‘Crime of the century’: Obama gambled that large-scale illegal surveillance would justify itself

‘Crime of the century’: Obama gambled that large-scale illegal surveillance would justify itself

by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 In casting its wide surveillance dragnet on team Trump, the Obama administration gambled that if it spied on enough “people long enough … something was bound to turn up,” an analyst said. “Desperate Obama cronies had figured out that they could bypass many of the limitations on the conventional […]

Turkey, Iran, Iraq warn of ‘countermeasures’ if Kurdish independence vote goes ahead

Turkey, Iran, Iraq warn of ‘countermeasures’ if Kurdish independence vote goes ahead

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Turkey, Iran, and Iraq have threatened unspecified “countermeasures” if Iraq’s Kurdish leaders go ahead with a planned referendum on independence. The three countries’ foreign ministers met on September 20 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, ahead of the nonbinding referendum scheduled […]

Confronting Elizabeth Warren: The question she fears most

Confronting Elizabeth Warren: The question she fears most

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Is Sen. Elizabeth Warren a hypocrite? That’s the question I recently posed to the liberal Democrat outside of the WRKO studio. Her response was telling: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In other words, I touched a very raw nerve. First, let me explain about the confrontation that […]

Tillerson: Trump sees same flaws in Iran nuclear deal of N. Korean agreements

Tillerson: Trump sees same flaws in Iran nuclear deal of N. Korean agreements

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump “wants to redo” the Iran nuclear deal, assessing that the same “kick the can down the road” mistakes governments made with North Korea were made in negotiating the Iran deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sept. 19. “I think we’re all well familiar […]

Hungary to hold ‘national consultation’ on ‘public enemy’ Soros

Hungary to hold ‘national consultation’ on ‘public enemy’ Soros

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Officials in Hungary said the country would hold a “national consultation” to investigate public views on leftist billionaire George Soros. The so-called “Soros plan” includes Europe accepting a million migrants per year and the demolition of Hungary’s hugely successful anti-migrant border fence, Lajos Kosa, a top official in the […]

Egypt’s Sisi salutes ’more than 40 years’ of peace with Israel, calls on Palestinians to ‘overcome differences’

Egypt’s Sisi salutes ’more than 40 years’ of peace with Israel, calls on Palestinians to ‘overcome differences’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Egypt’s more than 40 years of peace with Israel can be repeated in the Palestinian territories if Palestinian Arabs are willing to overcome their differences with Israelis and one another, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said in an address to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 19. Addressing Israelis, […]

Susan Rice admits unmasking Trump aides Flynn, Bannon, Kushner

Susan Rice admits unmasking Trump aides Flynn, Bannon, Kushner

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice told a congressional committee last week that she asked intelligence agencies to unmask the names of three Trump advisers, according to news reports. Rice had previously denied any role in politicizing intelligence information she had access to despite reports to the contrary. […]

Trump at UN: ‘ If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph’

Trump at UN: ‘ If the righteous many do not confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph’

Special to WorldTribune.com Following is the text of President Donald Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly today, Sept. 19. Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, world leaders, and distinguished delegates, welcome to New York. It is a profound honor to stand here in my home city as a representative of the American people to address […]

Gorka: Nothing ‘hidden’ about the Deep State, it was ‘overt … in our faces’

Gorka: Nothing ‘hidden’ about the Deep State, it was ‘overt … in our faces’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2017 The sheer number of serious national security leaks in the Trump White House thus far is a shocking “seven times” the average number of leaks in previous administration, said Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump. In a Sept. 15 Judicial Watch panel discussion, “Exposing the Deep […]

Trump at UN slams rogue states: ‘Rocket man’ on suicide mission, Iran deal an ‘embarrassment’

Trump at UN slams rogue states: ‘Rocket man’ on suicide mission, Iran deal an ‘embarrassment’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2017 In his first address to the UN General Assembly, President Donald Trump on Sept. 19 said the U.S. will “forever be a great friend to the world” but that he will “defend America’s interests above all else.” During his 40-minute address, Trump had tough words for North Korea and […]