LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke criticized a 2015 presidential memorandum for stunting job growth and industry on federal lands at a Montana Western Governors Association conference Tuesday. The memo, signed by former President Barack Obama, requires federal agencies to “minimize harmful effects to land, water, wildlife, and other ecological…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin pledged that the newly passed accountability legislation would not be used to fire large numbers of people in a message sent to all employees Tuesday. Shulkin stated the accountability legislation signed by President Donald Trump won’t “take away due process,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The Philippines House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would require citizens to sing the national anthem with enthusiasm when it is publicly played. If Filipinos fail to belt out the song “Lupang Hinirang” loudly or passionately enough, they could face a hefty fine or jail time,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The North Korean ballistic missile threat has been receiving significant attention in recent weeks, but missile threats are surging worldwide, a new Pentagon report suggests. North Korea has made significant strides in developing its weapons program in recent months, successfully testing multiple new ballistic missile systems, but…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Two railroad employees were killed after being crushed by an Amtrak train at Union Station in Washington D.C., Tuesday night. Amtrak services between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia were suspended for hours Wednesday morning due to the incident. Trains are now operating at restricted speeds, Amtrak told NBC News. The two workers were near the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Tuesday that she does not believe there will be another financial crisis in our lifetime, largely because of the regulations placed on the banking industry after the Great Recession. “I do think we’re much safer and I hope that it will not be in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Departing Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who famously slept on a cot in his office to save money, says congressmen should get an extra $2,500 monthly housing allowance to pay D.C. rental costs. “I really do believe Congress would be much better served if there was a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Nick Givas MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski bashed President Donald Trump Wednesday, calling him worse than former President Richard Nixon and the “greatest liar that’s ever sat in the white house.”Scarborough played a clip of Brian Karem, executive editor of The Sentinel Newspapers, at Tuesday’s White…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Nick Givas CNN “New Day” host Chris Cuomo said Tuesday President Donald Trump is at war with the media and out to make reporters “an enemy of the state.” “At the end of the day we have been here before my brothers,” said Cuomo. “This is a de facto…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Secretary of Defense James Mattis pledged to limit the involvement of the U.S. in Syria to anti-ISIS operations after a series of heightened tensions between the U.S., Syria, and Iran. “We just refuse to get drawn into the Syrian Civil War,” Mattis declared to reporters Monday repeating…