Special to WorldTribune.com U.S. prosecutors have announced they will not seek the death penalty against a Libyan terrorist charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans. Ahmed Abu Khatallah, captured by U.S. special forces two years ago, is facing an 18-count indictment over the Sept. 11, 2012 killings at an American diplomatic and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The White House misled the American public on nuclear negotiations with Iran by “creating an echo chamber” in the press that “validated” everything they were given, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said. Ben Rhodes, in an interview with The New York Times, admitted that the dealings behind the accord struck […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gov. Pat McCrory answered a May 9 deadline from the federal government by announcing that North Carolina will sue the Justice Department over its challenge to the state’s law mandating people use the public restroom of their birth gender, not gender identity. Last week, Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s civil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The White House used leftist media lapdogs “as public relations tools” to effectively sell the Iran nuclear deal, columnist John Podhoretz wrote in the New York Post on May 5. Podhoretz pointed to “an astounding New York Times piece by David Samuels,” in which senior White House officials confirmed as much about the spin-centered […]
TO: Those who think both leading presidential candidates are dishonest and have little chance of leading America forward: (…or, stated more simply) TO: The majority of America: FROM: Sen. Ben Ssse, R-Neb. Note: If you are one of those rare souls who genuinely believe Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are honorable people – if they […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The chief of U.S. intelligence said Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is capable of launching a Paris-style attack in the U.S., a contradiction of President Barack Obama and his National Security Council (NSC), who have played down the threat. ISIL, which in the past six months has carried out major […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In a case that analysts say bears a striking resemblance to Hillary Clinton’s email disaster, a Marine officer is facing dismissal for mishandling classified material on his computer. Marine Reserve Maj. Jason Brezler is fighting the charges against him and has filed a complaint in federal court, saying that Marine generals unfairly singled […]
Special to WorldTribune.com In a retaliatory move, Sudan has denied entry visas to United States officials. Sudan State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kamal Ismail told reporters on May 1 that Khartoum’s embassy in Washington denied the visa applications after Washington refused visas to senior Sudanese officials, including the ministers of interior, education […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Donald Trump’s much ballyhooed foreign policy speech was a minor disaster. Not only did Trump fail to set out a succinct foreign policy philosophy and agenda, but the speech itself [even with a teleprompter] was a failure in his effort to move to a more “presidential” persona. One […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Governments throughout the world seem increasingly nervous if not paranoid over a free press and media, according to a searingly poignant survey by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The annual survey of the global media in 180 countries, the French-based monitor report underscores a gradual deterioration […]
