by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 Employees at the IRS’s Cincinnati office said that the agency “deliberately” delayed processing Tea Party tax exemption applications until after the 2012 presidential election, Judicial Watch reported on Aug. 1. According to 105 pages of newly obtained FBI “302” documents, interviews with numerous Cincinnati IRS employees in mid-2013 show […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 3 ruled that a Virginia school board can block a transgender teen from using the boys bathroom when the school year starts in September. The high court, in a 5-3 decision, put on hold a lower court ruling that ordered the Gloucester County […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 The Obama administration airlifted $400 million in cash to Iran just as the Islamic republic was freeing four American hostages, a report said. Wooden pallets stacked with Euros, Swiss francs and other foreign currencies were transported to Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 2, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, Aug. 2, 2016 President Barack Obama used a joint press conference with the prime minister of Singapore and his bully pulpit at the White House today to discredit the man who has promised to take his place. Obama said Donald Trump does not have the judgment or temperament or understanding to be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2016 Two terms of the Obama administration “have done nothing to deter the despotic behavior of dictators in this war-ravaged region,” a former Sudanese official said. “Washington has been talking the talk without walking the walk. In Washington’s best traditional practice, things are practically done about Europe and the Middle […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2016 Top IRS officials knew the agency was targeting conservatives because of their ideology and political affiliation two years before disclosing it to Congress and the public, according to a Judicial Watch report released on July 28. “Senior IRS officials knew that agents were targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The White House on July 26 issued new guidelines on how government agencies should respond to major cyberattacks. The announcement comes amid suspicion in the U.S. government that hackers working for Russia may have engineered the leak of e-mails stolen from the Democratic National Committee in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct From his first days in office nearly eight years ago, Barack Obama has been a consistent advocate for the ultimate and complete abolition of nuclear weapons, including U.S. nuclear forces. To this end, he has hosted several nuclear summits and with Russia signed New START, a major […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran has confirmed the arrest of an Iranian-American who was visiting family in the country, the latest in a series of arrests of dual nationals by the Islamic republic over the past year. Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency on July 24 cited Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 24, 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry are once again naively banking on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s good faith in the U.S.’s latest proposal for cooperation against jihadist groups in Syria, critics said. U.S. military and intelligence officials said Obama and Kerry are being set up […]
