Report: Former Ukraine ambassador wanted to monitor Trump supporters

Report: Former Ukraine ambassador wanted to monitor Trump supporters

by WorldTribune Staff, October 17, 2019 The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who was recalled from her post in May, reportedly ordered subordinates to monitor the social media accounts of prominent conservative journalists and supporters of President Donald Trump, a government watchdog group said. Judicial Watch revealed in an Oct. 15 press release that it […]

Flynn’s attorney: DOJ has recovered phones of mystery prof who triggered FBI’s Trump probe

Flynn’s attorney: DOJ has recovered phones of mystery prof who triggered FBI’s Trump probe

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2019 The Department of Justice has in its possession two BlackBerry phones used by the mysterious Maltese professor who helped spark the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign, according to the attorney for Michael Flynn. Sidney Powell made the significant disclosure in a new court filing, alleging that the two […]

Pro-Trump donations fund war on impeachment; Gowdy ‘psyched’

Pro-Trump donations fund war on impeachment; Gowdy ‘psyched’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2019 The Republican National Committee (RNC) has already raised $2.3 million for the fight against Democrats’ efforts to impeach President Donald Trump that are using secret hearings, closed to Republicans. Republican Party leaders told Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard that they plan to spend the funds in part to pressure […]

Hunter Biden resigns from China board; Size of his stake in dispute

Hunter Biden resigns from China board; Size of his stake in dispute

by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2019 Pressure is increasing on former Vice President Joe Biden and his family despite overwhelming U.S. media support. Saying that he won’t work for any foreign-owned companies or serve on their boards if his father is elected president, Hunter Biden announced he was stepping down from a director’s position at […]

Erdogan unwavering on Syria operation; U.S., Europe weigh response

Erdogan unwavering on Syria operation; U.S., Europe weigh response

by WorldTribune Staff, October 13, 2019 Despite “threats from right and left” calling on Turkey to cease its assault on Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that the operation will continue. “We will never stop this step we have taken against the PYD/YPG… We will not stop it no matter what […]

China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.

Geostrategy-Direct.com China has withdrawn from a $5 billion deal to help develop Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field. The action, announced by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh on the ministry’s SHANA website, came during continued intense pressure on both nations from the Trump administration and follows a series of military confrontations in the Persian […]

Clapper implicates Obama: We only did ‘what we were told to do by the president’

Clapper implicates Obama: We only did ‘what we were told to do by the president’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2019 Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that the Department of Justice’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe is “disconcerting” because he and his intelligence community colleagues had only “done what we were told to do by the president.” That president would be Barack Obama. In […]

Durham adds agents as investigation of Russia probe expands

Durham adds agents as investigation of Russia probe expands

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2019 U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, senior Trump administration officials told Fox News. Durham has added agents and resources and is looking into a wider timeline than previously known, reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election through the […]

Iran stages surprise border exercises as Turkey launches Syria offensive

Iran stages surprise border exercises as Turkey launches Syria offensive

by WorldTribune Staff, October 9, 2019 As Turkey launched a long-awaited military offensive into northern Syria, Iran announced it was holding military exercises near its own border with Turkey. According to an Oct. 9 report by Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency, Iran’s military is holding war games in Western Azerbaijan Province which include rapid reaction […]

Intelligence official refused to explain whistleblower rule changes to House committee

Intelligence official refused to explain whistleblower rule changes to House committee

by WorldTribune Staff, October 8, 2019 Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson has acknowledged that his office in September changed the rules for whistleblower complaints to eliminate a requirement that whistleblowers provide first-hand evidence of their allegations. But, in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Oct. 4, Atkinson refused to […]