Trump’s selection of ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis wins high praise from key security specialists

Trump’s selection of ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis wins high praise from key security specialists

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 The man apparently selected as President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary is seen as a consummate outsider who vehemently opposed President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis is “the closest thing to Gen. George Patton that we have,” Trump said. Michael Ledeen, a onetime consultant to […]

America rejects the ‘coastal elites’: Trump won 3,084 of 3,141 U.S. counties

America rejects the ‘coastal elites’: Trump won 3,084 of 3,141 U.S. counties

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 That the Democrats have become the party of coastal elites is now backed up by hard data from the Nov. 8 election. President-elect Donald Trump won 3,084 of the 3,141 counties in the United States. Hillary Clinton won just 52 coastal counties and five “county equivalent” cities stretching from […]

Recount drama in Durham, NC focuses on 94,000 votes that suddenly appeared late on election night

Recount drama in Durham, NC focuses on 94,000 votes that suddenly appeared late on election night

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Nov. 30 voted to conduct a partial recount of votes in Durham County, including the precinct where 94,000 ballots mysteriously turned up just before midnight on election night. The 3-2 vote by the State Board overturns Durham County’s earlier decision rejecting […]

New British carriers to join allied effort to secure air, sea routes in South China Sea

New British carriers to join allied effort to secure air, sea routes in South China Sea

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 British aircraft carriers will join freedom of navigation efforts in the South China Sea, the UK’s ambassador to the U.S. said on Dec. 1. “Certainly, as we bring our two new aircraft carriers onstream in 2020, and as we renew and update our defense forces, they will be seen […]

ISIL’s remotely-guided car bombs killed 1,959 last month, stalled Iraq advance on Mosul

ISIL’s remotely-guided car bombs killed 1,959 last month, stalled Iraq advance on Mosul

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 Iraq’s effort to liberate Mosul is being significantly slowed by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) use of remotely-guided car bombs. The terror group is sending out vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) “at the astounding rate of 14 per day” around Mosul, according to the Washington Post. “The group […]

70 percent of illegals admitted under Obama’s ‘minor refugee’ program are adults

70 percent of illegals admitted under Obama’s ‘minor refugee’ program are adults

by WorldTribune Staff, December 2, 2016 Some 70 percent of “minor refugees” allowed into the U.S. under a program President Barack Obama instituted via executive order were actually adults, a report said. The program, which has cost taxpayers $1 billion in 2016, was designed to help minor refugees from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras who […]

BuzzFeed targets famous TV ‘Fixer Upper’ couple for belonging to the wrong church

BuzzFeed targets famous TV ‘Fixer Upper’ couple for belonging to the wrong church

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 The “tolerant” Left is at it again. BuzzFeed is on a mission to take down the stars of an HGTV series because of their choice to attend Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas Chip and Joannes Gaines are the stars of “Fixer Upper” — the HGTV series that revolves […]

UN sanctions target N. Korea’s lucrative coal exports to China

UN sanctions target N. Korea’s lucrative coal exports to China

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 New UN sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program are squarely aimed at the North’s lucrative coal exports to China. Coal exports will be cut by about 60 percent under a strict new sales cap. Exports of copper, nickel, silver, zinc and the sale of statues will also […]

Rep. Mark Meadows: List of regulations Trump can eliminate on Day One has grown to 188

Rep. Mark Meadows: List of regulations Trump can eliminate on Day One has grown to 188

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 Conservatives in the House are ready to help President-elect Donald Trump drain the swamp by preparing a list of regulations Trump can eliminate starting on Jan. 20, 2017. Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, and other members of the House Freedom Caucus hope to submit a list of 200 […]

Franklin Graham compares Cuban regime to ideals preached by Democratic Party

Franklin Graham compares Cuban regime to ideals preached by Democratic Party

by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 Fidel Castro, who died on Nov. 25, was a brutal dictator who “drove the entire Cuban nation into complete poverty and oppression,” Franklin Graham said. “And to think that Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Keith Ellison and others wanted socialism as a model for our country […]