House Democrats pass universal background checks, ban on private gun sales

House Democrats pass universal background checks, ban on private gun sales

by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2019 The Democrat-led House on Feb. 27 passed legislation requiring universal background checks and outlawing private gun sales. H.R. 8, or the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed by a vote of 240-190. Eight Republicans joined 232 Democrats in voting in favor of the bill. Just two Democrats voted […]

Kim-Trump summit? Cohen ‘ratfest’ is front and center for U.S. media

Kim-Trump summit? Cohen ‘ratfest’ is front and center for U.S. media

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2019 While President Donald Trump was focused on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula in his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, U.S. corporate media put the spotlight on Washington, where a man who had lied to Congress was again testifying to Congress. Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s […]

Report: Senior officials at Justice set high bar for FBI charges against Clinton

Report: Senior officials at Justice set high bar for FBI charges against Clinton

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2019 The Obama administration Department of Justice closely coordinated with the FBI in setting an “unusually high threshold” for the agency’s prosecution of Hillary Clinton on charges of mishandling classified information on her private email server, a report said. In order for Clinton to be prosecuted, the DOJ under then-Attorney […]

Top Democrats celebrate on Twitter the death of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Top Democrats celebrate on Twitter the death of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2019 Several Senate Democrats, 2020 presidential candidates among them, tweeted in celebration after they defeated a bill Monday night which would have compelled doctors to provide babies who survive attempted late-term abortions medical care equal to that which would be given to any infant. Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse’s Born-Alive […]

AOC dismisses Green New Deal critics: ‘Like, I’m the boss’

AOC dismisses Green New Deal critics: ‘Like, I’m the boss’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2019 Brushing off critics of her New Green Deal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that, until naysayers come up with a better plan, “I’m the boss.” During a “Girls Who Code” event in the Queens borough of New York City, the Democrat who embraces socialism said: “Like I just introduced the […]

Former NSC official: Some intel officials undermining U.S. summit strategy

Former NSC official: Some intel officials undermining U.S. summit strategy

by WorldTribune Staff, February 24, 2019 President Donald Trump is driving negotiations with North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-Un “in a positive direction” despite some in the U.S. intelligence community who have tried to “rain on the president’s parade,” a former National Security Council (NSC) official said. The remarkable assertion by a longtime aide to U.S. […]

A North Korean defector’s advice for Trump’s Korea ‘Doctrine’

A North Korean defector’s advice for Trump’s Korea ‘Doctrine’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Thae Yong-Ho, the former North Korean deputy chief of mission at their embassy in London, has come up with the term “doctrine” to describe Trump’s policy toward North Korea. He even compares the nascent “Trump doctrine” with the “Nixon doctrine.” That’s bad news. I was following President Richard Nixon […]

Russian ‘dossier’? What dossier? On book tour, McCabe not asked, doesn’t tell

Russian ‘dossier’? What dossier? On book tour, McCabe not asked, doesn’t tell

by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2019 As he makes the rounds to promote his book “The Threat”, disgraced ex-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe has presented his dark vision of the Trump presidency with no sniper fire. McCabe has been allowed to give his assessment of the Russia investigation without ever having to comment on why, […]

Conflicting reports in Seoul about Bolton’s pre-summit visit; Trump firm on sanctions

Conflicting reports in Seoul about Bolton’s pre-summit visit; Trump firm on sanctions

by WorldTribune.com Staff, February 21, 2019 U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has reportedly headed to Seoul ahead of next week’s summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Citing two Trump administration officials, CNN reported on Feb. 21 that Bolton will travel to South Korea this week for “a round of […]

Democrats: Regardless of Mueller report, ‘this is going to keep on going’

Democrats: Regardless of Mueller report, ‘this is going to keep on going’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, February 21, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said of Obamacare that “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” But several key Democrats are saying they don’t even have to read the final report of special counsel Robert Mueller – they intend […]