The great American eclipse of 2017: Summer fun or beginning of the end?

The great American eclipse of 2017: Summer fun or beginning of the end?

by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 If you missed the “Great American Eclipse of 2017” on Aug. 21, you will have several more opportunities in the next decade, if you are willing to travel, to view an eclipse. If you’re staying put, it will be much longer. A solar eclipse’s path passes where you live […]

Judge orders IRS to explain delays, name names in targeting of conservatives

Judge orders IRS to explain delays, name names in targeting of conservatives

by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 The IRS must name the specific employees it blames for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny and must prove it has halted the targeting of the groups, a federal judge ordered last week. Judge Reggie B. Walton also said the IRS must explain why the IRS delayed extending non-profit status to 38 […]

U.S. Pacific fleet halts ops after 4th incident in 2017; USS John McCain collides with tanker

U.S. Pacific fleet halts ops after 4th incident in 2017; USS John McCain collides with tanker

by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 The USS John McCain guided-missile destroyer’s collision with an oil tanker in the early morning hours of Aug. 21 off the coast of Singapore marks the fourth incident involving the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. Five U.S. sailors were injured and 10 are reported missing. Four of the five […]

Privatizing the revolution: ‘Swamp’ forced Bannon’s exit, new information war declared

Privatizing the revolution: ‘Swamp’ forced Bannon’s exit, new information war declared

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 American voters made themselves heard last November, but since then Trump supporters have been subjected to non-stop invective and push-back from Washington’s “ruling class” and the Left in the dominant media culture. As pro-Trump conservatives debated over the weekend the meaning of Steve Bannon’s departure Friday from the White […]

Trump set to announce major decision on Afghanistan

Trump set to announce major decision on Afghanistan

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump, after consulting at Camp David with his national security aides, has made a decision on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said. “I am very comfortable that the strategic process was sufficiently rigorous and did not go in with a pre-set position,” […]

The geopolitics of a 2nd Korean War: Seoul can’t necessarily veto pre-emptive strike

The geopolitics of a 2nd Korean War: Seoul can’t necessarily veto pre-emptive strike

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 South Korean President Moon Jae-In said last week that any U.S. military action taken against North Korea would first need the consent of South Korea. “This is a firm agreement between South Korea and the United States. The people can be assured that there will be no war,” Moon […]

Scholar: Nation’s once ‘objective’ media have come unhinged

Scholar: Nation’s once ‘objective’ media have come unhinged

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 A recent report from the liberal Harvard Kennedy School and Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy noted that 80 percent of news stories in the first 100 days of the Trump administration were critical of the president. For CNN, it was 93 percent negative. “By the time […]

All shook up: Conservative revolutionary out as Trump, markets feel swamp’s fury

All shook up: Conservative revolutionary out as Trump, markets feel swamp’s fury

by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2017 All week, DrudgeReport.com has conducted a death-watch on White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, and for weeks his imminent departure has been trumpeted by a Trump-obsessed national media. Then, today, in a rare tweet, Drudge posted Bannon’s political obituary after “one hell of a run.” From Obama-era holdovers at […]

Imran Awan, Democrat IT aide, indicted on 4 felony counts

Imran Awan, Democrat IT aide, indicted on 4 felony counts

by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2017 The former IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other congressional Democrats has been indicted in federal court on four felony counts, including conspiracy and making false statements. A grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the indictments on Aug. 17, about […]