LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A federal appeals court declined to rehear a case brought against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for designating private property as critical habitat for an endangered frog that hasn’t lived on those lands for decades. FWS officials designated 6,477 acres as critical habitat for the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Several Senate Republicans are arguing for a full-scale repeal of Obamacare along the same lines as the 2015 repeal bill, paving the way for a GOP battle over some aspects of the law. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday afternoon that he would support a repeal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Blue Cross Blue Shield Association lobbyists have been pushing the Trump administration to keep several Obamacare provisions that are good for insurance companies, while trying to get the law’s high taxes on them repealed for good. The health insurance industry wants the Trump administration to preserve the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Disney has cut ties with Felix Kjellberg, a YouTube superstar from Sweden, after he posted a series of videos with anti-Semitic references. The 27-year-old viral sensation who goes by the name “PewDiePie” posted nine videos since August that feature anti-Semitic jokes or Nazi imagery, according to The Wall…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock In the final hours before his resignation, now-former White House National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn said he “crossed no lines” in his discussion with Russia’s ambassador, but ultimately he was most concerned about the steady stream of leaks to reporters based on classified information. “In some of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Russia’s secret deployment of a new cruise missile may constitute a violation of a crucial arms control agreement dating back to the Cold War, Trump administration officials told the New York Times Tuesday. The weapon in question is known as the SSC-8, an intermediate-range, ground-based cruise missile which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A dozen airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees were arrested in February for allegedly operating a massive cocaine smuggling ring. “During the course of the conspiracy, the defendants smuggled suitcases, each containing at least 8 to 15 kilograms of cocaine, through the TSA security system at the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kathryn Watson More than 99 percent of the thousands of IRS employees investigated for violating federal tax laws in the last five years avoided termination and continued enforcing other Americans’ tax collections, according to an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The IRS fired only 74…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A popular mobile dating app will start to ask political questions as part of its matchmaking criteria in March. OKCupid, a social networking website, is expected to rollout a new redesign in March that will include 50 potentially provocative questions, like how a user feels about Trump’s immigration ban….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read President Donald Trump’s national security adviser shocked the country Monday when he handed in his resignation after less than a month on the job. Flynn found himself at the center of controversy after he allegedly misled Vice President Mike Pence over whether he discussed U.S. sanctions against…