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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a landmark religious liberty case concerning the rights of merchants who object to participating in same-sex weddings given their moral and theological convictions. The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, has been pending before the high court for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A study on the increasing minimum wage in Seattle, Wash., found that the low-income workers in the city actually have been losing an average of $125 per month since the hike went into effect. Seattle has been gradually increasing the minimum wage for workers in the city for years hoping to get to $15 per…
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 Ryan Pickrell The Kremlin has reportedly decided to recall Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, who has been described as the “most radioactive man in Washington.” While Kisylak was initially expected to be appointed to a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York, possibly the counterterrorism…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill California is restricting state government funded travel to four more states after each of them passed laws deemed harmful to the LGBT community. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the addition of Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Texas to a travel ban list Thursday at a press…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska asserted that the Senate bill to replace the Affordable Care Act isn’t a true repeal during a retreat Sunday. The senator made the comments during a Koch foundation retreat according to Reuters White House Correspondent James Oliphant. Sasse asserted the measure was simply…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz Reports surfacing Saturday are revealing that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy my be anticipating retirement. He is a conservative justice, yet has been known to side with liberal stances at times, such as with the Supreme Court decision to permit same-sex marriage. The 80 year old justice…
Jack Crowe Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation John “Sonny” Franzese, the oldest federal prisoner in the country, became a free man Friday at 100 years of age. Franzese, who ran criminal rackets in Long Island for the Colombo family, was released from the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Mass., shortly before noon…
Thomas Phippen Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Federal officials found a single Asian carp nine miles from Lake Michigan Thursday, and some politicians are concerned the fish will be a scourge to the local fisheries and ecosystem. Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin called the discovery of the fish troubling, and called for…
Andrew Follett Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Legislation pushed by a top GOP congressman to turn the U.S. air traffic control system over to a public-private partnership likely won’t benefit the lobbying group employing his girlfriend. Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Bill Shuster, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is stripping language from air…