by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 A “shocked” Beijing is increasingly worried about how far U.S. President Donald Trump will go in his threat of a trade war, analysts say. Trump on July 10 threatened to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports totaling approximately $200 billion. The new tariffs would be on top of 25 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 The leadership in Teheran should not underestimate the Trump administration’s resolve to keep nuclear weapons out of the Iranian regime’s hands, an Israeli minister said. “The U.S. will be willing to use military pressure and even military action against Iran in the event that it returns to work to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump issued full pardons for two Oregon ranchers who the president said were serving “unjust” sentences due to an “overzealous appeal” filed by the Obama administration. Dwight Hammond, Jr., 76, and his son Steven Hammond, 49, were pardoned by Trump. “The Hammonds are multi-generation cattle ranchers […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 U.S. senators, Israeli officials and other critics of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are calling on the U.S. to halt the sale of up to 100 F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey. Lockheed Martin on June 21 announced the roll-out of Turkey’s first two F-35s in an official ceremony […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 Andrew Weissmann, who is prosecuting special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, provided information to the media which resulted in news stories which Manafort’s lawyer says “malign Manafort in the eyes of potential jurors.” In an April 2017 meeting with four Associated Press reporters […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2018 Thousands of so-called “Unaccompanied Alien Children” (UAC) processed during the Obama administration in 2014 included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers and human traffickers, according to documents released in a report. Judicial Watch announced on July 10 that it obtained documents via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request containing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 The United States on July 7 sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait in a move that follows a series of Chinese military drills around Taiwan that have stoked tensions between Beijing and Taipei. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the guided-missile destroyers USS Mustin and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2018 The dismissal of charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a family friend was “not in error,” a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro on July 3 rejected the prosecution’s request to reconsider her dismissal of the case. “The Court’s finding of outrageous […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 A stream of FBI memos being produced to House and Senate committees are increasingly connecting the “dots between expressions of political bias and official actions,” an investigative journalist wrote. “We already know from FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok’s now-infamous text messages with his fellow agent and reported lover, Lisa […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2018 “In an environment where we often hear about partisan rancor, nastiness and divisiveness in American society, it turns out that large majorities of Americans report that they are satisfied with their lives,” said Dr. Peter Francia, director of the ECU Center for Survey Research. In the survey conducted by […]
