After denials about personal life, Rep. Omar marries her consultant

After denials about personal life, Rep. Omar marries her consultant

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 Rep. Ilhan Omar, who reportedly at one time had married her brother in order to get him the documentation he needed to go to school in the United States, has now married a political consultant who formerly worked for her campaign. The Minnesota Democrat announced in a Wednesday post […]

Mnuchin says IMF and World Bank funds won’t repay debts to China

Mnuchin says IMF and World Bank funds won’t repay debts to China

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 The U.S. Treasury Department is working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to ensure that funds from the IMF and World Bank aren’t used to pay off debts which nations have incurred due to China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said […]

New FISA judge makes it clear: Top FBI officials misled court on Trump investigation

New FISA judge makes it clear: Top FBI officials misled court on Trump investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 Though Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz said the FBI’s applications to obtain warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign were riddled with errors, FBI and DOJ officials insisted they were merely unintentional process errors, not efforts to deceive FISA judges. In a recent order that has […]

Economists sound alarm on Biden tax hikes

Economists sound alarm on Biden tax hikes

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 Joe Biden is proposing several tax increases that would derail the record-setting economy engineered by President Donald Trump, economists say. The Tax Policy Center reported that Biden’s proposals to raise the corporate tax rate, increase the capital gains taxes on the top 1 percent, and eliminate the Trump tax […]

Stop the presses: Calif. Gov. Newsom praises White House response to coronavirus

Stop the presses: Calif. Gov. Newsom praises White House response to coronavirus

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have followed through on everything they said they would do when it comes to combating the coronavirus. Newsom, a liberal Democrat, had only recently called California the most “un-Trump” state in the country and said […]

‘Descent into hell’: Comey still hasn’t said who authorized FBI investigation of Trump campaign

‘Descent into hell’: Comey still hasn’t said who authorized FBI investigation of Trump campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 On March 20, 2017, then-FBI Director James Comey gave electrifying testimony before Congress, saying that the entire 2016 Trump campaign was facing investigation for “any links” to the Russian government. Comey did not disclose who in the Department of Justice authorized his March 20 declaration. He does not make […]

Putin reportedly backs ending Russia’s presidential term limits

Putin reportedly backs ending Russia’s presidential term limits

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 Vladimir Putin reportedly is backing a member of parliament’s call for an end to presidential term limits in Russia, which would essentially make him president for life. On March 10, Russian State Duma member Valentina Tereshkova, a prominent member of Putin’s United Russia Party, proposed that “Perhaps presidential term […]

‘It changes everything’: CBP touts benefits of new border wall system

‘It changes everything’: CBP touts benefits of new border wall system

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2020 Parts of the Trump administration’s new “wall system” at the U.S.-Mexico border are 90 percent “effective,” up from just 10 percent, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. “It changes everything,” CBP Chief Rodney Scott said of the 135 miles of new wall, roadways, and high-tech spyware. “There is […]

Surprise winner in NC primary achieved national standing with speech that went viral

Surprise winner in NC primary achieved national standing with speech that went viral

by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2020 A Second Amendment proponent whose 2018 gun rights speech went viral has won the Republican primary in the North Carolina lieutenant governor race. Mark Robinson, in the March 3 election, exceeded the 30 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff in the GOP primary. Democrats appeared headed to a […]