Memo revoking Pentagon official’s clearance over Halper contracts was 100 percent redacted

Memo revoking Pentagon official’s clearance over Halper contracts was 100 percent redacted

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2018 An attorney who has handled hundreds of security clearance cases said the case of Adam Lovinger is like nothing he has seen before. Lovinger, a Trump-supporting defense analyst at the Pentagon, had his top-secret security clearance revoked after he complained internally about the awards of questionable outside research contracts to […]

Atlanta school reinstates pledge after parents object to new oath to ‘global society’

Atlanta school reinstates pledge after parents object to new oath to ‘global society’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2018 A charter school in Atlanta will return to having the Pledge of Allegiance after parents voiced their outrage over a new oath proposed by the principal that would have hailed, among other things, “our global society.” Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School Principal Lara Zelski had decided that students would no […]

China’s Xi Jinping to religious party members: Shape up or ship out

China’s Xi Jinping to religious party members: Shape up or ship out

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2018 Any governing members of the Chinese Communist Party who continue to hold religious beliefs will be asked to leave the party under a new directive from supreme leader Xi Jinping. Xi has issued a fresh set of disciplinary rules for the party, Reuters reported on Aug. 27. “Party members […]

‘Respect’: Post-tournament interview with Tiger Woods turns political

‘Respect’: Post-tournament interview with Tiger Woods turns political

by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2018 What happens when the New York Times tries to work golf into its world view? Legendary golfer Tiger Woods, after completing his final round at The Northern Trust tournament in New Jersey on Aug. 26, was asked by a reporter from the Times about race relations and his relationship […]

Report: FBI checked less than half a percent of emails on Weiner laptop

Report: FBI checked less than half a percent of emails on Weiner laptop

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 The FBI examined just 3,077 of the 694,000 emails found on a laptop belonging to Anthony Weiner which was used by his wife Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, a report said. Despite then-FBI Director James Comey’s insistence that the agency had “reviewed all of the communications” […]

Iran crisis: Parliament answers protests by firing economics minister

Iran crisis: Parliament answers protests by firing economics minister

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 Iran has sacked its economics minister amid a sharply declining economy and widespread anti-government protests following a dramatic policy shift by the United States government. Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian was removed from office by Iran’s parliament. Iranian media said 137 lawmakers voted to remove the […]

‘No appreciation or respect’: Trump cuts $200 million in aid to Palestinians

‘No appreciation or respect’: Trump cuts $200 million in aid to Palestinians

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the slashing of $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA), the State Department said on Aug. 24. The announcement came after a review examining U.S. aid to the PA was ordered, with the Trump administration saying it sought to ensure any funds sent to […]

Public education alert: Fifth-grader punished by teacher for calling her ‘ma’am’

Public education alert: Fifth-grader punished by teacher for calling her ‘ma’am’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 A 10-year-old North Carolina student was punished after what his parents said was a respectful gesture toward his teacher – he referred to her as “ma’am.” Parents Teretha Wilson and McArthur Bryant said their 10-year-old son, Tamarion, was punished by his fifth-grade teacher at North East Carolina Preparatory School in Tarboro […]

Matt Drudge’s speech at the National Press Club 20 summers ago: ‘Let the future begin’

Matt Drudge’s speech at the National Press Club 20 summers ago: ‘Let the future begin’

Special to WorldTribune, June 2, 2018 Following is the text of Matt Drudge’s speech at the National Press Club on June 2, 1998, months after he published a story about Monica Lewinski in the White House that had been spiked by Newsweek. Now DrudgeReport.com logs more real-time online traffic than any traditional American newspaper. “Applause […]

Leader of Afghan ISIS affiliate killed in U.S. drone strike

Leader of Afghan ISIS affiliate killed in U.S. drone strike

by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2018 The leader of Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) was killed by an American drone strike, U.S. officials said on Aug. 26. ISIS-K leader Abu Sayeed Orakzai was targeted in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, near the border with Pakistan, the deputy spokesperson for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced, according to U.S. Forces-Afghanistan spokesman […]