California hits activists with felony charges for documenting Planned Parenthood practices

California hits activists with felony charges for documenting Planned Parenthood practices

by WorldTribune Staff, March 29, 2017 California’s attorney general on March 28 announced felony charges against two pro-life activists who filmed themselves attempting to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, who made the videos for the Center for Medical Progress. Prosecutors […]

Report: China finalizing militarization of artificial islands

Report: China finalizing militarization of artificial islands

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 China is close to completing a major infrastructure project on several artificial islands that will enable it to deploy warplanes that would be able to operate over nearly the entire South China Sea, a Washington-based think tank said. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), part of Washington’s Center for […]

War: Democrat-run Sanctuary Cities defy post-Obama Justice Department

War: Democrat-run Sanctuary Cities defy post-Obama Justice Department

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 Officials in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York said they will maintain their status as Sanctuary Cities despite the Justice Department’s threat to withdraw federal funding. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on March 27 said local jurisdictions seeking Department of Justice grants must first demonstrate they are not sanctuary cities, […]

A 38-word Obamacare bill you can read right here, even before it passes

A 38-word Obamacare bill you can read right here, even before it passes

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 Congress doesn’t have to pass Rep. Mo Brooks’s bill to repeal Obamacare in order for the American people to first see what’s in it. The Alabama Republican, on the same day the House canceled a vote on “Ryancare,” filed a one-sentence repeal bill – the “Obamacare Repeal Act”, AL.com […]

Italy ponders paid ‘menstrual leave’

Italy ponders paid ‘menstrual leave’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 Italy’s parliament is considering a policy mandating that companies offer working women three days of paid “menstrual leave” per month. Italy, which has one of the world’s lowest rates of female participation in the workforce, would become the first Western country to enact such a law. South Korea has […]

Democrats behaving badly: Schumer loudly berates prominent Trump supporter at posh-restaurant

Democrats behaving badly: Schumer loudly berates prominent Trump supporter at posh-restaurant

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 The posh Upper East Side restaurant Sette Mezzo apparently is not just the place to be seen – but to cause a scene. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was at the Manhattan eatery on March 26, according to witnesses, when he confronted a well-connected supporter of President Donald Trump. […]

‘Dangerous talk’: Democrats cautioned for calling Russian cyber intrusions an ‘act of war’

‘Dangerous talk’: Democrats cautioned for calling Russian cyber intrusions an ‘act of war’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2017 Democrats, who just over four years ago mocked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s warning on Russia, are now pushing the narrative that Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election was an “act of war.” “I think this attack that we’ve experienced is a form of war, a form of war […]

Iraq military: ISIS bomb, not U.S. airstrike, killed 200 civilians in Mosul

Iraq military: ISIS bomb, not U.S. airstrike, killed 200 civilians in Mosul

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2017 A blast in Mosul in which 200 civilians were killed, which was attributed to a U.S. airstrike in some reports, was the result of an Islamic State (ISIS) bomb, Iraq’s military said. U.S. Central Command spokesman Col. John Thomas told The New York Times that the U.S. was investigating […]

Report: Mattis memo raises issue of U.S. navigation near fight with Houthis in Yemen

Report: Mattis memo raises issue of U.S. navigation near fight with Houthis in Yemen

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2017 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis favors lifting prohibitions put in place by former President Barack Obama on military support for Saudi-led coalition operations in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Mattis, in a memo earlier this month to National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, said that “limited support” for Yemen […]

Army may fire sergeant who warned in email about disclosure of classified information

Army may fire sergeant who warned in email about disclosure of classified information

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2017 An Army public affairs sergeant’s career is in jeopardy after he included information about a special operation unit’s role in the killing of Osama bin Laden in an unclassified email, a report said. “The irony in the narrative of Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch is that his motive was to […]