by Phillip Stucky Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell really wishes President Donald Trump would stop tweeting, according to a Wednesday report from the Wall Street Journal. McConnell addressed Trump’s Twitter use, asserting that things would go easier in Congress if he limited his tweets — at least about congressional matters. “It would be, I think,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The pro-life advocacy organization Live Action published an undercover video in late January purporting to show that, while Planned Parenthood loudly broadcasts prenatal care as part of its services, in actuality, prenatal care is a vanishingly small part of its overall enterprise. Verdict: True The Live Action…
by Geoffrey Ingersoll Michael Flynn’s resignation was an intelligence community hit job of the kind typically reserved for enemies of the state, former intelligence officials told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” retired Col. James Waurishuk told TheDCNF’s Richard Pollock, referring to Flynn’s ouster from the Trump administration. Waurishuk…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency told CNN Wednesday afternoon that the security clearance for former National Security Council (NSC) adviser Mike Flynn has been suspended. The spokesman then added that the procedure was routine and part of administrative due diligence that occurs when “questions arise regarding…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise The IRS will not reject tax returns that don’t address whether a person has health insurance coverage or has paid the penalty for going uninsured, in light of President Trump’s January executive order on Obamacare. It has not yet begun to reject tax forms which failed to indicate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The intelligence community is withholding sensitive information from President Trump over concerns he cannot be trusted with the information, The Wall Street Journal reports. Current and former officials told TheWSJ they are concerned about Trump’s ties with Russia and the level of support he publicly expressed for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The FBI and the Department of Justice fielded demands Wednesday from Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein to brief the Judiciary Committee on Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser, and to hand over the transcripts of intercepted Flynn calls. Media reports on Flynn’s resignation raise “substantial questions” regarding Flynn’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor, CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration Wednesday. In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Puzder said that he was “honored to have been considered by President Donald Trump to lead the Department…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Senator Rand Paul and the House Freedom Caucus took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce the caucus’ endorsement of Paul and Rep. Mark Sanford’s bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, utilizing Americans Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Today @ 1PM I'm holding a press conference w/ @RepSanfordSC & members of…
by Grant M. Deltz Associate Editor Intercepted phone calls and phone records have surfaced showing proof that members of President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign, as well as other Trump associates, had been in constant contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year prior to Trump’s election. The communication between the two parties was…