USA Today fact-checks claim Obama administration failed to resupply depleted stockpiles

USA Today fact-checks claim Obama administration failed to resupply depleted stockpiles

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 Claims that the Obama administration used and did not replenish the nation’s emergency stockpile of medical supplies, including N95 masks, are true, according to a USA Today fact check. “There is no indication that the Obama administration took significant steps to replenish the supply of N95 masks in the […]

Voice of skepticism: Limbaugh troubled by reliance on ‘experts’, models

Voice of skepticism: Limbaugh troubled by reliance on ‘experts’, models

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 “Because the coronavirus is out there, got everybody paranoid, governments are eager, almost, to chalk up as many deaths to coronavirus as they can because then it furthers the policies they have put in place by virtue of their models,” radio host Rush Limbaugh said. During his March 30 […]

AOC: Coronavirus proves America is a ‘brutal, barbarian society’

AOC: Coronavirus proves America is a ‘brutal, barbarian society’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 For the “vast majority of working-class Americans,” the coronavirus outbreak has exposed the United States as a “brutal, barbarian society,” socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said. The New York Democrat also claimed that communities of color are being “disproportionately” affected by the virus and called for “reparations” in the next […]

Trump eviscerates Schumer over criticism of administration’s virus response

Trump eviscerates Schumer over criticism of administration’s virus response

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday accusing the president of “tardiness and inadequacy” in his coronavirus response. Trump fired back, telling Schumer: “If you spent less time on your ridiculous impeachment hoax, which went haplessly on forever and ended up […]

Trump slams fired intel watchdog Michael Atkinson as ‘a disgrace’

Trump slams fired intel watchdog Michael Atkinson as ‘a disgrace’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2020 President Donald Trump on April 4 fought back against critics of his firing of intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson, saying he had an “absolute right” to do so and that Atkinson was a “disgrace.” “I thought he did a terrible job — absolutely terrible,” Trump said. The president […]

China regime’s all-out propaganda offensive fails to halt imploding credibility

China regime’s all-out propaganda offensive fails to halt imploding credibility

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 Major cracks are forming in Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s urgent global narrative which aims to paint the communist regime as reliable partners — if not world saviors — rather than the totalitarian system responsible for the Wuhan coronavirus. China is losing credibility as its propaganda offensive fails […]

Pelosi defends prioritizing impeachment over virus threat

Pelosi defends prioritizing impeachment over virus threat

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an April 2 interview said she was aware of the coronavirus threat but defended prioritizing the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told radio host Hugh Hewitt that the first reports of the outbreak in China and the threat to […]

President Trump warns Iran will ‘pay a very heavy price’ for any Iraq attack

President Trump warns Iran will ‘pay a very heavy price’ for any Iraq attack

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 Iran would “pay a heavy price” for an attack on American troops or assets in Iraq, U.S. President Donald Trump warned. “Upon information and belief, Iran or its proxies are planning a sneak attack on U.S. troops and/or assets in Iraq,” Trump tweeted on April 1. “If this happens, […]

Holding China accountable: New potent campaign issue emerges

Holding China accountable: New potent campaign issue emerges

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2020 China’s initial cover-up of the coronavirus could become a key issue in U.S. elections this November. Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard noted in an Apirl 2 tweet: “47% of voters believe that China is primarily to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, 27% of voters think it’s at least somewhat […]