LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been removed from his seat on the National Security Council, reversing one of the most controversial decisions of the young Trump administration, reports NBC News. Meanwhile, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has been added to the NSC according to Statesman.com. Per NBC: A filing on…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley diplomatically indicated that the U.S. may take action against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for a chemical weapons attack Tuesday in an address she gave to the U.N. security council Wednesday. “When United Nations fails to act collectively, there are times in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: SAAGAR ENJETI The Islamic State attacked President Donald Trump in its latest propaganda video, ending a conspicuous silence on the leader who has been in the public spotlight for nearly two years. Veteran ISIS reporter at The New York Times, Rukmini Callimachi, noted Tuesday the silence on Trump from ISIS has “puzzled” terrorism…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korean hackers allegedly gained access to secret allied war plans for a conflict on the peninsula. A South Korean investigation into a security breach last year revealed North Korean hackers accessed parts of Operations Plan (OPLAN) 5027, the Chosun Ilbo reports, citing South Korean defense sources. The…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Russia tried to absolve the Assad regime of responsibility for a cruel chemical weapons attack in Syria Monday by making the dubious assertion the attack was actually the result of an anti-terror air strike. Assad forces struck a “large terrorist warehouse” near the scene of the chemical attack where…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Islamic State fighters are using children as human shields to deter airstrikes from the U.S. and the Iraqi Security Forces, BBC News reports. BBC News reporters accompanying the Iraqi Security Forces on a mission over ISIS-held areas of Mosul saw several examples of ISIS fighters ferrying children…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A retired four-star U.S. general warns that a pre-emptive strike on North Korea may be the only real solution to address the North Korean nuclear threat. Retired Gen. John Keane, who turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to serve as the secretary of defense, suggests that bombing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Blackwater founder Erik Prince established a back-channel for President-elect Donald Trump to communicate with a source close to Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, reports The Washington Post. The secret meeting between various U.S., European and Arab officials took place January in the Seychelles islands — about nine…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Less than 1 percent of the nearly 18,000 U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria yielded reports of possible civilian casualties, according to the Pentagon’s monthly civilian casualty assessment. Of the less than one percent of strikes that resulted in possible civilian casualties, only a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Dries Van Thielen Explosions in St. Petersburg, Russia have killed ten and injured dozens more, in an attack which is believed to be linked to terrorism. UPDATE 10:20 AM EST: Report from RT News is coming in saying that an improvised explosive was found and defused at the St. Petersburg Metro Station. UPDATE…