LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Committee on Armed Services, slammed President Donald Trump’s transgender ban as an “unwarranted and disgraceful attack.” Trump announced Wednesday morning via Twitter that after consultation with generals the Pentagon will not permit trangsenders to serve because of medical costs and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The head of the CIA has stressed that China is one of the most serious threats to American interests. The U.S. faces a number of threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. “I think China has the capacity to present the greatest rivalry to America of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The White House is working on a “major Trade Deal” with the U.K., which is expected to be in place by the time England exits the European Union in 2019, the Wall Street Journal reports. President Donald Trump announced the White House was working on the deal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio promoted Al Gore’s new movie, “An Inconvenient Sequel,” Tuesday in a tweet. We must continue to fight climate change. Educate yourself and see An Inconvenient Sequel. https://t.co/R3YvFooHo6 #BeInconvenient pic.twitter.com/DhyrsOhwaZ — Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) July 25, 2017 Self-styled environmentalist DiCaprio was outed last year as one…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A retired doctor volunteered to treat Charlie Gard in hospice after Gard’s parents accepted they could not take him home to die. Barrister Grant Armstrong, legal representation for Gard’s parents, told Justice Francis of the U.K. High Court on Wednesday that nurses from the Great Ormond Street…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Pew Poll released Wednesday shows that majority of Muslims in the United States sees the country as a friendly place. Fifty-five percent of United States Muslims found that Americans acted friendly towards them, according to the poll. Thirty percent of surveyed Muslim Americans had a neutral position…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Pentagon has reportedly detected signs of indicating that a North Korean missile test may be imminent. “They’re setting up for something,” a U.S. defense official told AFP. The U.S. military has spotted a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile transporter-erector and firing table in Kusong in North Pyongan Province, U.S. officials…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson A knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) tried to attack Spanish police Tuesday moments before an officer knocked him out with a plastic road barrier. The failed attack took place in the Spanish territory of Melilla, which makes up one of two land borders between the European…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett President Donald Trump has made the executive decision to ban transgenders from serving in the military, reversing a major decision by the Obama administration. In a tweet series posted Wednesday morning, Trump stated that after serious consultation with military experts, the U.S. cannot allow transgenders to serve…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The woman running to unseat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ripped the Florida Democrat for refusing to answer questions about her top information technology (IT) aide, who was arrested at the airport Monday while attempting to board a flight to Pakistan. Carla Spalding, the Republican candidate for Florida’s…