Obama credited for renewed Russian aggression

Obama credited for renewed Russian aggression

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump, asked by the media on June 9 about Russia’s annexation of Crimea, referred them to the previous administration. “You have to ask President Obama because he let Crimea get away, that was during his administration,” Trump said at a press conference in Canada. “Crimea was […]

Master of mass communications picks up steam; Washington wilts

Master of mass communications picks up steam; Washington wilts

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 President Donald Trump “understands the overwhelming power of modern mass communications” and “gets what the media itself has forgotten about themselves,” former White House chief adviser Steve Bannon said. Bannon told The New York Times that Trump’s embrace of conflict is “how he won. This is how he governs, […]

Kim Jong-Un flies into Singapore on Xi Jinping’s Boeing 747

Kim Jong-Un flies into Singapore on Xi Jinping’s Boeing 747

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un arrived in Singapore amid tight security at 2:36 p.m. on June 10 – on an Air China Boeing 747. According to Flightradar24, an Air China plane arrived in Pyongyang at 6:20 a.m. on June 10 and departed for Beijing two hours later. “But the […]

Erdogan threat: Closing of Austria mosques may spark ‘war between the cross and crescent’

Erdogan threat: Closing of Austria mosques may spark ‘war between the cross and crescent’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Austria’s populist government for its decision to shutter seven mosques and expel dozens of Turkish-funded imams. “These measures taken by the Austrian prime minister are, I fear, leading the world towards a war between the cross and the crescent,” Erdogan said, according to […]

How an older male source helped jump-start a young Washington reporter’s career

How an older male source helped jump-start a young Washington reporter’s career

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 New York Times reporter Ali Watkins once tweeted her disapproval of a Washington, D.C.-based reporter having an affair with her source. That affair, between the evil Frank Underwood and reporter Zoe Barnes, occurred on the fictional television series “House of Cards”. “I wanted to be Zoe Barnes …. until […]

‘Rocket man tacos’? Summit is capitalist bonanza for Singapore’s food merchants

‘Rocket man tacos’? Summit is capitalist bonanza for Singapore’s food merchants

by WorldTribune Staff, June 10, 2018 Summit fever has hit Singapore’s eateries. Restaurants are cooking up summit-themed fare to capitalize on the historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on June 12. At Royal Plaza on Scotts, a five-star hotel restaurant, patrons can order the grilled Trump-Kim Burger, The […]

‘Our job is to protect the boss’: FBI releases emails on Lynch-Clinton tarmac meeting

‘Our job is to protect the boss’: FBI releases emails on Lynch-Clinton tarmac meeting

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2018 Emails from FBI agent Peter Strzok illustrate how the damage control mode worked at the FBI and Department of Justice after reports surfaced on then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s June 2016 tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton. Judicial Watch said it obtained the emails as part of a Freedom […]

DOJ misses Congressional deadline, sets private briefing during Trump-Kim summit

DOJ misses Congressional deadline, sets private briefing during Trump-Kim summit

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2018 The Department of Justice failed to deliver on a promise to turn over to Congress classified documents on the Trump-Russia investigation. The DOJ issued a press release around midnight saying it would miss the June 7 deadline. Instead, the DOJ said it will only meet with a group of […]

101 public utilities have cut rates following tax cuts

101 public utilities have cut rates following tax cuts

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2018 As air conditioning season kicks into gear, a large number of Americans will see relief from the heat in the form of lower electric bills. Following tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and passed by the Republican Congress, 101 public electric, gas and water utilities are lowering their […]

Imran Awan warned associates in Virginia their relatives in Pakistan would be targeted

Imran Awan warned associates in Virginia their relatives in Pakistan would be targeted

by WorldTribune Staff, June 8, 2018 One of the wives of former Democratic IT aide Imran Awan reported she was shot at soon after she told police Awan had kept her “like a slave,” a report said which again raised concerns about ties to powerful interests in Pakistan. Awan, an IT aide to Rep. Debbie […]