U.S. applies pressure on China in key maritime straits before Xi summit

U.S. applies pressure on China in key maritime straits before Xi summit

Special to WorldTribune, April 23, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, April 21, 2026 By Richard Fisher As President Donald Trump approaches his May summit with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader is likely acutely aware that for his second term, Trump is targeting key maritime straits to gain strategic […]

Senate finally passes funding for Trump-era Homeland Security

Senate finally passes funding for Trump-era Homeland Security

by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2026 Non-AI Real World News At 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Republicans in the Senate were able to push through funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which had been blocked by Democrats since mid-February. The bill sets up a framework for funding ICE, CBP, […]

Trump team says it rescued 10-year-old kidnapped by trans dad for forced medical transition

Trump team says it rescued 10-year-old kidnapped by trans dad for forced medical transition

by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Trump Administration said it has rescued a 10-year-old Utah boy who had been kidnapped by his trans father and his partner and taken to Cuba where the father planned to force the boy to undergo gender transition surgery. According to court filings and a […]

Trump: Iran has no leaders, media has no credibility, time is on my side

Trump: Iran has no leaders, media has no credibility, time is on my side

by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats that are deploying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, the president said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. […]

‘Flagrantly misleading’: Judge rules Virginia redistricting referendum unconstitutional

‘Flagrantly misleading’: Judge rules Virginia redistricting referendum unconstitutional

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News April 23, 2026 One day after Democrats thought they had secured four new seats in the House via the Virginia redistricting vote, Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley on Wednesday ruled the referendum unconstitutional. Hurley barred state election officials from modifying election districts or proceeding with the […]

Manufactured hate: DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center

Manufactured hate: DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Southern Poverty Law Center had been indicted in Alabama on federal charges which accuse the leftist organization of paying individuals in groups such as the Ku Klux Klan to “stoke racial hatred.” An Alabama grand jury returned an indictment on April 21 with 11 […]

Trump extends ceasefire, responds to Wall Street Journal editorial saying Iran took him for a ‘sucker’

Trump extends ceasefire, responds to Wall Street Journal editorial saying Iran took him for a ‘sucker’

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News April 22, 2026 In a series of posts to Truth Social, President Donald Trump said he has extended the ceasefire with Iran at the request of Pakistani leadership and said the U.S. naval blockade will continue. The president also slammed the Wall Street Journal for an editorial which […]

Did Northern Virginia just cinch the House for Democrats this year? Was the election secure?

Did Northern Virginia just cinch the House for Democrats this year? Was the election secure?

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The unified cadre of leftists in Northern Virginia on Tuesday night may have cinched control of the House in the next Congress for Democrats. Were questionable mail-in ballots the key as no one but the president of the United States charged? A referendum that will […]

Trump reads 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 to nation in walkup to its 250th birthday

Trump reads 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 to nation in walkup to its 250th birthday

by WorldTribune Staff, April 22, 2026 Non-AI Real World News As the celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday approaches, President Donald Trump continued his series of reading passages from the Bible. On April 21 from the Oval Office the president read 2 Chronicles 7:11–22, long considered a call to national prayer. The Old Testament passages […]