New ‘wall’: U.S. cracks down on welfare benefits for illegal immigrants

New ‘wall’: U.S. cracks down on welfare benefits for illegal immigrants

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to re-instate the Public Charge Grounds Final Rule, which requires immigrants to be self-sufficient. “There’s another wall President Trump is building — without spending a single cent on concrete or steel,” wrote Catherine Shoichet, who covers immigration […]

New DOJ indictment charges Huawei helped Iran spy on protesters

New DOJ indictment charges Huawei helped Iran spy on protesters

FPI / February 16, 2020 By Lee Cohen The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 13 filed new charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, accusing it, among other things, of stealing U.S. trade secrets and assisting the Iranian government to spy on protesters as well as illegally doing business with North Korea. Specific charges include […]

Dems’ star witness Alexander Vindman fired by White House

Dems’ star witness Alexander Vindman fired by White House

FPI / February 7, 2020 One of the Democrats’ key witnesses in their partisan impeachment inquiry has been fired from his post at the National Security Council (NSC). Lt. Col Alexander Vindman was fired and escorted out of the White House on Friday, reports say. White House officials said Vindman’s job was eliminated as part […]

Day 3: Iranian people not backing down; U.S. repeats warning

Day 3: Iranian people not backing down; U.S. repeats warning

by WorldTribune Staff, January 13, 2020 As nationwide anti-government protests in Iran continued for a third consecutive day on Monday, the United States warned the Iranian regime that it would not “tolerate” violence against the demonstrators. Iranian authorities denied police had opened fire on the demonstrators despite several videos posted to social media appearing to […]

President Trump announces plans to designate Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist’

President Trump announces plans to designate Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist’

FPI / December 4, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to designate Mexico’s drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. “I will be designating the cartels,” Trump said in an interview with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly also raised the issue of the U.S. sending drones into Mexico. Trump did not […]

Pompeo speech marks dramatic, Trump-led shift in China policy

Pompeo speech marks dramatic, Trump-led shift in China policy

FPI / November 7, 2019 By Richard Fisher, Geostrategy-Direct.com While fighting for its political existence against the Democrat Party led campaign for impeachment in the United States House of Representatives, the administration of President Donald Trump remains capable of strong leadership, such as working to forge a new American policy consensus on China. In a […]

Pompeo on China: We now know CCP ‘is truly hostile to the United States and our values’

Pompeo on China: We now know CCP ‘is truly hostile to the United States and our values’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2019 The Trump administration, unlike past administrations, recognizes and is addressing “the degree to which the Chinese Communist Party is truly hostile to the United States and our values,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Oct. 30. It is vital that the United States engage China, “as it […]

‘COUP’: House Democrats discuss detaining Trump officials who refuse to testify

‘COUP’: House Democrats discuss detaining Trump officials who refuse to testify

by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2019 Democrats have had conversations about having the House of Representatives sergeant-at-arms take uncooperative White House officials into custody, Rep. Rashida Tlaib said. Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, said on Oct. 12 that Democrats have discussed jailing allies of President Donald Trump who do not comply with congressional subpoenas in the House’s […]

Erdogan unwavering on Syria operation; U.S., Europe weigh response

Erdogan unwavering on Syria operation; U.S., Europe weigh response

by WorldTribune Staff, October 13, 2019 Despite “threats from right and left” calling on Turkey to cease its assault on Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the operation will continue. “We will never stop this step we have taken against the PYD/YPG… We will not stop it no matter what […]

China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

Geostrategy-Direct.com China has withdrawn from a $5 billion deal to help develop Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field. The action, announced by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh on the ministry’s SHANA website, came during continued intense pressure on both nations from the Trump administration and follows a series of military confrontations in the Persian […]