LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Luke Rosiak Rogue congressional staffers took $100,000 from an Iraqi politician while they had administrator-level access to the House of Representatives’ computer network, according to court documents examined by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The money was a loan from Dr. Ali al-Attar, an Iraqi political figure, and was funneled through a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The U.S. Department of Defense is exploring options that would see drones fitted with lasers that could shoot down incoming enemy missiles. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency tested a “directed-energy airborne laser” that can be fired from a drone, according to a report by the Last Vegas…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson British officials believe Russian authorities planned to assassinate the prime minister of Montenegro to stop the country from joining NATO, the Sunday Telegraph reports, citing government sources. Milivoje Katnic, Montenegro’s chief special prosecutor, claimed in November that “nationalists from Russia” organized a criminal group to disrupt the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A former engineer for Uber wrote a highly disturbing account of her time at the ride-sharing company, including accusations of sexual harassment and unfair treatment, after complaining about the alleged misconduct. Susan J. Fowler joined Uber as a site reliability engineer in November of 2015 and left in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The U.K.’s single-payer hospitals are running out of beds, and experts are warning the system is reaching a “breaking point,” The Times of London reported Monday. The National Health Service (NHS), which runs hospitals and public health services in England, Scotland and Wales, has experienced problems with long…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell An irate customer chopped the head off a restaurant owner Saturday for overcharging him for his noodles. Identified as Mr. Hu, the 22-year-old migrant worker from Sichuan Province downed three bowls of noodles at a restaurant in Wuhan, Hubei, China. After discovering the owner had charged him…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of Defense James Mattis declared that the U.S. would not be taking any oil from Iraq prior to departing for Baghdad Monday, contrary to past statements by President Donald Trump. Trump reiterated his declaration that the U.S. should take Iraq’s oil on his first day as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Stephen Miller, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, advised U.S. attorney Robert Capers as to how to defend the president’s executive order on refugees during an emergency court hearing. The New York Daily News reports Miller called Capers at home “to dictate” strategy for the hearing. Miller,…
By Rob Shimshock An “antiracist” poster in a college writing center insists American grammar is “racist” and an “unjust language structure,” promising to prioritize rhetoric over “grammatical ‘correctness.’” The poster, written by the director, staff, and tutors of the University of Washington, Tacoma’s Writing Center, states “racism is the normal condition of things,” declaring that it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A video believed to show the assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother in Malaysia has been leaked to the media. The video, a collection of unclear footage from multiple CCTV cameras at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, first aired by Japan’s Fuji TV during its “Mr. Sunday”…