by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2018 The University of North Carolina board of governors on Dec. 14 rejected a plan to house the Silent Sam Confederate statue in a proposed $5.3 million history center on the Chapel Hill campus. Citing concerns over public safety and the use of state funds for the project, the board […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian lawmakers have asked for an explanation following media reports quoting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Moscow could potentially hand over two islands in the disputed Southern Kuriles chain to Japan. Communist Party lawmaker Nikolai Kharitonov raised the issue on December 18, asking State […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2018 The U.S. Department of Justice is part of the Executive Branch which is under President Donald Trump. And yet that agency is at war with the president as is the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York City, columnist Ira Stoll observed in the New York […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 President Donald Trump bypassed the Sunday talk shows with a tweetstorm on Dec. 16 which covered “collusion,” FBI tactics in the Russia investigation and the case of a U.S. military major charged with murder. The president as usual focused on details omitted by “Mainstream Media” non-stop assaults on him […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 South Korea reportedly scrambled fighter jets after, on two occasions in one week, North Korean aircraft crossed the South’s tactical action line (TAL). South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo and television network Channel A reported on Dec. 13 that the South’s military took corresponding action after the North Korean helicopter was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 U.S. government workers are paid more, get better perks and have more options for healthcare than the private sector. And, even the most incompetent of federal workers are nearly “impossible to fire,” according to an analysis by Reagan-era personnel director Donald J. Devine. “The current system is long overdue […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 In the wake of the Oct. 27 attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto is pushing for gun confiscation along with bans on commonly-owned semiautomatic firearms and “high capacity” magazines. Three gun control bills are being introduced to the Pittsburgh City Council, according to a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2018 A Chinese company with close ties to the communist government will assume control of the civilian port in Israel’s largest port city in 2021. The move has prompted the U.S. to reconsider its joint military operations with Israel at the port and leading Israel’s national security cabinet to revisit […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2018 Hillary Clinton claimed she was generally clueless about the setup of the private email server she used during her tenure as secretary of state, saying in written answers under oath that she used it for the “purpose of convenience” and that anyway it was set up by “President Clinton’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2018 Flush with cash from disgruntled anti-Trumpers, the ACLU targeted sheriff’s races in North Carolina in 2018 “as a way to thwart immigration enforcement,” a columnist wrote. With major help from local ad buys from the ACLU, Garry McFadden won the race for sheriff in Mecklenburg County, which includes Charlotte, […]
