by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 Events that unfolded in the United States in 1968 were staggering, unprecedented, tragic – and real. America was on edge after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. There were riots in the streets of Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. There were widespread demonstrations against […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 A doctor who is being paid $250,000 a year to help those who served their country now can’t help them at all. Dr. Dale Klein, a highly-rated pain management specialist at the Southeast Missouri John J. Pershing Veterans Administration facility literally does nothing – punishment, he said, for being […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2017 In the wake of a flood of international criticism, Venezuela’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision stripping the National Assembly of all its powers. The court published two “clarifications” including one that said that the National Assembly will maintain its legislative functions, El Universal newspaper reported on April 1. On […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Venezuela’s Supreme Court on March 29 declared the opposition-run National Assembly to be invalid, seizing its powers and driving a country engulfed in chaos closer toward dictatorship. The ruling also gave socialist President Nicolas Maduro widespread powers, including the ability to authorize joint oil ventures without congressional approval. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 In a major policy shift from that of Barack Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 30 said the U.S. will no longer demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad step down as part of a negotiated solution to the Syrian crisis. The “longer-term status of President Assad […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 On the same day that Malaysia released the body of North Korean dicator Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother and top surviving rival, Kim Jong-Nam, South Korea announced the arrest of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. The dual news sensations were cause for celebration in Pyongyang. North Korea reached a deal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Senate Republicans needed Vice President Mike Pence to cast the tie-breaking vote on a bill that will allow states to withhold federal funds from Planned Parenthood. The legislation, which President Donald Trump has said he will sign, overturns an Obama administration rule that banned states from denying federal funds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 31, 2017 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on March 31 continued to press the harder line taken by the Trump administration on North Korea. “Right now, [North Korea] appears to be going in a very reckless manner … and that has got to be stopped,” Mattis said at a press conference in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2017 The United States has “not seen any improvement in Iran’s behavior” since the nuclear deal was signed and the Islamic Republic continues to pose the “most significant threat” in the Middle East, the top U.S. military commander in the region told Congress on March 29. U.S. Central Command leader […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 30, 2017 Rep. Trey Gowdy delivered a strong defense of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats demanded Nunes resign from the panel. Gowdy said in an interview with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum that Nunes hasn’t done anything wrong in his efforts to […]
