Investigators: Clinton Foundation is no ‘charitable organization’ and operated as a foreign agent

Investigators: Clinton Foundation is no ‘charitable organization’ and operated as a foreign agent

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2018 The Clinton Foundation does not operate as a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation as required and is not entitled to non-profit status, forensic investigators told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Dec. 13. The foundation operates as a “family partnership,” John Moynihan and Lawerence W. Doyle, both graduates of the Catholic […]

NC governor vetoes voter ID law; GOP vows to override before year’s end

NC governor vetoes voter ID law; GOP vows to override before year’s end

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2018 North Carolina Republicans have vowed to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a state voter ID bill before the current legislative sessions ends and they lose their super-majority. A referendum calling for the state’s constitution to add an amendment requiring in-person voter photo ID was approved last month with […]

McSally, U.S. Air Force combat veteran, gets McCain’s Senate seat

McSally, U.S. Air Force combat veteran, gets McCain’s Senate seat

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2018 Rep. Martha McSally, who last month lost a close election for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, has been appointed to fill the seat of late Sen. John McCain. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced the appointment of McSally on Dec. 18. McSally will have to run to keep the […]

‘Dossier’ author states Clinton law firm hired him to challenge 2016 election results

‘Dossier’ author states Clinton law firm hired him to challenge 2016 election results

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2018 In response to a defamation lawsuit brought against him, anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele said the Perkins Coie law firm hired him to help Hillary Clinton challenge the results of the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile, the Yahoo News reporter who was among the first to break the news of […]

UNC faculty members, in letter to parents, support Silent Sam strike

UNC faculty members, in letter to parents, support Silent Sam strike

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2018 The University of North Carolina board of governors on Dec. 14 rejected a plan to house the Silent Sam Confederate statue in a proposed $5.3 million history center on the Chapel Hill campus. Citing concerns over public safety and the use of state funds for the project, the board […]

As Japan peace treaty talk picks up, Russian lawmakers want clarification on Kurile Islands

As Japan peace treaty talk picks up, Russian lawmakers want clarification on Kurile Islands

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian lawmakers have asked for an explanation following media reports quoting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Moscow could potentially hand over two islands in the disputed Southern Kuriles chain to Japan. Communist Party lawmaker Nikolai Kharitonov raised the issue on December 18, asking State […]

Trumped by his DOJ: Did Newsweek violate campaign laws by spiking its Monica story?

Trumped by his DOJ: Did Newsweek violate campaign laws by spiking its Monica story?

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2018 The U.S. Department of Justice is part of the Executive Branch which is under President Donald Trump. And yet that agency is at war with the president as is the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York City, columnist Ira Stoll observed in the New York […]

Trump’s Sunday news feed:  ‘Remember’, Cohen only became ‘Rat’ after FBI ‘BROKE INTO’ his office

Trump’s Sunday news feed:  ‘Remember’, Cohen only became ‘Rat’ after FBI ‘BROKE INTO’ his office

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 President Donald Trump bypassed the Sunday talk shows with a tweetstorm on Dec. 16 which covered “collusion,” FBI tactics in the Russia investigation and the case of a U.S. military major charged with murder. The president as usual focused on details omitted by “Mainstream Media” non-stop assaults on him […]

Two North Korean incursions in 5 days after Seoul agreed to relax security

Two North Korean incursions in 5 days after Seoul agreed to relax security

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 South Korea reportedly scrambled fighter jets after, on two occasions in one week, North Korean aircraft crossed the South’s tactical action line (TAL). South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo and television network Channel A reported on Dec. 13 that the South’s military took corresponding action after the North Korean helicopter was […]

Made in the shade: Federal workers reap outsized benefits and are hard to fire

Made in the shade: Federal workers reap outsized benefits and are hard to fire

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 U.S. government workers are paid more, get better perks and have more options for healthcare than the private sector. And, even the most incompetent of federal workers are nearly “impossible to fire,” according to an analysis by Reagan-era personnel director Donald J. Devine. “The current system is long overdue […]