com By Susan Smith, Fairfax Free Citizen Donald J. Trump, our recently elected 45th President, possesses what is commonly known as a larger than life personality. He has an accompanyingly-sized sense of humor, with sparks of outrageousness in it, and he does, as we say, shoot from the hip on occasion. Put this […]

Who is Lt. Gen. John Kelly? ‘True star’ engineered culture change at Homeland Security

Who is Lt. Gen. John Kelly? ‘True star’ engineered culture change at Homeland Security

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2017 President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff is an admittedly “politically incorrect” former Marine Corps general who oversaw one of the great successes of the Trump administration thus far. Homeland Security Secretary Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, who will replace Reince Priebus as chief of staff, “is a Great […]

True grit: Republicans on the Hill lack the president’s fighting spirit

True grit: Republicans on the Hill lack the president’s fighting spirit

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2017 Where are the Republicans in Congress with backbone and the partisan fervor that is in such ample supply on “the other side of the aisle”? Even before the early morning vote today on Obamacare, President Donald Trump lamented: “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried […]

Arrest of Imran Awan may force the DNC to change its narrative yet again

Arrest of Imran Awan may force the DNC to change its narrative yet again

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2017 The IT administrator to Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was arrested earlier this week while trying to leave the country, had access to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails that were given to WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign, a report said. Former interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile initially […]

Pakistan’s Sharif resigns after Supreme Court orders his removal

Pakistan’s Sharif resigns after Supreme Court orders his removal

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Radio Mashaal ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 28, ordering his removal from office in connection with corruption charges stemming from the Panama Papers leak in 2016. Sharif resigned shortly after the court order was issued amid tight security in […]

Vise tightens on North Korea crisis as Americans focus elsewhere

Vise tightens on North Korea crisis as Americans focus elsewhere

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON — Americans are so fixated on the issues of healthcare and Russia that tightening sanctions on North Korea almost escapes notice. One minute the networks are vying with one another on what passes as “analysis” on President Trump’s efforts to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare, and the next they’re […]

Report details China’s extensive military preparations along 880-mile border with N. Korea

Report details China’s extensive military preparations along 880-mile border with N. Korea

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China is buttressing its defenses along its 880-mile border with North Korea in preparation for a crisis that could be sparked by a possible U.S. military strike, reports say. Recent measures include establishing a new border defense brigade, 24-hour video surveillance of the mountainous frontier backed by aerial drones, and […]