Dissent in NC county board prayer case: Only ‘generic prayer to a generic god’ allowed

Dissent in NC county board prayer case: Only ‘generic prayer to a generic god’ allowed

by WorldTribune Staff, July 16, 2017 A North Carolina county violated the U.S. Constitution by allowing elected officials to open meetings with a Christian prayer, a federal appeals court said in a divided ruling last week. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, in a 10-5 decision on July 14, overturned a ruling by […]

U.S. commander warns: ‘ISIS 2.0’ lurks

U.S. commander warns: ‘ISIS 2.0’ lurks

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2017 The commander of U.S. troops in Iraq is cautioning against being overly optimistic following the defeat of Islamic State (ISIS) in Mosul. Iraq’s government has much work to do if it is to ensure “ISIS 2.0” doesn’t arise in Mosul and elsewhere in the country, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend […]

Up close and personal: Moguls mingle in Sun Valley because … well, that’s a secret

Up close and personal: Moguls mingle in Sun Valley because … well, that’s a secret

by WorldTribune Staff, July 14, 2017 Honchos from the worlds of technology, media and politics are hobnobbing at a ritzy resort in Sun Valley, Idaho this week at an annual invitation-only event hosted by the Allen & Co. investment bank. What they are talking about is privileged, as most would consider appropriate for those benefiting […]

Editorial: Comey leaks violated FBI rules, federal secrecy laws

Editorial: Comey leaks violated FBI rules, federal secrecy laws

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2017 Former FBI Director James Comey let Hillary Clinton off the hook for her “egregious security breaches” last summer but he appears to “be guilty of the same thing,” Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) said in a July 10 editorial. “Let’s be very clear here: What Comey did is against FBI […]

New AP Stylebook tells journalists not to use: ‘Pro-Life,’ ‘Refugee,’ ‘Terrorist’

New AP Stylebook tells journalists not to use: ‘Pro-Life,’ ‘Refugee,’ ‘Terrorist’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 The Associated Press, in the 2017 edition of its Stylebook, instructs journalists to avoid using words such as “pro-life,” “refugee,” “Islamist,” and “terrorist.” Rachel Alexander, an opinion contributor for The Hill, said on “Fox & Friends” on July 11 that the AP is attempting to sanitize conservative words and […]

Senators call on Tillerson to declare Iran non-compliant with nuke deal

Senators call on Tillerson to declare Iran non-compliant with nuke deal

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson must halt the Obama-era policy of “offering sheepish and faint-hearted certifications” of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal it signed with world powers, four Republican senators said in a letter to Tillerson on July 11. Declaring Iran non-compliant with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]

Report: Democrats colluded with Russians to defeat Trump, damage his administration

Report: Democrats colluded with Russians to defeat Trump, damage his administration

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 While the major media continues to hunt for the tiniest scrap of evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, Democrats openly tried to derail Donald Trump’s campaign and, when that proved unsuccessful, his agenda as president, using a phony dossier whose author got his disinformation from – Russia. Democrats have widely circulated […]

U.S., Japan and India take part in joint naval drills seen as signal to China

U.S., Japan and India take part in joint naval drills seen as signal to China

by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 The U.S., Japanese and Indian navies have each dispatched aircraft carriers to the Bay of Bengal to take part in an exercise which analysts say is aimed at checking China’s increased presence in the region. The USS Nimitz of the U.S. Navy, INS Vikramaditya of the Indian Navy and […]

Politico judges Sen. Rubio for tweeting ‘Republican’ parts of the Bible

Politico judges Sen. Rubio for tweeting ‘Republican’ parts of the Bible

by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2017 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. – Proverbs 1:7 Historians believe Proverbs was written somewhere between 1000 and 200 B.C. According to Politico, the Bible’s authors were prophetic since it was apparently written with the U.S. Republican Party in […]

Report: DNC files were copied, not hacked, 5 days before murder of Seth Rich

Report: DNC files were copied, not hacked, 5 days before murder of Seth Rich

by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2017 A report by an IT specialist gives detailed information on how Democratic National Committee (DNC) files that were given to WikiLeaks were copied locally, contradicting the narrative that the DNC was hacked by Russia. The leaked DNC emails detailed efforts by the committee to rig the Democratic primary in […]