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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson MALMO, Sweden — A truck rammed into a crowd of people Friday in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, killing at least three. The attack took place at a busy intersection in central Stockholm around 3 p.m. local time. A reporter for public radio station SR said he spotted…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Russian President Vladimir Putin said the U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian military field Thursday broke international law and severely damaged U.S.-Russia relations. The missile strike targeted the al-Shayrat military airfield where the chemical weapons attack the Pentagon believes President Bashar al-Assad carried out is thought to have…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Pentagon has released video footage of two U.S. destroyers launching missiles at an airfield in Syria. WATCH: The videos show several Tomahawk missiles launching from the decks of the USS Ross and the USS Porter. Approximately 60 missiles, each carrying a 1,000 pound warhead, were launched…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The U.S. military purposefully avoided targeting areas of the Syrian base struck by Tomahawk missiles where Russian forces were believed to be present, a Department of Defense spokesperson said Thursday. No casualties, Russian or otherwise, have yet been identified, and the DOD also noted the Russians were notified…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett A U.S. defense official said Thursday evening that the Tomahawk missile strike against Syria is a “one-off” event. This official stated the Pentagon intends the attack against the Syrian military base al-Shayrat to be a singular event, according to Reuters. President Donald Trump ordered two U.S. destroyers in the eastern…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon showed up at a National Security Council meeting Wednesday after he was removed from the body’s principals committee. A source with knowledge of the situation told CNBC that Bannon attended a council meeting after the White House stated that he had…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump did not call Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending 60 Tomahawk missiles to strike a Syrian airfield likely used in a Tuesday chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump justified the strike, saying it was in the “vital national interest” of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti A chemical weapons attack likely carried out by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday has reignited interest in why these weapons were banned in the first place. The first widespread use of chemical weapons dates to World War I when the Germans deployed chlorine gas. Both sides in the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Infowars, which had been some of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters during the election, is officially off the Trump train. The Editor in Chief of Infowars, Paul Joseph Watson, unleashed on Trump in a series of tweets. I guess Trump wasn't "Putin's puppet" after all, he was just another deep…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: The United States has finally struck the government of President Bashar Al-Assad with fifty to sixty cruise missiles on airfields controlled by the Syrian regime. This is the first time the U.S has directly attacked the Syrian regime, though the U.S has not been on friendly terms with them. This…