Law firm hired by NC Board of Elections has ties to Democratic candidate

Law firm hired by NC Board of Elections has ties to Democratic candidate

by WorldTribune Staff, November 30, 2016 The law firm hired to defend the North Carolina Board of Elections in the current gubernatorial recount has solid ties to Democratic candidate Roy Cooper, a report said. Cooper earlier this month had announced that two members of the Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard law firm would be […]

More tension in the Persian Gulf as Iran gunboat takes aim at U.S. helicopter

More tension in the Persian Gulf as Iran gunboat takes aim at U.S. helicopter

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 An Iranian gunboat pointed its loaded machine gun at a U.S. Navy helicopter flying over the Gulf of Hormuz on Nov. 25, U.S. defense officials said. In the latest of a series of incidents between Iranian and American forces in and around the Persian Gulf, the officials told Fox […]

Election disaster for Democrats called political opportunity for Obama

Election disaster for Democrats called political opportunity for Obama

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 As his days of being commander-in-chief wind down, President Barack Obama plans to become “organizer-in-chief.” Obama already has an organization in place to advocate for his agenda after he leaves office. It is called Organizing for Action (OFA). “The infrastructure for the organization was put into place long before […]

Memorandum for the President-elect: You are the future, leave Mitt Romney in the past

Memorandum for the President-elect: You are the future, leave Mitt Romney in the past

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner President-Elect Donald Trump may be about to make a big mistake — the first one of his presidential transition. And the damage could be enormous. As a staunch Trump supporter and America First nationalist, I am urging that he not pick — under any circumstances — Mitt Romney to […]

Stein’s recount effort garners 12 times more coverage from elite media than her presidential campaign

Stein’s recount effort garners 12 times more coverage from elite media than her presidential campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein received less than 1 percent of the vote on Nov. 8 and got only 36 seconds combined of coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC for the entire campaign. The same networks who ignored her third party presidential bid, however, can’t get enough of […]

Jill Stein has raised more money for recount than for her entire campaign

Jill Stein has raised more money for recount than for her entire campaign

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has a steep mountain to climb before a recount can take place in Pennsylvania, which Donald Trump won by more than 70,000 votes. Stein can’t simply file a direct request for a recount in Pennsylvania as she did in Wisconsin. According to Pennsylvania […]

Columnist: Elite media plot social media censorship algorithms against ‘fake news’ of the right kind

Columnist: Elite media plot social media censorship algorithms against ‘fake news’ of the right kind

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The New York Times is at the forefront of a movement to create algorithms to eliminate what it says is “fake news” from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google. “The elite media and their allies are creating a censorship regime to ban legitimate conservative news” from those platforms, […]

N.C. Gov. McCrory focuses vote count challenge on county with long history of irregularities

N.C. Gov. McCrory focuses vote count challenge on county with long history of irregularities

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The campaign of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is focusing its recount challenge on Durham County and possible “malfeasance” regarding 94,000 ballots reported by the county’s board of elections just before midnight on Election Day. “If a Durham recount provides the same results as earlier posted, the McCrory Committee […]

‘Sanctuary California’ could be bankrupted were Trump to block federal funding

‘Sanctuary California’ could be bankrupted were Trump to block federal funding

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 As the nation’s largest recipient of federal funds, “Sanctuary California” could face bankruptcy if President-elect Donald Trump pulls billions in federal funding over the state’s refusal to comply with immigration laws. The federal government provided 37 percent ($93.6 billion) of California’s $252.5 billion in total estimated government spending for […]

Japan weighs THAAD missile shield as North Korean WMD threat grows

Japan weighs THAAD missile shield as North Korean WMD threat grows

by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Japan is considering following South Korea’s lead in deploying the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. The move comes amid a heightened threat from North Korea, which has conducted more than 20 ballistic missile tests this year and has made steady progress in its quest to […]