U.S. Marines step up on-ground target development near Mosul

U.S. Marines step up on-ground target development near Mosul

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 U.S. Marines on the ground in Iraq are increasing efforts to gather intelligence on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) fighters and equipment to assist Iraqi forces in an operation to retake Mosul by year’s end. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command is providing […]

Analyst: Iran ‘pushing the envelope on nuclear deal’, while Obama administration acts as regime’s lawyers

Analyst: Iran ‘pushing the envelope on nuclear deal’, while Obama administration acts as regime’s lawyers

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The Obama administration is not only letting Iran “push the envelope” but appears to be acting as the Islamic Republic’s “lawyers” when it comes to enforcement of last summer’s nuclear deal, an Israeli analyst said. “Iran is continuing to push the envelope, trying to get as much as it […]

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

Phyllis Schlafly’s final column: ‘Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 6, 2016 The following is Phyllis Schlafly’s final column. The conservative icon passed away on Sept. 5 at age 92. Donald Trump’s surprise visit to Mexico, where he met the Mexican president and discussed the many contentious issues between our two countries, reminds me of President Reagan’s important trip to Geneva […]

Eight years later, Hillary Clinton changes her tune on Christianity, same-sex marriage

Eight years later, Hillary Clinton changes her tune on Christianity, same-sex marriage

by WorldTribune Staff, September 5, 2016 Hillary Clinton, who often and proudly spoke of her Methodist roots during her 2008 campaign, has little use for faith in 2016 – unless she’s trying to make political gain in heavily-Christian areas or in speeches at black churches. Since her defeat in 2008, Clinton has also abandoned traditional […]

‘The people’ turn on Venezuela’s president, chase him through the streets

‘The people’ turn on Venezuela’s president, chase him through the streets

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 Fed up with what socialism has wrought in their country, angry Venezuelans on Sept. 3 chased President Nicolas Maduro through the streets during what was supposed to be a routine political event. Maduro had traveled to Margarita Island off Venezuela’s northern coast to inaugurate a number of new public […]

‘Straight-up snub’: China rolled out red carpets for other G20 leaders, but not Obama

‘Straight-up snub’: China rolled out red carpets for other G20 leaders, but not Obama

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 China’s lack of a “red carpet” welcome to U.S. President Barack Obama when he arrived for the G20 summit was seen by some as a “deliberate snub.” While other leaders arriving in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou got the full diplomatic red carpet treatment, Obama used a smaller, […]

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Both Trump and Peña Nieto get the core value of the U.S.-Mexico political equation

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders President Enrique Peña Nieto’s invitation to the two U.S. candidates for president is one more instance of the growing role of Mexico in domestic American politics. There was a time, now long ago politically, when Mexican politicians preferred to ignore what they considered an embarrassment of the Mexican […]

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

Soros foundation sought to influence negotiations for Internet regulation

by WorldTribune Staff, September 4, 2016 An organization funded by George Soros, a proponent of net neutrality, attempted to buy its way into negotiations that would impact Internet regulation, a leaked document shows. With net regulation as its main concern, the leftist billionaire’s Open Society Foundations funneled $66,290 to a nonprofit with the goal of […]

Obama spokesman hasn’t read it but denies report of secret U.S.-Iran deal on uranium limits

Obama spokesman hasn’t read it but denies report of secret U.S.-Iran deal on uranium limits

by WorldTribune Staff, September 2, 2016 White House spokesman Josh Earnest dismissed a report that the United States and world powers quietly agreed Iran could ignore restrictions on its uranium stockpile. The Institute for Science and International Security said the U.S. and its negotiating partners in last summer’s nuclear deal secretly agreed to allow Iran […]

New civil war over . . . bathrooms: Texas and a dozen states back North Carolina

New civil war over . . . bathrooms: Texas and a dozen states back North Carolina

by WorldTribune Staff, September 2, 2016 Texas is among 13 states defending North Carolina’s law that determined people must use public restrooms based on their birth gender. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and attorney generals from Arkansas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, West Virginia, Utah and the governors of Kentucky and Mississippi filed […]