LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the contentious Paris climate accord is unlikely to substantially affect greenhouse gas levels that scientists believe contribute to global warming. Trump’s move to pull the country out of a nearly 200-nation climate pact seeking to reduce the world’s temperature could put…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The U.S. officially sanctioned two Russian firms Thursday for their connections to North Korea’s weapons program. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated AO NNK-Primornefteproduct, Ardis-Bearings, LLC and Igor Michurin, effectively freezing their U.S. assets and forbidding U.S. persons to do business with them. Treasury’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Donald Trump said a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement is “in America’s economic interest and won’t matter much to the climate.” “The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord,” Trump said in the Rose Garden Thursday, announcing his pulling out of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Islamic State is believed to be behind a suspected terrorist attack at a resort in the Philippines. Gunmen raided the Resorts World Manila in Pasay City, one of the cities in metro Manila, around midnight Thursday. Multiple gunshots were heard as the men opened fire on guests,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jordan LaPorta On Thursday, President Donald Trump honored his campaign pledge and officially announced that the United States will leave the Paris Climate Agreement to cap carbon emissions. Libertarians and true conservatives heralded the move as one of Trump’s best to date, but liberals and big business leaders have…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin In five years time there may be 25 percent less shopping malls, per a report from Credit Suisse. According to the LA Times: “Traditional mall anchors, such as Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Sears, have announced numerous store closings in recent months. Clothiers including American Apparel, Bebe and BCBG…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley A Montana Supreme Court justice cited Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ten Crack Commandments” in a ruling authorizing the prosecute a local drug dealer. “‘Don’t get high on your own supply’ is a long-established rule of the drug trade specifically because such conduct is inconsistent with the criminal objective of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A mother who told police she “gifted” six of her daughters to a Pennsylvania man who allegedly sexually abused them testified she thought the man was doing God’s work. Savilla Stoltzfus, 43, appeared in a Bucks County Court Wednesday on the first day of the the trial of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Graduating students at a U.K. university panicked after receiving an email at midnight Thursday saying that their graduation ceremony was cancelled. The email, which contained the subject line “Graduation Ceremony Cancelled – No Award,” said that University of Edinburgh student recipients were “not expected to complete [their] studies…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Mylan’s EpiPen company has robbed taxpayers roughly $1.27 billion over the last decade, according to a U.S. government report released Wednesday. Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa posted a copy of the report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office, saying that Mylan shortchanged the Medicaid program by classifying EpiPen…