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Analysis by FPI / March 8, 2019 Two recent experiments in socialism have seen New York City, led by Mayor Bill de Blasio, a favorite of “progressives,” deposited $1.6 billion of taxpayers’ money “down a rathole,” reports say. The mayor recently abandoned his “Renewal” initiative aimed at improving the city’s struggling schools – after spending […]

FPI / March 8, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on March 6 said he would be “very, very disappointed” if reports that North Korea is rebuilding the Sohae Satellite Launching Station are true. Two U.S. think tanks reported earlier this week that North Korea has rebuilt parts of the Sohae (Dongchang-ri) missile engine testing site. […]

FPI / March 7, 2019 As Democrats move on a resolution “opposing hate” which doesn’t mention Rep. Ilhan Omar by name for comments widely termed anti-Semitic, former Sen. Joe Lieberman warned Democrats that if they don’t root out bigotry in the party it could “take hold.” Omar, Minnesota Democrat, said at a recent town hall […]

FPI / March 7, 2019 Vice President Mike Pence on March 6 announced the U.S. would revoke the visas of 77 individuals tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and also called out Cuba for propping up Maduro’s brutal socialist regime. “We will continue to hold the Maduro regime accountable until ‘libertad’ is restored in Venezuela,” […]

FPI / March 7, 2019 Eight reporters and editors at the taxpayer-funded U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) have been fired for a report critical of leftist billionaire George Soros, a government watchdog group reported. The head of the USAGM, Obama-appointee John F. Lansing, also ordered a review of all of the media outlet’s content to address […]

FPI / March 7, 2019 A recent study reported in the peer-reviewed Organization Studies found that just 36 percent of geoscientists and engineers believe that humans are creating a climate change crisis. A majority of the 1,077 respondents in the survey believe that nature is the primary cause of recent global warming and/or that future […]

FPI  / March 7, 2019 Pop star Taylor Swift was widely mocked by Republicans after her first foray into politics did not end well. Swift, 29, endorsed Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. Republican Marsha Blackburn won with 61.5 percent of the vote, while Bredesen was a distant second at 37.2 percent. […]

FPI / March 5, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher In his Feb. 26, testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), in the section of his testimony subtitled “Assuring Allies and Partners,” stated: “During 2018, our Command conducted over 50 bilateral engagements with senior leaders […]

FPI / March 5, 2019 By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Sometimes you have to walk,” was President Donald Trump’s stunning conclusion to the U.S./North Korea Summit in Hanoi, where political great expectations seemed to get ahead of the hard reality that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program created an impasse to an expected diplomatic agreement […]

FPI  / March 5, 2019 Later this month, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is expected to decide on what it plans to do with the Silent Sam Confederate monument that was toppled by protesters in August of last year. In the run-up to the decision, UNC officials had pledged a “very public […]

FPI / March 6, 2019 Many employees at Whole Foods, which was purchased by Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon in 2017, say reduction in their hours have effectively negated wage gains made since Amazon acquired the company. When the $15 minimum wage went into effect on Nov. 1, employees at Whole Foods told The Guardian in a […]

FPI / March 6, 2019 A lawyer who is a big fan of the anti-Trump dossier and revels in Trump conspiracy theories on Twitter has been hired by House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff as the committee’s new director of investigations. Daniel Goldman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and mob prosecutor in Manhattan, will […]

FPI / March 6, 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Satellite imagery acquired on March 2 shows that North Korea is rebuilding the long-range rocket site at Sohae (Tongchang-ri) which in the past was used to launch satellites which use ICBM technology that is banned under UN Security Council resolutions. “Activity is evident at […]

FPI / March 6, 2019 Eight wildlife conservationists who were conducting research into Iran’s endangered animals were arrested and charged with being spies and now face 10 or more years in prison, and possibly the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. “Protecting endangered wildlife is not a crime. These conservationists are scientists who were carrying […]

FPI / March 6, 2019 An overwhelming increase in the number of illegals rushing the U.S.-Mexico border has brought the U.S. immigration system to “the breaking point,” according to U.S. Border and Customs Protection (CBP). The United States has detained more immigrants traveling in family groups at the southern border in the last five months […]