LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Following reports that John McCain, Republican senator from Arizona, had been admitted to the hospital for a blood clot comes even worse news. Doctors, amid the procedure to remove said blot clot, have diagnosed the decades long lawmaker with an aggressive type of brain tumor. The Associated Press…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson The European Commission warned Poland Wednesday that it could impose unprecedented sanctions if the country moves forward with plans to reform its judicial system. Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has been given one week to halt reforms that would give the government greater control over the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Alexa Archambault A hardline conservative group of about three dozen members of Congress, known as the House Freedom Caucus, introduced Wednesday a petition to bring a clean Obamacare repeal bill to the floor of the House of Representatives. The bill, which is essentially a copy of the Obamacare repeal legislation…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Felicity Jones of “Rogue One” and “Inferno” will appear as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a biopic about the Supreme Court justice’s life. Deadline Hollywood reports that Jones was retained in place of Natalie Portman, who stepped back from the project. The film is called “On The Basis Of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The chief of staff of Iran’s military made a veiled threat against U.S. forces abroad Thursday in response to the Trump administration’s new sanctions against the country. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri warned the U.S. that applying the new sanctions and designating Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Two professors argued that memorials and monuments signify “white heterosexual male supremacy” and perpetuate “inherently conservative” historical narratives, according to a Wednesday report. Texas A&M University women’s studies professors Tasha Dubriwny and Kristan Poirot elaborated on this premise in “Gender and Public Memory,” a July article in Southern Communication Journal, Campus Reform reported. “Public…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The Trump administration will continue to pay out Obamacare subsidies in a move that should help reassure insurance providers and give the GOP more time to regroup after losing the votes required to pass the Senate repeal and replace bill. The administration has reportedly decided to pay…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is “negotiating” with the Capitol Police over whether to stop blocking access to a computer seized from her as part of a criminal cybersecurity investigation, Fox News reported Wednesday. Soon after resigning as head of the Democratic National Committee in wake of it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz gave a health care update near the steps of the Capitol Building Wednesday, and remained convinced that there was no going back on repealing Obamacare. “Failure is not an option,” he said. Republicans must deliver on their seven-year promise to “repeal the disaster that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio said the Democratic Party has no national leader Wednesday in an interview with C-SPAN. Ryan criticized his own party when discussing leadership, saying he doesn’t know if there is one. “Who is the leader of your party right now?,” C-SPAN host Paul…