Leader of raid on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad attended White House meeting with Obama

Leader of raid on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad attended White House meeting with Obama

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2020 Several pro-Iranian faction leaders were among those leading the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Dec. 31. One of them, Hadi al-Amiri, met with President Barack Obama in the White House in 2011, reports say. Amiri, a member of the Iraqi parliament, was formerly head of the […]

President Trump puts Iran on notice: ‘Not a warning, a threat’

President Trump puts Iran on notice: ‘Not a warning, a threat’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2020 Iran will pay a heavy price for its role in the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, President Donald Trump said on Dec. 31. Later in the day, the president said that price will not likely include war with Iran. “The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is, & […]

Cornered: Sanctions cost Iran ‘$200 billion surplus income’, proxies storm U.S. compound in Iraq

Cornered: Sanctions cost Iran ‘$200 billion surplus income’, proxies storm U.S. compound in Iraq

by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2019 Since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, Iran has lost 90 percent of its oil exports, the value of its currency has fallen sharply and inflation has surpassed 40 percent. “Iran would have earned $200 billion surplus income…if […]

GREATEST HITS, 7: Records point to unmistakable conclusion: FBI officials plotted president’s ouster

GREATEST HITS, 7: Records point to unmistakable conclusion: FBI officials plotted president’s ouster

CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2019 Records from the Department of Justice confirmed reports of efforts by top DOJ officials to respond to media inquiries about talks within the DOJ/FBI allegedly invoking the 25th Amendment to “remove” President Donald Trump from office. The documents also […]

Looking ahead to 2020: Standoffs, abuse, hope

Looking ahead to 2020: Standoffs, abuse, hope

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Peering into the crystal snow globe, it’s time to predict, prognosticate and presage into the year ahead.  Without a pun we need the proverbial 2020 vision to decipher the political and security landscape that awaits us in the new year with both long running static […]

GREATEST HITS, 9: Three women in new Congress introduce bills to eliminate federal funding of abortions

GREATEST HITS, 9: Three women in new Congress introduce bills to eliminate federal funding of abortions

CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, January 11, 2019 Reps. Virginia Foxx and Vicky Hartzler and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, all Republicans, have introduced bills aimed at eliminating U.S. taxpayer funding of abortion. Foxx introduced H.R. 296, the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, which would codify President Donald […]

Impeachment outrage orchestrated by criminal abusers of power

Impeachment outrage orchestrated by criminal abusers of power

Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by John McNabb The day after Christmas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached yet another all-time high. Over 100 Dow Jones highs have been recorded during the three-year Trump Presidency. The Standard & Poors Average also reached an all-time high as did the NASDAQ which closed over 9,000 for the first […]

GREATEST HITS, 10: Barr ‘reviewing’ FBI conduct; Released documents describe ‘cover up’

GREATEST HITS, 10: Barr ‘reviewing’ FBI conduct; Released documents describe ‘cover up’

CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2019 April 9, 2019 was not a good day for supporters of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton who have been accusing her opponent in the 2016 presidential election of “colluding” with Moscow. Attorney General William Barr confirmed to a […]

President Trump’s order begins Fed’s withdrawal from K-12 education

President Trump’s order begins Fed’s withdrawal from K-12 education

by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2019 Among the many campaign promises President Donald Trump has followed through on in 2019 is returning control of schools to the state and local level. Trump signed an executive order — the “Education Federalism Executive Order” — which called for a review of Obama-era regulations and guidance for school […]

Merry Christmas! Levin and Graham answer Pelosi’s unilateral ‘nonsense’

Merry Christmas! Levin and Graham answer Pelosi’s unilateral ‘nonsense’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding articles of impeachment from the Senate because once she submits them, she and her cohorts know the game is over for Democrats and their ultimate partisan challenge to the winner of the 2016 presidential election, analysts say. In a post on his Facebook […]