Meanwhile, in N.Y., ‘El Chapo’ faces a 17-count indictment . . . and a bill for the wall?

Meanwhile, in N.Y., ‘El Chapo’ faces a 17-count indictment . . . and a bill for the wall?

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 While a bitter dispute simmers over how Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall will be funded, court documents in the 17-count U.S.  indictment against Joaquin Guzman reveal “El Chapo” as a larger-than-life figure with assets that could fund the multi-billion dollar project. The brutal druglord carried a gold-plated AK-47, maintained […]

‘100 percent dead wrong’: Bannon prescribes humility for ‘humiliated’ media

‘100 percent dead wrong’: Bannon prescribes humility for ‘humiliated’ media

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 The elite media “should be embarrassed and humiliated” after its behavior during the presidential campaign and now should “keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said. “You’re the opposition party,” Bannon said during a Jan. 26 interview with The New […]

Egypt’s Sisi eyes legislation to reduce skyrocketing divorce rate

Egypt’s Sisi eyes legislation to reduce skyrocketing divorce rate

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi is pushing for legislation to change the way divorce is handled in the most populous Arab nation. In a televised address marking Police Day on Jan. 24, Sisi suggested the adoption of ground-breaking legislation to prohibit divorces verbally declared by Muslim men to their […]

Former Cruz chief of staff to head Trump’s conservative congressional liaison

Former Cruz chief of staff to head Trump’s conservative congressional liaison

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 The former chief of staff to President Donald Trump’s top rival in the 2016 primaries has been tapped as the White House’s new liaison to House conservatives. Paul Teller, who served as Sen. Ted Cruz’s chief of staff from early 2014 to July 2016, is expected to head congressional conservative […]

Report estimates 6.4 percent of illegal aliens voted with 834,381 votes going to Clinton

Report estimates 6.4 percent of illegal aliens voted with 834,381 votes going to Clinton

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 More than 800,000 votes cast by illegal aliens went to Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election, according to a report. While far short of President Donald Trump’s estimate of up to 5 million illegal voters, the study by Old Dominion University political scientist Jesse Richman nonetheless supports Trump’s […]

Palestinians claim they have already gotten Obama’s farewell gift

Palestinians claim they have already gotten Obama’s farewell gift

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 The Palestinian Authority (PA) says it has received $221 million in aid from the U.S. authorized by Barack Obama in the last hours of his presidency despite the Trump administration’s claim that it had frozen the transfer of the funds. “We have already received the last sum assigned by […]

Hillary said planning TV talk show as springboard to 2020 run

Hillary said planning TV talk show as springboard to 2020 run

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2017 Hillary Clinton is laying the groundwork for a 2020 presidential campaign, seeking to stay relevant by possibly hosting her own TV talk show, sources say. “She thinks being the host of a popular TV show would energize the Democratic Party base and her tens of millions of fans,” a […]

Trump weighs executive order that would slash UN funding

Trump weighs executive order that would slash UN funding

by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 Among his flurry of week one executive orders, President Donald Trump is considering one that would drastically cut U.S. funding to the United Nations and other international organizations. A draft order titled “Auditing and Reducing U.S. Funding of International Organizations” calls for slashing funding to any UN agency or […]

Key Democrats missed women’s march to brainstorm with this guy

Key Democrats missed women’s march to brainstorm with this guy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 Missing among the some 500,000 in attendance during the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 were a number of key Democrats. Those leaders of a battered party that is clearly looking for direction, including all but one of the candidates seeking to head the Democratic National Committee, were […]

Trump freezes Obama’s last-minute $221 million gift to Palestinians

Trump freezes Obama’s last-minute $221 million gift to Palestinians

by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2017 A payment of $221 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) that was authorized in the final hours of Barack Obama’s presidency has been frozen by the Trump administration. U.S. officials informed PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Jan. 24 that the funds were not expected to be handed over […]