by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2017 Three employees at Voice of America (VOA) said the government radio broadcaster is seeking their dismissals for insubordination following their interview with Chinese dissident Guo Wengui. The three workers, Sasha Gong, Fred Wang, and Robert Li, were notified in letters Nov. 3 that VOA planned to fire them allegedly […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 14, 2017 The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 13 voted to prevent sales of commercial aircraft to Iran. Rep. Peter Roskam, Illinois Republican, said the move was necessary due to Iran’s use of commercial airliners to transport weapons and troops to Syria. Iran has also used commercial flights to smuggle […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson must halt the Obama-era policy of “offering sheepish and faint-hearted certifications” of Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal it signed with world powers, four Republican senators said in a letter to Tillerson on July 11. Declaring Iran non-compliant with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 15, 2017 Congress is “putting together a formal request” for an investigation into whether China pressured Voice of American (VOA) to cut off a live broadcast of an exiled Chinese businessman who has attempted to expose what he says is corruption in Beijing’s leadership. The April 19 interview with Guo Wengui […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2017 The Trump administration’s plan to slash $4.5 million from Radio Free Asia’s budget came under fire for cuts to the pro-democracy Chinese language broadcasts at a time when Beijing has sharply increased its propaganda activities against U.S. interests and allies. “China’s propaganda and censorship efforts are growing, and now […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2017 A group of Republican senators are urging President Donald Trump to demand that Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas stop paying Palestinian terrorists and their families. In a letter to the president, a delegation of senators led Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and Tom Cotton, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2017 Leftist billionaire George Soros poured millions of dollars into Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid and generously padded the campaign coffers of many Democratic Party candidates in 2016. Soros’s donations to GOP candidates, however, have mostly flown under the radar. Soros gave $202,700 to Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, making […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 1, 2016 Fidel Castro, who died on Nov. 25, was a brutal dictator who “drove the entire Cuban nation into complete poverty and oppression,” Franklin Graham said. “And to think that Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Keith Ellison and others wanted socialism as a model for our country […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 12, 2016 The $400 million cash payment U.S. President Barack Obama sent to Iran earlier this year is just a drop in the bucket, a new report says. Between 2014 and 2016, the Obama administration paid Iran as much as $33.6 billion in secret cash and gold, according to a Sept. […]
