LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett People who think they’re addicted to pornography may have trouble maintaining romantic relationships, according to a new study from Brigham Young University (BYU). The study, which tracked 350 men and 336 women all of whom were unmarried, found that porn viewing was linked to heightened anxiety about…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Delaware Democratic Sen. Tom Carper is asking the government to investigate whether a White House aide broke the law when he said a Freedom Caucus member should lose his seat. Carper asked the Office of Special Counsel to review an April 1 tweet from White House social media director…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Pre-emptive strikes on North Korea are not a priority or an objective for the new administration, according to a senior U.S. official. The Trump administration hopes to address the North Korean threat through economic and political pressure in cooperation with Beijing. Military action is “on the back…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Fairfax County Police have arrested an illegal immigrant accused of sexually abusing a small girl five times at a daycare in Virginia. Oscar Perez Rangel, the 40-year-old illegal from Mexico arrested Friday for the abuse, had previously been deported from the United States, WJLA reports. Rangel abused the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie President Donald Trump promised a group of business leaders Tuesday that his administration is working on retooling Dodd-Frank, and will be replacing the law with “something else.” Trump ordered a thorough review in February of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in 2010…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Florida prosecutor filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Republican Gov. Rick Scott, after he took away 23 death penalty cases from her office. Aramis Ayala sued Scott for giving some of her homicide cases away because she refused to pursue the death penalty in the case of an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Two top tax-writing Republicans in the House are calling on the Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into whether former IRS official Lois Lerner unlawfully targeted conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and Tax Policy Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam sent…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov didn’t mince words about his country’s position on U.S. action in Syria when he met with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday. Lavrov told his American counterpart that Washington’s airstrike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was an “unlawful attack” stemming…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump harshly criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin’s backing of the Syrian regime Wednesday, but pledged that the U.S. had no intention of invading. Trump’s comments follow a Thursday U.S. cruise missile strike on a Syrian airbase suspected of dropping chemical weapons on civilians. Trump’s actions…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The attack on Germany’s Dortmund soccer team has many jumping to blame the Islamic State, however, a closer look at the facts show that might not be the case. The perpetrator of the attack left a letter at the scene of the crime claiming ISIS was responsible….