LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Secretary of Defense James Mattis took his first steps toward creating a more efficient and effective military by issuing two memos which aim to streamline operations and free up capital. The first memo called for the reorganization of certain undersecretary roles, a chief innovation officer, an improved chief…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman The Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial were defaced by what authorities believe was a single vandal over Presidents Day weekend in Washington, D.C. Officials with the U.S. Park Police and National Park Service said that they believe a lone individual committed the criminal act…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told agency employees Tuesday he would lead the agency based on three broad principles: process, the rule of law and federalism. Pruitt’s first speech to agency employees provided subtle hints of the direction he plans on taking EPA — complete with subtle criticisms…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A Chinese power company has taken an innovative and extreme approach to managing stray trash piling up on power lines. Plastic bags, wish lanterns, and kites have a bad habit of getting tangled in the power lines, Chinese media reports. The state-owned Xiangyang Electrical Power Company in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The CEO of Uber, the ride-sharing tech conglomerate, told employees Monday that he hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation into sexual harassment claims levied by a former female employee. Susan J. Fowler, who worked as an Uber engineer for roughly a year, wrote…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett When corporations go green it isn’t as good for the planet as environmentalists like to claim, according to a new study by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The study surveyed 118 corporate information technology officers on how they planned to help their companies go green, and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Chicago violence could be solved if more people understood gun laws and the Second Amendment, according to the founder of a pro-gun group. Maj Toure, the founder of Black Guns Matter, believes that more education on firearm laws and deescalation tactics could reduce the violence in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Almost one-and-a-half million Harvard emails containing grades, answer keys, bank account numbers, and even one person’s Social Security number were publicly available until Monday afternoon. Harvard administrators and more than two dozen student managers of the email lists were unaware of the visibility of their contents, as reported…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will serve as President Donald Trump’s new National Security Advisor, but prior to his new posting, the bold general was in charge of a program examining how the U.S. will fight a resurgent Russia. Trump announced McMaster’s selection Monday, one week after his…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The telephone of the infamous Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler sold at a Sunday auction in the U.S. for $243,000. The organization operating the auction refers to the phone as “Hitler’s mobile device of destruction” and calls it “arguably the most destructive ‘weapon’ of all time, which sent millions…