Bah, humbug: Markets surge on inflation news following Trump’s Christmas message on the economy

Bah, humbug: Markets surge on inflation news following Trump’s Christmas message on the economy

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2025 Real World News It’s a dirty little job but somebody had to take note of how the nation is doing. That someone was President Donald Trump at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night. After all, no one else was going to do it. Trump said: “Tonight, after eleven months, our […]

‘Non-hemispheric’ China gets a call from ‘strategic partner’ Nicholas Maduro

‘Non-hemispheric’ China gets a call from ‘strategic partner’ Nicholas Maduro

FPI / December 18, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 17, 2025, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi called Venezuela’s Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto — at the latter’s request. That same day third-level Chinese state media Guancha reported on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding that […]

Authorities: Suspect in Brown, MIT shootings found dead in NH storage unit

Authorities: Suspect in Brown, MIT shootings found dead in NH storage unit

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2025 Real World News Investigators on Thursday identified the suspect in fatal shootings at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Providence police said the suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, was tracked to a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire where he was found dead allegedly from a self-inflicted gunshot. […]

The RINO in the room: Did Glenn Youngkin just show his true colors?

The RINO in the room: Did Glenn Youngkin just show his true colors?

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2025 Real World News When Virginia’s “Republican” Gov. Glenn Youngkin endorsed the removal of a statue at the U.S. Capitol of Gen. Robert E. Lee, one of the most important historical figures in Virginia’s history, critics say his true colors were shining through. In fact, Youngkin was front and center […]

Minor detail? ‘No probable cause’ for raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence

Minor detail? ‘No probable cause’ for raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2025 Real World News According to memos recently turned over to Congress, FBI underlings repeatedly raised concerns that “no probable cause” existed for the August 2022 raid on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. As a reminder to those aligned with conventional wisdom, this was the home of […]

The AI economy: ‘It’s a big club and you ain’t in it’

The AI economy: ‘It’s a big club and you ain’t in it’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2025 Real World News Reports from the financial sector suggest that OpenAI, currently a private entity, plans to go public at a $1 trillion valuation. That would make it one of the largest initial public offerings of all time. It’s quite a shift from the company’s founding in 2016, […]

Ford retreats from pushing EVs on Americans who don’t want them

Ford retreats from pushing EVs on Americans who don’t want them

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2025 Real World News Having racked up losses totaling $13 billion in its electric vehicle (EV) division since 2023, Ford has retreated from its strategy of pushing the vehicles on an American public that mostly does not want them. The automaker announced it is bolstering its lineup of gas-powered vehicles […]

One of last Republicans in House who voted to impeach Trump won’t seek re-election

One of last Republicans in House who voted to impeach Trump won’t seek re-election

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2025 Real World News One of only two House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump and remain in office has announced he won’t seek re-election. Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington announced Wednesday that he would not run in next year’s midterms. Newhouse won his sixth term in 2024. […]

Parents of Minnesota high school students warned: Wrong thinking about ICE will not be tolerated

Parents of Minnesota high school students warned: Wrong thinking about ICE will not be tolerated

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2025 Real World News In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, thoughtcrime is the offense of thinking in ways not approved by the ruling Ingsoc party which in effect controlled the speech, the actions, and the thoughts of the citizens of Oceania. In the woke world that is […]