Key governors balk at cooperating with presidential commission on election integrity

Key governors balk at cooperating with presidential commission on election integrity

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 Officials – most of them Democrats – in several states have said they will not comply with the Trump administration’s Election Integrity Commission, which is requesting voter information from all 50 states going back to 2006. Kris Kobach, secretary of state of Kansas and vice chairman of the commission, […]

‘To infinity and beyond’: Trump revives National Space Council

‘To infinity and beyond’: Trump revives National Space Council

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 The U.S. space program, which was essentially grounded first during the Clinton Administration and further “crippled” by the Obama administration, got new life on June 30 when President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive the National Space Council. “Space exploration is not only essential to our character […]

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

by William R. Hawkins, FamilySecurityMatters.org “Our robust strategic partnership is such that it touches upon almost all areas of human endeavor….We consider the USA as our primary partner for India’s social and economic transformation in all our flagship programs and schemes,” proclaimed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26. The venue was the joint press conference […]

War: Mueller zeros in on Team Trump, Woodward appeals for appearance of objectivity, president won’t ‘be bullied’

War: Mueller zeros in on Team Trump, Woodward appeals for appearance of objectivity, president won’t ‘be bullied’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 As congressional investigators dragged President Donald Trump’s longtime bodyguard into the ongoing Russia probe and the White House’s war with the media intensified, Watergate reporter Bob Woodward called for a return to “fair-mindedness” for those reporting on the Trump administration. Following a screening of “All The President’s Men” in […]

White House signals frustration with China on North Korea, human trafficking

White House signals frustration with China on North Korea, human trafficking

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 While U.S. President Donald Trump continues to press China to rein in North Korea, the State Department on June 27 called out Beijing on its human rights record. “China was downgraded to Tier 3 action in this year’s report (on human trafficking) in part because it has not taken […]

Homeland Security to begin building border wall prototypes this summer

Homeland Security to begin building border wall prototypes this summer

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will build four to eight border wall prototypes this summer in San Diego. Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner at Customs and Border Protection, said the prototypes will be used to evaluate what kind of barrier is most effective in combating drug […]

Report: Acting FBI Director McCabe disparaged Flynn to agents before Russian probe

Report: Acting FBI Director McCabe disparaged Flynn to agents before Russian probe

by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2017 The FBI may have launched its investigation of former national security adviser Mike Flynn as retribution for Flynn’s intervention in a counterterror agent’s gender discrimination case against top FBI officials, including current acting Director Andrew McCabe, a report said. The investigation of Flynn began two years after the retired […]

Clarence Thomas on Second Amendment: Justices don’t understand importance of self-defense

Clarence Thomas on Second Amendment: Justices don’t understand importance of self-defense

by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2017 “For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the guarantees of the Second Amendment might seem antiquated and superfluous,” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote after most members of the high court declined to hear a case challenging a […]

No child left behind? Otto Warmbier’s death highlights government’s responsibility for citizens abroad

No child left behind? Otto Warmbier’s death highlights government’s responsibility for citizens abroad

by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2017 Did the Obama administration leave U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier to die in North Korea?. Warmbier, a 22-year-old U.S. college student who, while visiting North Korea as a tourist in January 2016, was arrested and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor after being convicted of stealing a propaganda banner […]