FPI / December 7, 2018 By Sol W. Sanders The United States has resumed its role as the world energy model. For the first time in decades, the “fracking” boom has not only propelled the U.S. into energy self sufficiency but again offered opportunities for export. Fracking is the process of injecting liquid at high […]
Read MoreFPI / December 3, 2018 There’s a compelling human dimension to all major news stories, and the life experience of a young woman name Nadia Murad is a powerful example. Remarkably, her story was ignored by the massive media enterprises that wanted to focus American’s attention elsewhere. But it was not ignored by WorldTribune.com and […]
Read MoreFPI / December 5, 2018 For nearly two years, special counsel Robert Mueller held hostage the life of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, sapping his finances and reportedly threatening to level new charges against him, or even members of his family. A 13-page, heavily-redacted memo released by Mueller’s team on Dec. 4 said Flynn […]
Read MoreFPI / December 5, 2018 A human rights group has asked the United Nations to investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the executions of thousands of political dissidents in Iran in the summer of 1988. London-based Amnesty International, in a Dec. 4 report, called on the UN to establish an “independent, impartial and […]
Read MoreFPI / December 5, 2018 Upon taking over control of the House in January, Democrats will add about 1,800 staffers to the congressional payroll. The pay is six figures for most, and for committee aides can reach $172,500. About 1,000 of the staffers will take House committee positions as lawyers, administrators, and communicators, the Washington […]
Read MoreFPI / December 5, 2018 U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are battling to retake the last remaining Islamic State (ISIS) stronghold in eastern Syria. SDF forces have been joined by several hundred local tribal fighters in battling ISIS for control of Hajin, in the Syrian province of Deir el-Zour. Hajin “is the last bastion for […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 It’s possible that extraterrestrials have already visited Earth and humans never even noticed, a NASA scientist said. “The size of the ‘explorer’ might be that of an extremely tiny super-intelligent entity,” Professor Silvano P. Colombano of NASA’s Ames Research Center in California wrote in a recently published paper on SETI (search […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 World leaders at the G-20 Summit supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO). The G-20 leaders ended their two-day meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Dec. 1 with a statement acknowledging that the 23-year-old WTO is in need of repair. “The [multilateral] system is currently […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley demanded FBI Director Christopher Wray explain why the bureau raided the home of a recognized whistleblower who had reportedly provided documents to the Department of Justice related to the Uranium One scandal. The whistleblower, Dennis Cain, reportedly produced documents regarding the FBI’s failure to […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 Far-left extremists have infiltrated the “Yellow Vests” anti-carbon tax movement and are likely responsible for a share of the violence that engulfed France in recent days, some reports say. The Yellow Vests are a populist movement formed to pressure French President Emmanuel Macron to rethink a fuel tax that is […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 “Iranian aggression” in the Middle East was billed as the main theme of Dec. 3 talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels. Pompeo on Dec. 1 had slammed Iran over what he described as its recent testing of a medium-range ballistic missile. Pompeo […]
Read MoreFPI / December 4, 2018 A report by the by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) published on Dec. 2 found that 63 percent of non-citizen households in the United States are on some form of welfare, compared to 35 percent of native households. According to Census Bureau data, roughly half of all non-citizens are […]
Read MoreFPI / December 3, 2018 The plea deal Michael Cohen reached with special counsel Robert Mueller generated intense media excitement last week. However it makes no mention of the original allegation involving him that was at the center of collusion accusations against the Trump campaign, a columnist noticed. Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about his […]
Read MoreFPI / December 3, 2018 Conservative author Jerome Corsi, who has refused to sign a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, on Dec. 3 filed a “criminal and ethics complaint” against Mueller’s team. Corsi accuses Mueller’s investigators of trying to bully him into giving “false testimony” against President Donald Trump. The 78-page complaint, which […]
Read MoreFPI / December 3, 2018 An Islamic State (ISIS) commander who was involved in the execution of an American hostage was on the receiving end of a “precision strike” by U.S. coalition forces in southeastern Syria, the U.S. military said. Abu al-Umarayn was killed in in a desert area known as Badiya, according to U.S. […]
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