Rasmussen founder: ‘Politics has failed: America will not’

Rasmussen founder: ‘Politics has failed: America will not’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Scott Rasmussen, the founder of Rasmussen Reports and co-founder of ESPN, says that he has lost faith in the political process – but not in the United States and its citizens. “America’s best days are still to come,” Rasmussen told an audience of students at The King’s College in […]

How affordable is the Affordable Care Act? Only one insurer remains in North Carolina

How affordable is the Affordable Care Act? Only one insurer remains in North Carolina

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 Just one health insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, remains in North Carolina. And its rates are rising by about 25 percent. “In no other state will as many people find such limited choice. But what is happening to North Carolinians epitomizes a national checkerboard of ACA haves and have-nots,” […]

Turkish-backed rebels advance on symbolic ISIL Syrian town of Dabiq

Turkish-backed rebels advance on symbolic ISIL Syrian town of Dabiq

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2016 Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish planes and tanks, launched an offensive on Oct. 15 to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of Dabiq. The town has little military value but holds symbolic importance for ISIL because of a Sunni prophecy that states it will be the […]

Obama-Clinton takes ties with Moscow from ‘reset’ to the brink of cyber war

Obama-Clinton takes ties with Moscow from ‘reset’ to the brink of cyber war

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 U.S.-Russia relations have deteriorated rapidly in recent days, with President Barack Obama vowing to launch a cyber war against Moscow for its alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election. Democrats hit the warpath after accusing Russia of hacking the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary […]

Network news gave 23 times more coverage to Trump sex allegations than to new WikiLeaks Clinton emails

Network news gave 23 times more coverage to Trump sex allegations than to new WikiLeaks Clinton emails

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Network news broadcasts, watched by an average of 22 to 24 million Americans each night, devoted less than a minute of coverage to the latest WikiLeaks revelations on Oct. 13 compared to 23 minutes on the unsubstantiated allegations of unwanted sexual advances lodged by four women against GOP candidate […]

Palestinian Authority applauds anti-Israel UNESCO resolution

Palestinian Authority applauds anti-Israel UNESCO resolution

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 The U.S. should re-examine its backing of Israel after a UN agency denied any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said. UNESCO’s resolution maintains that the Western Wall and Temple Mount will be referred to by their Arabic names and […]

Reporter who broke Monica Lewinsky story: NBC edited Juanita Broaddrick interview to spare Hillary

Reporter who broke Monica Lewinsky story: NBC edited Juanita Broaddrick interview to spare Hillary

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 NBC should release in full its initial interview with Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick, journalist Michael Issikoff said. Isikoff, the reporter who broke the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair, said in an Oct. 13 discussion on sidewire.com that NBC should release the tape of an interview […]

Clinical psychologist advises America on how to remain sane during crazy campaign

Clinical psychologist advises America on how to remain sane during crazy campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has widened what has become huge divide in the country, and even in some households. The escalating tension is even driving some American voters away from normal pastimes like watching NFL games and from there, around the bend. More than half of Americans say […]

TV coverage in North Carolina of rallies by candidates, Graham called ‘selective’

TV coverage in North Carolina of rallies by candidates, Graham called ‘selective’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Donald Trump is packing huge arenas with tens of thousands of supporters on a daily basis while Hillary Clinton plays to much smaller audiences. Media consumers limited to major outlets would never be aware of this huge discrepancy in attendance, online critics have pointed out. The same is even […]

Egypt launches retaliatory airstrikes on ISIL in Sinai

Egypt launches retaliatory airstrikes on ISIL in Sinai

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2016 Egypt launched airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Sinai on Oct. 15, one day after ISIL jihadists killed 12 Egyptian security personnel. “A targeted airstrike, which lasted for three hours, resulted in the destruction of the areas … that harbored terrorists, as well as […]