by WorldTribune Staff, February 14, 2019 Two-thirds of the 180 countries surveyed in the Transparency International (TI) 2018 global corruption index were rated as corrupt. The failure to curb corruption is “contributing to a worldwide crisis of democracy,” TI says. The 2018 research shows “a disturbing link between corruption and the health of democracies, where […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2019 Public opinion has turned against the media in the 754 days since President Donald Trump took office, according to a new poll. An IBD/TIPP poll which asked about “the public’s perception of the mainstream news media” found that “fully half the country says its trust in the media decreased over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 3 said that he will not meet with Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and said that sending troops to the crisis-ridden country is “an option.” In an interview with CBS News, Trump reiterated that military intervention was a possibility. “Certainly, it’s something that’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 A new poll shows a majority of Democrats oppose President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and a plurality oppose the commander in chief’s move to bring the troops home from Afghanistan. Why the shift for what usually bills itself as the anti-war party? Simple, analysts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2019 God wanted Donald Trump in the White House and the president has responded with major support for people of faith, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that He wanted Donald Trump […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, January 28, 2019 Veteran Washington Times political correspondent used a Facebook post to offer his take on the latest drama in Swampville: The conventional world gasped. DJT had just said he might resort to his constitutionally-mandated, presidential emergency powers to bypass a dysfunctional Congress. President Donald Trump said he may invoke those […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2019 As he prepares for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, U.S. President Donald Trump is hitting back at critics who claim there has been little progress made from the first summit’s stated goal of the North’s denuclearization. “The Fake News Media loves saying ‘so little happened […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2019 President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 nominated enough judges to fill one-third of all federal court vacancies. Acting to bolster the conservative credentials of the federal courts, Trump renominated 51 judges who were not confirmed by the last Congress. Of the nominees, 37 were to district courts, nine to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2019 As U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Hispanic-Latino employment at a record high, President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics surged 19 points in the past month, a new poll shows. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows Hispanic-Latino approval of Trump’s job performance hit 50 percent this month. In the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 18, 2019 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of Democrats had their bags packed and had boarded an Air Force bus on Jan. 17 to ferry them to the airport for a junket to Belgium, Afghanistan and Egypt. Then came the order from President Donald Trump: Due to […]
