by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

Former NBA center/power forward Enes Kanter Freedom said he checks all the boxes to play in the WNBA.

"If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA," the 6-10 Freedom stated in a social media post.

"My team and I have carefully reviewed the WNBA's eligibility criteria and government framework surrounding self identification and inclusion," Freedom wrote. "Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA Draft in May 2027."

OutKick's Jon Root noted: "Players like Gabby Williams, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, Seattle Storm center Stefanie Dolson, and the majority of WNBA fans have made it clear they are supportive of men in women's sports."

Freedom, age 34, concluded his announcement by stating: "My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently, and without exception, and I look forward to the WNBA honoring its stated principles.

Special to WorldTribune, August 7, 2026 Real World News

Geostrategy-Direct, August 4, 2026

By Richard Fisher

Before their astronauts set foot on the Moon, the United States (by 2028?) and China (by 2029-2030) are engaging in an "unmanned Moon race" to undertake surveys and to then deploy systems to prepare for building eventual manned Moon Bases.

Targeting the lunar South Pole where both the U.S. and China intend to build lunar bases, on or about Aug. 24, 2026, from its Wencheng Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, China will launch a Long March-5 space launch vehicle (SLV) to transport its Change'-7 unmanned lunar probe to the Shackelton Crater on the South Pole.

Already in 2024, China sent its Change'-6 lunar probe to the Aitken Basin on the lunar far side South Polar area, that returned the first lunar samples from the lunar far side that

by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

A propaganda outlet directly under control of the Chinese government shelled out millions of dollars to U.S. media outlets in exchange for favorable coverage of the communist regime in Beijing.

The paid-for content typically appeared as multi-page advertising supplements called "China Watch," which were designed to resemble regular newspaper layouts.

The articles within these inserts promoted favorable perspectives on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies.

As the 'About' page of WorldTribune.com states: This newspaper, "Does NOT and has NEVER published editorial content directly or indirectly paid for by sponsors, investors, donors or funding sources."

The Justice Department in the first Trump Administration revealed China Daily paid the Wall Street Journal nearly $6 million and The Washington Post nearly $4.6 million.

Others receiving the communist propaganda outlet's cash included The New York Times, Time magazine, Foreign Policy magazine, the Financial Times, the Los Angels Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the Boston Globe, and USA Today.

Pre-Elon

by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

Senate investigators have a copy of Anthony Fauci's Covid era government cellphone.

A copy of the contents on the device has been transferred from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations chaired by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.

A spokesperson for the senator told Fox News Digital the subcommittee "obtained a copy of Dr. Fauci's iPhone that was used during his time at HHS."

Investigators are confident that the contents of the device will help address questions on pandemic origins and mandates that Fauci refused to answer during a hearing last week in which he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times.

According to a Wall Street Journal report:

Fauci used the phone during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, according to a spokeswoman for Johnson, whose subcommittee obtained the phone records. Fauci played a central role during the Trump administration's response to the pandemic in 2020, publicly contradicting President Trump at times

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 4, 2026

Roughly 540,000 unaccompanied minors were apprehended after crossing into the U.S. illegally during the Biden-Harris regime. About 448,000 were released to sponsors.

Due to the poor vetting of sponsors, the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands of those children is unknown, former Health and Human Services (HHS) official John Fabbricatore told the Heritage Foundation in June.

While over 100,000 of the children have been found by his administration, President Donald Trump said efforts to locate the more than 300,000 that remain missing are not being helped by sanctuary cities and states.

Fabbricatore, who helped lead the Trump Administration's operation to find the children, said the task remains difficult due to the Biden-Harris regime's lack of monitoring and rampant fraud and misrepresentation the regime accepted from January 2020 through January 2025.

Among the sponsors of the unaccompanied minors were over 15,000 classified as "super-sponsors," meaning they claimed more than three children each. In one of the most egregious cases, a single Guatemalan woman (here illegally) was able to take custody as the

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

It's the first week of August, and U.S. Senators are quite determined to tackle one of their top current priorities … going on vacation.

Passing legislation that would require voter ID and proof of citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections?

Not so much.

One Republican senator isn't thrilled with the unanimity on blocking a government shutdown until December, noting the absence of movement on the SAVE America Act.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) thinks that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is making a big mistake in not pushing for the votes. There's a growing number of Senators who want to skip the August recess until the bill is passed.

🚨 JUST IN: The US Senate has OVERWHELMINGLY voted to advance the House’s CR, which would keep the government open until December 11, 89-4

This goes to show how much the uniparty works together when they’re trying to go on vacation. pic.twitter.com/34GfXbmXPk

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 3, 2026

🚨 JUST IN: Sen. John Kennedy indicates Leader John Thune should STAY

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by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

During the Biden-Harris era, Anthony Fauci's wife, Christine Grady, served as the head of the Department of Bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center while Fauci was heading up the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

While Fauci retired in December 2022 as the highest-paid federal employee, Grady was reportedly fired by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shortly after the start of President Donald Trump's second term.

Now the husband-wife team are back together, this time on campus.

Grady is currently at Georgetown University serving as a senior adviser on bioethics and neuroethics and a professor of neuroscience.

Fauci has been a professor with Georgetown's Department of Medicine inside the Division of Infectious Diseases since 2023.

Georgetown's School of Medicine said in a press release announcing Grady's hiring in March of this year: "Grady's arrival represents the next chapter in the evolution of a career that has unfolded at the intersection of scientific research, philosophy and human dignity."

Ethics anyone?