Analyst: Trump, Congress should investigate all foreign efforts to subvert U.S. policy

Analyst: Trump, Congress should investigate all foreign efforts to subvert U.S. policy

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 The Trump administration and Congress must expand the scope and time frame of foreign subversion investigations of U.S. politics and policy beyond Russia and the recent presidential campaign, an analyst said. U.S. intelligence concluded that China was responsible for a catastrophic 2014 cyber attack on the U.S. Office of […]

How the Washington Post is profiting from its own ‘fake news’

How the Washington Post is profiting from its own ‘fake news’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 Two recent articles in The Washington Post on alleged Russian threats to the U.S. went massively viral for the venerable D.C. paper that enjoys the financial backing of Amazon billionaire, Jeff Bezos. The stories, one on how Russia was behind the avalanche of “fake news” during the 2016 presidential […]

Virginia governor to veto ‘socially divisive’ abortion bill he says would be bad for business

Virginia governor to veto ‘socially divisive’ abortion bill he says would be bad for business

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 Virginia’s governor says a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks would be bad for business in the state and he plans to veto it. “I can’t sit back and have that sitting out the same time I am traveling the globe recruiting businesses to Virginia,” Gov. Terry […]

Terror takes toll on Egypt’s economy: Annual tourism drops to 6.3 million from 21 million

Terror takes toll on Egypt’s economy: Annual tourism drops to 6.3 million from 21 million

by WorldTribune Staff, January 5, 2017 A drastic drop in tourism revenue combined with an unstable economy is exacting a heavy toll on Egypt’s museums, monuments and antiquities. As tourists stay away following a series of terror attacks culminating in last year’s apparent explosion downing EgyptAir Flight 84 as it approached Cairo, budgets are shrinking […]

Why the ‘ruling class’ hates Putin and Trump: They aren’t globalists

Why the ‘ruling class’ hates Putin and Trump: They aren’t globalists

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner It is the biggest fake news story of our time. And it is being peddled by President Obama, the (politicized) CIA, the Democrats, establishment Republicans and the mainstream media, AKA, “the ruling class.” What is it? That Russia — on the direct orders of strongman Vladimir Putin — hacked […]

Greatest hits, No. 6: Documents appear to implicate State Dept. in cover-up on Clinton emails

Greatest hits, No. 6: Documents appear to implicate State Dept. in cover-up on Clinton emails

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2016 The U.S. State Department waited over a year before producing emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server despite 17 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, “in August 2013, State Department officials were aware of 17 FOIA requests relating […]

California braces for Trump by hiring former Attorney General Holder

California braces for Trump by hiring former Attorney General Holder

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 California has hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to help fight legal battles the state envisions arising from what it says is the “clear and present danger” posed by the Trump administration. “Having the former attorney general of the United States brings us a lot of firepower in order […]

EPA advises Alaskans in sub-zero temperatures to NOT burn wood to stay warm

EPA advises Alaskans in sub-zero temperatures to NOT burn wood to stay warm

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 During the month of January, the average high temperature in Alaska’s interior is minus two degrees. The average low is minus 17 and temperatures can drop as low as minus 60. So, Alaskans rely on wood-burning stoves to survive the winter as such is the only option for many. […]

Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

Trump transition team laying groundwork for the wall with Homeland Security

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for an assessment of “all assets available for border wall and barrier construction,” according to a report. The request was made in a Dec. 5 meeting between Trump’s transition team and DHS officials, according to an […]

Iran rejects Turkey’s demand that Hizbullah withdraw from Syria

Iran rejects Turkey’s demand that Hizbullah withdraw from Syria

by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2017 Iran has denied reports that fighters from its terror proxy Hizbullah will leave Syria after last week’s ceasefire deal brokered by Turkey and Russia. “The claim that Hizbullah would leave Syria after the ceasefire is mere propaganda by the enemy,” Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah […]