LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Nearly every word of President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress was true, according to The New York Times fact check. Reporters from the NYT sourced through each statement the president made in Tuesday night’s speech, which touched on: violent crime, immigration, border control, health care reform,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The sponsors of an environmental conference flew roughly 50 college students to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to discuss ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to prevent global warming. Several students who spoke to The Daily Caller News Foundation said conference sponsors paid to fly them to D.C. from…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump’s new order suspending travel from terror-rife countries will reportedly not include Iraq, in a nod to Secretary of Defense James Mattis’s past requests. Trump’s original Jan. 27 ban included Iraq and six other countries that were temporarily prohibited from entering the U.S. Mattis reportedly…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise In the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday night, former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear gave a dire warning that Republicans will “rip” health care away from Americans. Picked to champion the health care law during the GOP effort for repeal, Beshear said that Trump…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The Dow Jones Industrial Average breached 21,000 for the first time in its history Wednesday morning, coming off the heels of President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress Tuesday. The benchmark index sits at 21,040.82 as of 9:58 a.m. EST Wednesday morning. The rally is led by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to putting Americans first when it comes to immigration reform Tuesday in his address to a joint session of Congress, saying any reform had to begin with that basic principle. “I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman President Donald Trump quoted former President Abraham Lincoln Tuesday in what could be interpreted as an endorsement of the 16th president’s protectionist ideals. “The first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the abandonment of the protective policy by the American government will produce want and ruin among…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman Liberal comedian Rosie O’Donnell protested President Donald Trump Tuesday evening in what was billed as a “resistance address” to the president. O’Donnell joined a number of groups, including the ACLU, MoveOn.org Civic Action, the Hip Hop Caucus and DailyKos, for a protest outside of the White House…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not attend President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening, continuing her unbroken streak of skipping addresses given by Republican presidents before Congress. Ginsburg was appointed to the high court by former President Bill Clinton in 1993. She…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson An European Union committee voted to lift National Front leader Marine Le Pen’s immunity Tuesday, which means she could face charges in France for tweeting images of Islamic State killings in 2015. Le Pen tweeted out a series of graphic images of ISIS victims — including the decapitated…