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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Ten-month-old Charlie Gard was sentenced to die by the European Court of Human Rights (EHCR), Tuesday, who ruled against potentially life-saving treatment for him. The ECHR ordered that Gard’s life support be shut off and blocked him from travel to the U.S. for experimental treatment for which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A massive tax on electronic cigarettes is upending the vaping industry in Pennsylvania and is blamed for putting nearly 100 stores out of business since implementation. Lawmakers in the state passed a 40 percent tax on vaping products last summer that went into effect in October, nearly…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Gabrielle Okun A British member of parliament urged Prime Minister Theresa May to hurry up the Brexit process Wednesday. “Just get on and leave the EU!” John Bone said at Parliament, urging May to tell the House of Commons she will make the exit process her priority in reflection of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The founder of the anti-Islamist think tank Quilliam received a public gesture of support from Bill Maher while appearing on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” Friday night. Maajid Nawaz announced his plan to sue the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for defamation over its inclusion of his…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The UK’s electric grid will become more vulnerable to cyber attacks as more green energy comes online, the ex-chairman of the country’s national grid said Monday. Steve Holliday, the the former chairman of the U.K.’s national grid, said decentralized power from wind turbines and solar panels are…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese human rights activist recently diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, has been released on medical parole and moved from his prison cell to a hospital. Liu was a prominent leader during the Tiananmen Square protests almost three decades ago, and he spent two years…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr A teacher is suing the California Teachers Association for taking educators’ money but reportedly giving them no political voice or representation in return. Bhavini Bhakta, a California educator who was laid off shortly after receiving her school’s teacher of the year Award in 2009, never intended to become an activist….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As the debacle that is the GOP leadership’s attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) continues, it appears more and more as if the changes to the law are a mere “dog and pony show.” The Washington Examiner is now reporting that the GOP leadership…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review lower court rulings blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugee and migrant entry, and stayed injunctions barring the order’s enforcement. The announcement is a major victory for the president, whose signature immigration policy has been…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson The British Conservatives reached a deal Monday with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to form a minority government. Prime Minister Theresa May and the Conservatives needed backing from at least nine members of parliament to reach a majority. DUP, a conservative Northern Irish party, will give them…