Kuwait expels 15 Iran diplomats after investigation of terror cells

Kuwait expels 15 Iran diplomats after investigation of terror cells

by WorldTribune Staff, July 21, 2017 Kuwait on July 20 expelled 15 Iranian diplomats in what was seen as a follow-up to the conviction last month of 21 people accused of belonging to a terror cell linked to Teheran. A senior Kuwaiti official told AFP that the 15 diplomats had been asked to leave the country. Kuwait’s […]

Fighter in the White House as the great American Culture War rages

Fighter in the White House as the great American Culture War rages

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 Republicans tried “dignity,” “statesmanship” and “propriety” against the constant cultural onslaught from the Left – and none of it worked. Now, the GOP has a fighter at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Donald Trump’s tweets “may seem rash and unconsidered but, in reality, he is doing exactly what (Saul) Alinsky […]

North Carolina hailed as model state for tax reform

North Carolina hailed as model state for tax reform

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Since taking control of the state government in 2010 and building a super-majority, Republicans have transformed North Carolina from one of the nation’s worst tax climates to one of the best. “North Carolina, more than any other state in recent years, has provided a model for what pro-growth tax […]

Going rogue in Seoul: Leftists’ dream president suddenly hints South Korea should ‘go nuclear’

Going rogue in Seoul: Leftists’ dream president suddenly hints South Korea should ‘go nuclear’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – The standoff on the Korean peninsula is entering a new phase. While President Moon Jae-In calls for talks with North Koreans, he is also honoring the U.S.-Korean alliance and insisting the North give up its nuclear program. Can Moon have it both ways? He’s besieged by protesters […]

Netanyahu in leaked audio: ‘Europe is undermining its own security by undermining Israel’

Netanyahu in leaked audio: ‘Europe is undermining its own security by undermining Israel’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the European Union for “undermining” Israel and also slammed former U.S. President Barack Obama in audio from a closed-door meeting that was mistakenly released to the press on July 19. Netanyahu made the comments while meeting in Budapest with leaders of the Visegard Group, […]

‘Take it to the bank’: Kamala Harris ‘absolutely’ running for president in 2020

‘Take it to the bank’: Kamala Harris ‘absolutely’ running for president in 2020

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The competition for the Democratic Party presidential nomination for 2020 is already buzzing. Sen. Kamala Harris, seen as a fresh face in a field that includes several septuagenarians, is playing both camps from the 2016 Democratic Party contest – having made the rounds with wealthy Hillary Clinton donors while […]

Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

Columnist: Enough with the ‘nation of immigrants’ mantra

by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2017 Democrats should stop using the mantra that the U.S. is a “nation of immigrants” to justify the importing of people from places such as Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya, author Richard F. Miniter wrote in a July 19 column for American Thinker. “An American immigrant is not someone supported […]

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

U.S. weighs sanctions against Venezuela amid Maduro’s pursuit of ‘full dictatorship’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2017 The Trump administration is considering sanctions against Venezuela amid Nicolas Maduro’s push for the so-called Constituent Assembly, which Washington says would grant the socialist president a “full dictatorship.” Polls show Venezuela’s ruling Socialists would be thrashed in any conventional election. A majority of people oppose the Constituent Assembly, which […]