‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’: Trump fires commissioner of Labor Statistics

‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’: Trump fires commissioner of Labor Statistics

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2025 Real World News [The phrase “lies damned lies and statistics” was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.] President Donald Trump has fired the Biden-appointed commissioner of Labor Statistics who he said had “rigged” the job […]

Microsoft boom: ‘Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation’

Microsoft boom: ‘Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2025 Real World News With huge growth in its cloud-computing services and increasing demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) offerings, Microsoft has become the second $4 trillion company. Just weeks after Nvidia became the first $4 trillion company, Microsoft crossed the milestone on Thursday morning. “Throughout its five-decade history, Microsoft […]

Meanwhile, in Fulton County, the 2020 voting records are still a big secret 5 years on

Meanwhile, in Fulton County, the 2020 voting records are still a big secret 5 years on

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2025 Real World News The Georgia State Election Board’s three-member Republican majority voted on Wednesday to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to force Fulton County to turn over documents from the 2020 election. It has been over a year since an analysis of nearly 4,000 duplicate ballots counted in […]

Not so fast: It’s August but Trump presses Senate to stay in session

Not so fast: It’s August but Trump presses Senate to stay in session

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2025 Real World News The Senate was scheduled to begin its annual summer recess at the end of this week. Not so fast. President Donald Trump said the only way to cut through the Democrats’ obstructionist strategy is to keep the Senate in session until “the executive calendar is clear.” […]

Checkmate: Trump played AI chess; Silicon Valley must now pay to fact check ‘fake news’

Checkmate: Trump played AI chess; Silicon Valley must now pay to fact check ‘fake news’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2025 Real World News Last month, the world’s top ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, handily defeated ChatGPT in a match without losing a single piece. “That was methodical, clean, and sharp. Well played!” ChatGPT said to him, according to the screenshots Carlsen posted. Will AI be as classy to President […]

Over and out: Door hits ‘fact checker’ as he exits WaPo with final ‘fake news’ post

Over and out: Door hits ‘fact checker’ as he exits WaPo with final ‘fake news’ post

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2025 Real World News Glenn Kessler is out as The Washington Post’s “fact checker,” but he threw one final bone to his comrades in the “fake news” trenches before departing. … … And was widely mocked for his parting shot under the Democracy-is-in-trouble-without-me title “The Fact Checker rose in an […]

U.S. has multiple opportunities to exploit aging International Space Station

U.S. has multiple opportunities to exploit aging International Space Station

FPI / August 1, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it could still be transferred to and operated by a consortium of “private” companies, it appears that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to end its operation of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030, and to thereafter begin operations to deorbit the […]

Out of Africa: France pulls forces from key bases

Out of Africa: France pulls forces from key bases

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 31, 2025 PARIS — It’s a turning of the page in Franco/African diplomatic relations. Now for the first time since the decolonization of the French colonies in the early 1960’s, there will be no formal French military bases on the African continent. Following decolonization, former French President […]

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