France’s Total signs $4.8 billion natural gas project with Iran

France’s Total signs $4.8 billion natural gas project with Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The French energy firm Total says it has signed a multibillion-dollar agreement with Iran on the development of an Iranian offshore natural-gas field — the first major Western energy investment since international sanctions were lifted against Tehran under its nuclear accord with world powers. The agreement […]

Report: Taxpayers funding animal tests for homemade abortions

Report: Taxpayers funding animal tests for homemade abortions

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for animal tests using substances that are widely known to be used as a way to induce “herbal abortions,” a report said. The watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, citing government data from the National Toxicology Program (NTP), said two herbs on the […]

Team Trump has many reasons to cheer as Independence Day arrives

Team Trump has many reasons to cheer as Independence Day arrives

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2017 After a string of agenda victories and a Mainstream Media admission that its Russia narrative is a “nothingburger”, President Donald Trump has much to celebrate on his first July 4th in the Oval Office. Though the Democrat-media-academy culture continues its non-stop assault on the president’s legitimacy, even Trump critics […]

‘Chemistry’ between two leaders called ‘win-win’ for U.S.-India ties

‘Chemistry’ between two leaders called ‘win-win’ for U.S.-India ties

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to the USA not quite knowing what to expect from planned summit meetings with President Donald Trump. After all while both leaders are known as brash and outspoken figures, the visitor from New Delhi was particularly nervous over trade […]

NY Times, AP make quiet corrections on widely-cited anti-Trump story

NY Times, AP make quiet corrections on widely-cited anti-Trump story

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 The New York Times and Associated Press have published corrections to stories that claimed all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies assessed Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election. The report continues to be used by proponents of the Trump-Russia narrative. The corrections said that only four of the agencies […]

Key governors balk at cooperating with presidential commission on election integrity

Key governors balk at cooperating with presidential commission on election integrity

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 Officials – most of them Democrats – in several states have said they will not comply with the Trump administration’s Election Integrity Commission, which is requesting voter information from all 50 states going back to 2006. Kris Kobach, secretary of state of Kansas and vice chairman of the commission, […]

‘To infinity and beyond’: Trump revives National Space Council

‘To infinity and beyond’: Trump revives National Space Council

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 The U.S. space program, which was essentially grounded first during the Clinton Administration and further “crippled” by the Obama administration, got new life on June 30 when President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive the National Space Council. “Space exploration is not only essential to our character […]

Lawyers file for protection after threatening incidents in election fraud suit against DNC

Lawyers file for protection after threatening incidents in election fraud suit against DNC

by WorldTribune Staff, July 2, 2017 Lawyers in a fraud suit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a motion for an order of protection in a Florida court that described three threatening incidents and cited the deaths of DNC employee Seth Rich and lawsuit process server Shawn Lucas. The U.S. District Court denied the […]

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

by William R. Hawkins, FamilySecurityMatters.org “Our robust strategic partnership is such that it touches upon almost all areas of human endeavor….We consider the USA as our primary partner for India’s social and economic transformation in all our flagship programs and schemes,” proclaimed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26. The venue was the joint press conference […]

…Hardly working: Congress taking 218 days off in 2017

…Hardly working: Congress taking 218 days off in 2017

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2017 If it seems to the American voters who put them there that lawmakers aren’t getting much done, it may have something to do with the fact that Congress will only be in session 147 days this year. The House of Representatives is taking 218 days off in 2017, according […]