by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 California ‘dreamin’? One in every three California residents supports the state’s withdrawal from the union, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. California, the world’s sixth-largest economy and boasting a population of 39 million, went two-to-one in favor of Hillary Clinton in the November election. The U.S. Constitution lays […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is “meaningless” without the United States, Japan on Jan. 25 rejected Australia’s effort to salvage the trade agreement. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had suggested China be brought in as a replacement for the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 Republicans have long voiced concern over the threat of terrorists entering the U.S. from Mexico, a concern the Obama administration largely downplayed. Available data suggest the concern is justified, according to a Jan. 15 report by the Christian Science Monitor which included 10 incidents of terror suspects and enablers […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) said he is ready to “fire up the weed whacker” and cut down net neutrality rules. Trump on Jan. 23 designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the FCC, to be the agency’s new chairman. “Pai is a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 Iran is said to be providing the Afghan Taliban with the means to disable some of Afghanistan’s dams so Teheran can get a larger share of water for itself, a report said. Governors in Afghanistan’s southern and western provinces accused Iran of using an increasingly close relationship with the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2017 The anti-Trump protesters who torched a limousine in downtown D.C. on Inauguration Day may have thought the destructive act was righteous – sticking it to the man. The limo, however, was owned by a Muslim immigrant who now says the damage could cost his company $70,000, along with hospital […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 Washington, D.C. opened for business Monday morning with the knowledge that a profound change in the government’s metabolism was imminent. President Donald Trump’s 18-point Day-One plan sets the priorities addressed at the outset of his presidency: Immigration Stop all federal funding to “sanctuary cities” – places where local officials […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 Democratic operative David Brock’s plan to ultimately impeach President Donald Trump “has already begun.” Brock’s liberal super PAC American Bridge has pumped millions of dollars into a “Trump War Room” that will engage in a “nonstop” effort to take down the 45th president, according to a confidential Brock memo […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 As the Trump administration kicked into gear on Jan. 20, so did the sultans of spin from the major media organizations. “The mainstream media lost no time in attempting to undermine President Donald Trump, as opposed to actually reporting information,” Joel B. Pollak, senior editor-at-large at Breitbart News, wrote […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 Peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) will require direct talks between the two parties, U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan. 22. The two leaders spoke by phone in their first conversation since Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20. Trump invited Netanyahu […]
