by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2019 President Donald Trump on Jan. 8 used his first Oval Office address to the nation to urge Congress to address the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border: My fellow Americans, Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. Every day customs […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2019 Last week, Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act, which would reserve any amounts forfeited as a result of the prosecution of “El Chapo” (Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Lorea) and other drug lords for border security and the completion of […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2019 A former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice, who had backed the country’s socialist government in every major legal dispute since President Nicolas Maduro assumed power, has fled to the United States. Former Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa told a Miami […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2019 Via their consistent stonewalling of a congressional investigation into their alleged abuses of power during the 2016 campaign, the FBI and Department of Justice “have succeeded in the most significant coverup in American political history,” a columnist wrote. For […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview on 60 Minutes that her brand of economic socialism is modeled after Sweden, Finland, and Norway, rather than Venezuela or Cuba. If that’s the case, the New York Democrat and darling of the major media “would have to abandon almost her entire […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2019 For the second time in a year and a half, a young gay black man has been found dead in the home of Ed Buck, a major donor to the Democratic Party. Local residents said sheriff’s deputies and the coroner were on the scene at Buck’s West Hollywood apartment […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — After decades of turmoil resulting from drought, civil conflict, famine, armed militias, terrorists and even pirates, the East African country of Somalia remains a shattered state. And while massive international humanitarian assistance from the United Nations and the international community may have mitigated the worst […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2019 In an unprecedented move, an Iranian lawmaker speaking on the floor of parliament cited the collapse of the Soviet Union in warning that the Iranian regime’s foreign policy could paralyze the country. “Our influence in the region is important, but one point should not be forgotten, and that is, […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2019 In her required financial disclosure, Rep. Rashida Tlaib did not identify the George Soros Open Society Foundation as the source of a payment she received for a “leadership fellowship,” a report said. The Michigan Democrat, who last week declared of […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2019 Israel dispatched fighter jets and a combat helicopter to carry out an attack on a Hamas military camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Jan. 7, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency, […]