Even before joining Mueller team, Weissmann supplied Manafort data to reporters

Even before joining Mueller team, Weissmann supplied Manafort data to reporters

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 Andrew Weissmann, who is prosecuting special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, provided information to the media which resulted in news stories which Manafort’s lawyer says “malign Manafort in the eyes of potential jurors.” In an April 2017 meeting with four Associated Press reporters […]

‘Red unification’? North Korean films to be aired in South despite National Security Law

‘Red unification’? North Korean films to be aired in South despite National Security Law

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 South Korea has approved rare screenings of nine North Korean films during the upcoming Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) near Seoul. The cultural breakthrough is in the spirit of relaxed tensions following the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un, inheritor of the communist dynasty launched […]

Documents: Not all ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ processed under Obama were innocents

Documents: Not all ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ processed under Obama were innocents

by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 Thousands of so-called “Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) processed during the Obama administration in 2014 included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers and human traffickers, according to documents released in a report. Judicial Watch announced on July 10 that it obtained documents via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request containing […]

U.S. warships answer China with pass through Taiwan Strait

U.S. warships answer China with pass through Taiwan Strait

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 The United States on July 7 sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait in a move that follows a series of Chinese military drills around Taiwan that have stoked tensions between Beijing and Taipei. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the guided-missile destroyers USS Mustin and […]

Judge upholds dismissal of charges in Cliven Bundy case

Judge upholds dismissal of charges in Cliven Bundy case

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2018 The dismissal of charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a family friend was “not in error,” a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro on July 3 rejected the prosecution’s request to reconsider her dismissal of the case. “The Court’s finding of outrageous […]

Analysis: FBI memos show causal links between biased texts and anti-Trump action

Analysis: FBI memos show causal links between biased texts and anti-Trump action

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 A stream of FBI memos being produced to House and Senate committees are increasingly connecting the “dots between expressions of political bias and official actions,” an investigative journalist wrote. “We already know from FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok’s now-infamous text messages with his fellow agent and reported lover, Lisa […]

IRGC’s Salami vows fight from Lebanon against ‘poisoned dagger’ in ‘body of the Islamic ummah’

IRGC’s Salami vows fight from Lebanon against ‘poisoned dagger’ in ‘body of the Islamic ummah’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 Hizbullah has over 100,000 missiles “ready for launch,” said the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who vowed Iran would fight Israel from Lebanese soil. IRGC deputy chief Hossein Salami said the “problem” of the State of Israel’s existence could be solved primarily by using the […]

National survey: Americans, especially Trump supporters, are happy with their lives

National survey: Americans, especially Trump supporters, are happy with their lives

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 “In an environment where we often hear about partisan rancor, nastiness and divisiveness in American society, it turns out that large majorities of Americans report that they are satisfied with their lives,” said Dr. Peter Francia, director of the ECU Center for Survey Research. In the survey conducted by […]

Collusion: Nunes wants 42 officials from pro-Obama network to testify

Collusion: Nunes wants 42 officials from pro-Obama network to testify

by WorldTribune Staff, July 8, 2018 Rep. Devin Nunes is calling on a congressional task force to summon a group of Obama era officials, FBI agents and political activists to testify publicly about how they targeted the Donald Trump campaign in 2016. “If the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Judiciary Committee agree, their […]