Iowa state universities may be hit with ‘Suck it up buttercup’ bill

Iowa state universities may be hit with ‘Suck it up buttercup’ bill

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 To all delicate snowflakes on public college campuses who need a safe space or a pony to pet to contemplate the reality known now as President Donald Trump, an Iowa lawmaker has a message: “Suck it up, buttercup.” Republican state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann says he will introduce a “suck […]

‘Mad Dog’ Mattis makes his entrance

‘Mad Dog’ Mattis makes his entrance

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 The Pentagon during the Trump administration will be “devoted to gaining full value from every taxpayer dollar spent on defense,” Secretary of Defense Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis said on Jan. 20. Mattis sent a letter to Department of Defense employees almost immediately after being sworn in. “It’s good […]

CNN analyst: Women’s march ‘wasn’t about women’

CNN analyst: Women’s march ‘wasn’t about women’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 The Women’s March on Washington really wasn’t about women at all, a CNN analyst said. “It’s not about women, it’s about liberalism,” Bakari Sellers said of the Jan. 21 march. Sellers and Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance had been arguing about the inclusiveness of the march when […]

Israel okays new homes in east Jerusalem: ‘Rules of the game have changed with Trump’

Israel okays new homes in east Jerusalem: ‘Rules of the game have changed with Trump’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2017 Israeli officials have approved hundreds of new settler homes, the construction of which were postponed until after U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Building permits for 566 settler homes in east Jerusalem were approved on Jan. 22. “The rules of the game have changed with Donald Trump’s arrival as president,” […]

Obama leaves U.S. $9.3 trillion deeper in debt

Obama leaves U.S. $9.3 trillion deeper in debt

by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2017 The United States is $9.3 trillion deeper in debt after the presidency of Barack Obama, according to data released on Jan. 19 by the U.S. Treasury. The increased debt incurred under Obama equals approximately $75,129 for every person in the United States who had a full-time job in December. […]

Trump inaugural ceremonies features 26 religious leaders, multiple prayers

Trump inaugural ceremonies features 26 religious leaders, multiple prayers

by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2017 The inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States will feature 26 religious leaders and a record six prayers as part of the ceremonies. Trump was to be sworn in using both his own Bible, a gift from his mother, and the Bible used to swear […]

Iran deal negotiator on Trump vow: ‘We will have our options’

Iran deal negotiator on Trump vow: ‘We will have our options’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2017 Iran is “not worried at all” that the U.S.’s new president will follow through on his vow to “rip up” the nuclear deal. “We are not going to be wary of what Trump does and we will have our options,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Jan. […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards stand to reap huge economic rewards for helping Syria’s Assad

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards stand to reap huge economic rewards for helping Syria’s Assad

by WorldTribune Staff, January 20, 2017 Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) stands to profit greatly for helping Syrian President Bashar Assad take back most of his country from rebel forces. It what an opposition group called the “looting of the Syrian people,” the IRGC is expected to reap huge financial benefits from the […]

Here comes the ax: Congress and even Trump’s cabinet have yet to learn of planned cuts

Here comes the ax: Congress and even Trump’s cabinet have yet to learn of planned cuts

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2017 The ax cometh, as WorldTribune correspondents report Washington, D.C. is like an armed camp. The security measures are in preparation for both an inauguration and a power struggle  on a scale the capital of the Free World has never seen. Congress and even President-elect Donald Trump’s own cabinet are […]

Give him a chance? No! Trump-haters plot virulent ‘resistance’ movement

Give him a chance? No! Trump-haters plot virulent ‘resistance’ movement

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2017 Agitators, rabble-rousers and assorted celebrities on the Left are organizing an unprecedented “resistance” movement against Donald Trump’s presidency. “When he takes office Jan. 20, Mr. Trump will be facing some of the most virulent opposition ever to confront a new president,” Janet Hook wrote for The Wall Street Journal […]