True grit: Republicans on the Hill lack the president’s fighting spirit

True grit: Republicans on the Hill lack the president’s fighting spirit

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2017 Where are the Republicans in Congress with backbone and the partisan fervor that is in such ample supply on “the other side of the aisle”? Even before the early morning vote today on Obamacare, President Donald Trump lamented: “It’s very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried […]

Team Obama made ‘hundreds’ of unmasking requests in 2016, House Intelligence chairman says

Team Obama made ‘hundreds’ of unmasking requests in 2016, House Intelligence chairman says

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2017 During President Barack Obama’s last year in office, his aides made hundreds of requests to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said. The requests during an election year, which included Trump transition team officials, were made without specific justifications on […]

Arrest of Imran Awan may force the DNC to change its narrative yet again

Arrest of Imran Awan may force the DNC to change its narrative yet again

by WorldTribune Staff, July 28, 2017 The IT administrator to Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was arrested earlier this week while trying to leave the country, had access to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails that were given to WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign, a report said. Former interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile initially […]

Vise tightens on North Korea crisis as Americans focus elsewhere

Vise tightens on North Korea crisis as Americans focus elsewhere

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON — Americans are so fixated on the issues of healthcare and Russia that tightening sanctions on North Korea almost escapes notice. One minute the networks are vying with one another on what passes as “analysis” on President Trump’s efforts to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare, and the next they’re […]

North Carolina Democrats look to redistricting to change the political dynamics in Raleigh

North Carolina Democrats look to redistricting to change the political dynamics in Raleigh

by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2017 Pained to see Republicans routinely overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, Democrats in North Carolina are hoping redrawn districts will enable them to knock down the GOP’s super-majority. A federal court ruled that 28 North Carolina House and Senate districts are illegally race-based. That ruling was upheld earlier this year […]

Transgenders in combat environment would be a ‘ticking time bomb,’ U.S. veteran says

Transgenders in combat environment would be a ‘ticking time bomb,’ U.S. veteran says

by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2017 There is no room for gender confusion in a combat environment, a U.S. veteran who served in Iraq said after President Donald Trump issued a ban on transgenders in the military. Transgenders in the war theater would be a “ticking time bomb,” combat veteran J.R. Salzman said in a […]

Putin travels to Finland for talks amid naval exercises

Putin travels to Finland for talks amid naval exercises

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit neighboring Finland on July 27 on a one-day trip. Putin will hold talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and the two leaders will attend celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence from the Russian Empire. Putin’s visit comes as […]

Egyptian tank crew saved dozens of people by crushing car packed with 220 pounds of explosives

Egyptian tank crew saved dozens of people by crushing car packed with 220 pounds of explosives

by WorldTribune Staff, July 26, 2017 An Egyptian tank crew are being hailed as heroes after they ran over a car packed with explosives that was headed toward an army checkpoint in North Sinai. The tank crushed the car, which contained four terrorist gunmen and 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of explosives, the Egyptian army said. […]

‘Black genocide’: Pastors confront NAACP on abortion issue

‘Black genocide’: Pastors confront NAACP on abortion issue

by WorldTribune Staff, July 27, 2017 The NAACP is leading African-Americans astray on the abortion issue, the largest African-American pro-life group in the U.S. says. Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., assistant to the national director of the Life Education and Resource Network, said nearly 1,800 black babies are killed in the womb each day with the majority […]

Trump slams Iran, Hizbullah for human ‘catastrophe’ in Syria

Trump slams Iran, Hizbullah for human ‘catastrophe’ in Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump attacked Iran and the Hizbullah militia that it backs in Syria and Lebanon, blaming them for creating a “humanitarian catastrophe” and threatening peace throughout the region. “Hizbullah is a menace to the Lebanese state, the Lebanese people, and the entire region,” Trump […]