Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. House on July 13 will vote on Republican legislation to undercut President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran nearly a year after the deal was announced. The legislation would impose new sanctions on Iran over any sponsorship of terrorism or human rights violations, bar […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 President Barack Obama and his subordinates are, if nothing else, consistent. While the president referred to himself 45 times in a speech that started as a eulogy of Dallas police officers killed in last week’s attack, Attorney General Loretta Lynch refused to give responses 74 times in congressional testimony […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2016 The Obama administration is ignoring “the sheer weight of evidence” that Iran is pursuing nuclear-related materials in a clear violation of the nuclear accord, Republican lawmakers said. The officials cited the administration’s response to a report that half of Germany’s state governments reported in their 2015 intelligence documents attempts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2016 As he nears the end of his second term, U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly preparing a series of executive orders that officials said would weaken the U.S. nuclear deterrent. Obama, in meetings with national security Cabinet members known as the Principals Committee, reviewed his options for executive actions […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation aimed at blocking the sale of Boeing airliners to Iran, a deal that was authorized under Tehran’s year-old nuclear deal with world powers. By voice vote late on July 7, lawmakers passed amendments to a spending bill blocking […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 In testimony to Congress on July 7, FBI Director James Comey said that Hillary Clinton was not under oath when she was interviewed by FBI agents, but added “it’s still a crime to lie to us.” When asked if there was a transcript of the FBI’s interview with Clinton, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 FBI Director James Comey opened the door, and now a slew of lawyers are lining up to walk in and get “the Clinton deal” for their clients who allegedly mishandled classified information. Mark Zaid, a defense attorney for national security whistleblowers and people accused of mishandling secrets, says he […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 7, 2016 The sanctions the United States slapped on Kim Jong-Un may ruffle the North Korean leader’s feathers a bit, but will have little effect on improving human rights in the communist country, analysts say. The U.S. on July 6 announced sanctions on Kim and 10 other individuals for “notorious abuses […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A U.S. House subcommittee on July 7 will debate legislation aimed at halting Boeing’s sale of passenger jets to Iran, in the largest U.S.-Iranian business transaction since 1979. The hearing “will examine the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran and how it opened the door for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders For almost 150 years, the United States avoided having a national police force. The Founders, for the most, had eschewed the whole issue when under pressure from Thomas Jefferson and his Virginia constitutions adopted that colony’s Bill of Rights as the first amendments to the federal constitution. The […]
