Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Year-end 2016 saw something never before publicly witnessed in the U.S. political scene: a most direct and open attempt by an outgoing U.S. Administration to damage and limit the prospects of a newly-elected incoming Administration in such a way that U.S. global strategic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 30, 2016 Some members of patriot groups who supported Cliven Bundy during his 2014 standoff with the feds are preparing for another battle after President Barack Obama designated a new national monument in Nevada on land near the site of the Bundy Ranch standoff. “Get your gear ready,” wrote Jon Ritzheimer, who also […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2016 President Barack Obama has warned of retaliatory measures, including sanctions, against Russia for its alleged interference in the presidential election. Obama, however, “has provided little documentation to back up” his accusations against Moscow and is being pressed by both Republicans and Democrats to do so, The Hill reported on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2016 President Barack Obama is set to relinquish the last vestiges of U.S. control of the Internet. Barring “any significant impediment” the Department of Commerce will finalize the transition effective Oct. 1, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lawrence Strickling said on Aug. 16. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 27, 2016 Rural voters went for Donald Trump by a 3 to 1 margin over Hillary Clinton because the media didn’t do a good enough job informing those voters of how much they were benefiting from President Barack Obama’s policies, the soon-to-be ex-president said. “Tom — Tom Vilsack, my agriculture secretary […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2016 Israel has “ironclad information” that President Barack Obama pushed the UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, an Israeli official said on Dec. 25. The resolution was passed by the UN Security Council on Dec. 23 due to a U.S. abstention, a decision Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 The Obama administration “went behind the back” of the governor of Texas to find a city leader who favored accepting Syrian refugees after the governor said the state would no longer accept them, a report said. “The plan, evidently, was to continue sending Syrian refugees to the Lone Star […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 In a final effort to counter President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to expand energy extraction, President Barack Obama on Dec. 20 announced a permanent ban on offshore drilling in broad parts of the Arctic and Atlantic coasts. The ban relies on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 20, 2016 President Barack Obama on Dec. 19 pardoned 78 inmates and cut the sentences of 153 others convicted of federal crimes. It was the most individual clemencies ever granted by a president in a single day. “The 231 individuals granted clemency today have all demonstrated that they are ready to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2016 A continuing law enforcement investigation into the authenticity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate has concluded that it was a forgery. At a press conference on Dec. 15 presided over by Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, and conducted by investigator Mike Zullo, head of the Cold Case […]
