Hillary Clinton waged an extremely expensive campaign

Hillary Clinton waged an extremely expensive campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, January 11, 2017 In October, Hillary Clinton tore into Donald Trump: “What kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year?” The final tally of campaign funds spent on the 2016 election shows the Clinton machine dropped a whopping $1.2 billion on her losing presidential bid, a new record. The […]

U.S. destroyer fires warning shots at 5 Iranian boats near Strait of Hormuz

U.S. destroyer fires warning shots at 5 Iranian boats near Strait of Hormuz

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 A U.S. destroyer fired warning shots when five Iranian vessels approached it and two other American ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 8. The latest in a series of incidents between U.S. and Iranian ships saw the Iranian boats come “within 900 yards or so” of the […]

Report: Latin American intel no match for terror groups planning attacks in U.S.

Report: Latin American intel no match for terror groups planning attacks in U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Hizbullah and other terror organizations are operating freely in Latin America and have entered into a “marriage of convenience” with drug cartels to raise huge amounts of cash for terror attacks in the United States, Spain’s Defense Ministry reported. “Latin America represents […]

In waning days of presidency, Obama moves to save transgender bathrooms

In waning days of presidency, Obama moves to save transgender bathrooms

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 With just days left in his final term, President Barack Obama is seeking to re-institute an executive order on transgender bathrooms that was shot down by a district court. Lawyers for the Obama administration asked an appeals court to overturn a judge’s ruling that suspended enforcement of Obama’s order […]

Diane Sawyer takes belated look at ‘forgotten’ Americans as small business optimism booms

Diane Sawyer takes belated look at ‘forgotten’ Americans as small business optimism booms

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 ABC News is set to broadcast a Diane Sawyer “20/20” special which shines a light on the “forgotten” American middle class that struggled mightily in the eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency. The special, which took over a year to make, is called “My Reality: A Hidden America”, and […]

Greatest Hits, No. 1: What jury duty with Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson was like

Greatest Hits, No. 1: What jury duty with Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson was like

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 The following is a Dec. 13 post by Emily Roden on the five days she spent serving jury duty in Denton, Texas with Donald Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. (Emily Roden is the wife of Denton City Councilman Kevin Roden.) “Nine years ago, I showed up to […]

Libya’s entire western region faces harsh winter, total power blackout

Libya’s entire western region faces harsh winter, total power blackout

by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2017 The entire western region of Libya is on the verge of a total power blackout after an armed group closed off the gas pipeline that feeds the area’s main electric generation unit. Officials at Al-Zawiya Oil Refinery said on Jan. 9 that the group had not named any demands […]

Smackdown: Meryl Streep, U.S. intelligence challenge legitimacy of Trump presidency

Smackdown: Meryl Streep, U.S. intelligence challenge legitimacy of Trump presidency

by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Can one be nominated for an Emmy for a Golden Globes presentation performance? Many of Meryl Streep’s elite cohorts in Hollywood are praising the venerable star after her smackdown of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 8 in remarks that did not mention him by name. Streep’s performance at the […]

Hamas praises ‘heroic’ truck attack in Jerusalem, calls for more

Hamas praises ‘heroic’ truck attack in Jerusalem, calls for more

by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Hamas hailed the jihadist who carried out a deadly truck attack in Jerusalem on Jan. 8 as “heroic” and called for continued terror attacks in Israel. “These attacks will continue and any attempt to stop the intifada is doomed to failure,” an official Hamas statement said. Hamas also handed […]

N.C. church leader suggests Franklin Graham prayer tour was a racist, pro-Trump strategy

N.C. church leader suggests Franklin Graham prayer tour was a racist, pro-Trump strategy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Fueled by racism and $10 million, Franklin Graham’s Decision America Tour helped Donald Trump reach the White House with overwhelming support from white evangelicals, a North Carolina church leader said. In a November Washington Post commentary titled “The racist history of Southern white evangelicalism and the rise of Donald […]