U.S. oil production sets new records, prices decline

U.S. oil production sets new records, prices decline

by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2018 U.S. crude oil production hit a record 11.6 million barrels day as domestic prices sunk to their lowest levels since March, the U.S. Energy Department said on Nov. 7. U.S. oil prices fell to $62 a barrel on Nov. 7. The last time the U.S. oil benchmark settled below […]

Judicial Watch sues for records on overlooked House IT scandal

Judicial Watch sues for records on overlooked House IT scandal

by WorldTribune Staff, November 9, 2018 A potentially devastating scandal involving a Pakistani IT aide for the former Democrat National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz  and more than 40 Democrat members of the House of Representatives was neutralized this summer by a plea deal that conservative critics call a cover up. On June 7, President […]

Survivors of Vegas massacre were regulars at Thousand Oaks bar

Survivors of Vegas massacre were regulars at Thousand Oaks bar

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 A number of people who survived the Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, were also reportedly regulars at the Western-themed bar in Thousand Oaks, California where a gunman killed 12 people on Nov. 7. Authorities said Ian Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine, opened fire at the […]

Nov. 7 was Judgment Day; Today, the Justice Department awaits new sheriff

Nov. 7 was Judgment Day; Today, the Justice Department awaits new sheriff

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 With the removal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller has been thrust back into the spotlight. “It’s true that there’s been a lot of concern with where Mueller is going with this investigation,” a source with intimate knowledge of White House concerns told […]

Winners and sinners: Analysts explain what went right and wrong on Nov. 6

Winners and sinners: Analysts explain what went right and wrong on Nov. 6

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 The Nov. 6 midterms delivered a Democratic House and Republican Senate, but never-Trumpers and anti-Trumpers are suffering from cognitive dissonance over as President Donald Trump seemed to emerge as the big winner, analysts said. Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh are to thank for erecting a red wall […]

Rep. Nadler: Democrats will impeach Kavanaugh

Rep. Nadler: Democrats will impeach Kavanaugh

by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2018 One day after the midterm elections, the likely next chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Democrats plan to investigate and impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for alleged perjury. Rep. Jerry Nadler, New York Democrat, also said Democrats will investigate President Donald Trump for alleged Russian “collusion.” The Federalist reported that […]

Sen. Grassley sends criminal referrals for Kavanaugh accuser Swetnick and her attorney

Sen. Grassley sends criminal referrals for Kavanaugh accuser Swetnick and her attorney

by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley said he has sent criminal referrals to the Justice Department accusing Julie Swetnick and her lawyer Michael Avenatti of breaking federal law by submitting false statements in Swetnick’s rape allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Among the findings regarding Swetnick in the committee’s 400-page report: “She […]

Election post-mortem: The stars failed to deliver, Kavanaugh’s revenge, etc.

Election post-mortem: The stars failed to deliver, Kavanaugh’s revenge, etc.

by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2018 In the wake of the 2018 midterms, the takeaways are not complicated: Most of the candidates President Donald Trump held rallies for won; Most of the high-profile candidates backed by celebrities lost; Kavanaugh’s revenge: Indiana’s Joe Donnelly, Missouri’s Claire McCaskill, Florida’s Bill Nelson, and North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp all […]

Pittsburgh tragedy followed by surge in firearms training

Pittsburgh tragedy followed by surge in firearms training

by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2018 A large number of American Jews have signed up for firearms training in the wake of the Oct. 27 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 people dead. Yonatan Stern, the founder of Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy, said he received hundreds of requests in the days […]

Pelosi: ‘San Francisco values, that’s what we’re all about’

Pelosi: ‘San Francisco values, that’s what we’re all about’

by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2018 Before getting a post-election endorsement (unwelcome?) from President Donald Trump, House House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Nov. 6 showed her true colors. The California Democrat and likely next Speaker of the House, “proudly embraced the Republican attack language that Democrats are the party of ‘San Francisco values,’ ” […]