LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Yale University placed Dean June Chu, who received criticism for remarks such as calling people “white trash,” on leave Thursday. In an email, Stephen Davis, who leads the residential Pierson College at Yale to which Dean Chu belongs, told Yale students and faculty that the dean had been…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks Wall Street analysts are crazy for believing the electric automaker is worth billions of dollars. “I do believe this market cap is higher than we have any right to deserve,” Musk told reporters in an interview Wednesday, adding that the Silicon Valley company…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke City officials in Texas temporarily removed a municipal judge from the bench Wednesday after learning that she never received U.S. citizenship after becoming a legal permanent resident in 2007. When the city council discovered that her original application to the bench didn’t indicate whether or not she…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida is really vulnerable to hackers, according to a report published Wednesday. Investigative journalists for the nonprofit ProPublica and tech publication Gizmodo sailed on a “17 foot motor boat” around 800 feet away from the resort in order to get close…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White The Flint City Council blocked a plan Wednesday that would have foreclosed on people’s homes for not paying millions of dollars in unpaid water bills. City Council members approved a one-year moratorium on the liens after Flint citizens protested the city’s threats to foreclose the homes of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul acknowledged getting the Trump administration on board with criminal justice reforms will be an “uphill battle” on a call with reporters Wednesday. Paul recently introduced bipartisan legislation — dubbed the Justice Safety Valve Act — along with Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Planned Parenthood encouraged women to “slay” in a recent effort to bolster support for the abortion organization Wednesday. “Watch. Share. Slay.” is the slogan for the campaign Planned Parenthood launched Wednesday, which centers on a video filmed by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon in support of the organization….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democrats in California hope to channel rage against President Donald Trump into control of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections by taking the heavily conservative Orange County. Democrats in traditionally red congressional districts are getting more engaged than ever before as a result of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn will not honor a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena requesting any documents detailing his interactions with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign, the Associated Press reports. Flynn previously refused to turn over the documents to Senate Intelligence Committee prompting the subpoena in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, former Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich appeared to defend President Donald Trump from what is being called the “deep state,” saying that their unsubstantiated leaks and sources are an attempt to “take down a president,” and that is “very dangerous to America.” WATCH:…