Harris reportedly taking calls from heads of state; Pence took none in 2020

Harris reportedly taking calls from heads of state; Pence took none in 2020

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 The White House on Feb. 15 published a readout of a call with French President Emmanuel Macron of France. The call was not taken by Joe Biden, but rather Kamala Harris. Harris also recently spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The calls by Harris on behalf of Biden […]

Left outraged by Biden’s ‘racist’ reversal on forgiving $50K student debt

Left outraged by Biden’s ‘racist’ reversal on forgiving $50K student debt

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 First those $2,000 covid relief checks Joe Biden promised during the campaign became $1,400 (and haven’t gone out yet). Then, the $50,000 per person in student debt the Left was counting on Biden to wipe out was whittled down to $10,000. Many on the Left, who thought they would […]

Media goes wall to wall on Cruz’s trip to Cancun, yawns at growing Cuomo scandal

Media goes wall to wall on Cruz’s trip to Cancun, yawns at growing Cuomo scandal

by WorldTribune Staff, February 19, 2021 Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz took a trip to Cancun as his home state was gripped by a record cold snap. New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo is steeped in a corruption scandal involving his policy which sent thousands of nursing home residents to their deaths and his alleged […]

Trump breaks his silence: ‘Rush thought we won the election — we did win the election’

Trump breaks his silence: ‘Rush thought we won the election — we did win the election’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Former President Donald Trump praised conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who passed away Wednesday, as a “legend.” With that and other interviews, Trump re-emerged also marveling that impeachment seemed to have boosted his approval ratings. “He was with me right from the beginning. And he liked what I said […]

Heartland blowback: 6 of 7 GOP senators who voted to convict Trump rebuked by home states

Heartland blowback: 6 of 7 GOP senators who voted to convict Trump rebuked by home states

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, six have been censured in their home states by party organizations or grassroots voters. In Louisiana, the executive committee of the state GOP voted unanimously to censure Sen. Bill Cassidy. “Our […]

Columnist: Lowering flags in honor of Rush Limbaugh is the ‘unifying thing to do’

Columnist: Lowering flags in honor of Rush Limbaugh is the ‘unifying thing to do’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 18, 2021 Rush Limbaugh “influenced millions — a movement of millions, really. A movement of millions and masses of young and old conservatives alike,” a columnist noted of the legendary radio host who passed away Wednesday. “A movement of millions and masses that also included liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, socialists, progressives and […]

‘Talent on loan from God’: Rush Limbaugh, 70, goes home

‘Talent on loan from God’: Rush Limbaugh, 70, goes home

by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Radio host and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. One of the most influential media figures in American history, Limbaugh was a giant in conservative politics since “The Rush Limbaugh Show” began in 1988. He […]

Angry in oil-rich Texas: 135 ‘warming centers’, hearings set after millions lose power

Angry in oil-rich Texas: 135 ‘warming centers’, hearings set after millions lose power

by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 Millions of Texans remained without power amid sub-freezing temperatures on Wednesday. The state scrambled to open “warming centers” as controlled outages were implemented to protect the grid from crashing from a record surge in demand as temperatures plunged to near zero in some areas. The state’s grid operator, the […]

Keystone cancellation hits rural electric companies hard

Keystone cancellation hits rural electric companies hard

by WorldTribune Staff, February 17, 2021 President Donald Trump granted TC Energy a presidential permit to construct and operate the XL pipeline in March 2019. In a Jan. 20, 2021 executive order, Joe Biden revoked that permit. “It basically shut a lot of what we were doing down overnight,” Jeff Birkeland, the CEO of West […]