Judge rules evidence in rancher standoff should be concealed from public

Judge rules evidence in rancher standoff should be concealed from public

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2016 A federal judge has blocked lawyers for the 19 defendants in the Nevada rancher standoff case from publicly disclosing evidence. U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen said the media and the public do not have a “common law or First Amendment right” to access pretrial evidence obtained by the government. […]

White House, always prone to show its colors, rejects blue to honor police

White House, always prone to show its colors, rejects blue to honor police

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2016 The White House has during President Barack Obama’s time in office been illuminated in different colors to honor causes. It was pink for breast cancer awareness in 2013 and in 2015 was lit in the LGBT rainbow to support same-sex marriage. The people’s house, however, won’t be illuminated in […]

As Olympics approach, Brazilian jihadist group pledges allegiance to ISIL

As Olympics approach, Brazilian jihadist group pledges allegiance to ISIL

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2016 Amid an already tense security situation, and with the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro set to start in 17 days, Brazilian authorities faced a new terror threat after a jihadist group in the country pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The extremist monitoring group SITE […]

North Carolina governor says HB2 tweak restores state discrimination laws

North Carolina governor says HB2 tweak restores state discrimination laws

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2016 Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation on July 18 that modified the HB2 law to restore the right of employees in North Carolina to sue for discrimination in state court. “Today, we have restored the right to sue for discrimination in state courts, which I requested before this year’s legislative […]

ISIL seeks to recruit African Americans after Baton Rouge, Dallas attacks

ISIL seeks to recruit African Americans after Baton Rouge, Dallas attacks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2016 Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) aimed its propaganda machine at “the black community” in the United States after attacks on police in Baton Rouge and Dallas. Jihadists on pro-ISIL social media channels urged African Americans to “join their version of Islam to help wage war on the […]

Be all that you can be: Pentagon issues manual on how to change one’s sex at taxpayers’ expense

Be all that you can be: Pentagon issues manual on how to change one’s sex at taxpayers’ expense

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2016 In its never-ending quest to appease what its critics call politically correct social engineers, the Obama administration’s Pentagon has issued a new manual to its commanders. The directive provides guidelines on extended time off for troops wishing to change their sex. The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy […]

Socialist hell: 120,000 desperate Venezuelans cross into Colombia for food, medicine

Socialist hell: 120,000 desperate Venezuelans cross into Colombia for food, medicine

by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2016 Some 120,000 desperate Venezuelans poured into Colombia over the weekend to buy food and medicine that are in short supply in socialist Venezeula. Under the 21st century socialist, or “chavismo”, movement started by Hugo Chavez and continued by his hand-picked successor Nicolas Maduro, 70 percent of Venezuelans live in […]

Trump on Nice attack: ‘It’s out of control … and it’s only going to get worse’

Trump on Nice attack: ‘It’s out of control … and it’s only going to get worse’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 15, 2016 The United States is at war with radical Islam and unless it gets “strong leadership” and shores up its borders “it’s only going to get worse,” Donald Trump said. In the wake of the terror attack in Nice, France on July 14, the GOP presidential candidate told Fox News’ […]

Targeted in Target: Transgender arrested for taking photos of woman in fitting room

Targeted in Target: Transgender arrested for taking photos of woman in fitting room

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2016 A 43-year-old man who said he identifies as a woman was arrested after allegedly taking photos of a woman in an Idaho Target fitting room. Police said Sean Patrick Smith was dressed in women’s clothing when he entered the fitting room in the women’s section of the store in […]

Trump weighs in on Justice Ginsburg’s foray into partisan politics: A ‘disgrace to the court’

Trump weighs in on Justice Ginsburg’s foray into partisan politics: A ‘disgrace to the court’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2016 Donald Trump said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should think about leaving the bench, calling the ornery 83-year-old “a disgrace to the court” for her recent comments slamming the GOP presidential candidate. “I think it’s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a […]