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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Apparently, Rep. Maxine Waters doesn’t think to much of the “patriotism” of Trump supporters. On Monday night, the Democrat from California took to the House floor to “played the race card and the patriotism card against supporters of the president,” explained the American Mirror. WATCH: “Mr. Speaker, my position…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Josh Begley, writing for the Intercept, has announced that after years of denials by Apple, his app to track drone strikes has been approved. Begley starts his story off saying: Five years ago, I made a simple iPhone app. It would send you a push notification every time a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The first several miles of the southern border wall could cost nearly $1 billion, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reported by CNN. President Donald Trump has requested $999 million from Congress this fiscal year to begin border wall construction, and most of that will go toward…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman An $11 minimum wage in St. Louis, Missouri may cost the city 1,000 jobs, mostly belonging to the area’s most vulnerable populations, according to a report from the Employment Policies Institute. Using Census Bureau data, Dr. David Macpherson of Trinity University and Dr. William Even of Miami…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Civilians casualties may be endemic to any U.S. effort to defeat the Islamic State, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap warns. Dunlap’s warning comes after reports that a March 17 airstrike may have inadvertently killed nearly 200 civilians in Mosul, when supporting the Iraqi Security Forces…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The father of the 18-year-old illegal immigrant accused of raping a 14-year-old has been arrested by ICE. ICE arrested Guatemalan Adolfo Sanchez-Reyes, 43, following the allegation that his son and 17-year old “freshman” Jose Montano raped a 14-year-old female student at Rockville High School, as reported by WTOP….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A white man who expressed a desire to kill black people received terrorism charges for his murder of a black man, prosecutors announced Monday. Prosecutors charged James Harris Jackson, an Army veteran, with murder in the first and second degrees as an act of terrorism and as a hate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has high hopes about future fights with Republican leadership, according to a Tuesday report from Politico. Republicans were unable to get a comprehensive health care bill passed last Friday, and Democrats think that means they can keep the pressure going by refusing…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A 19-year-old man in Oklahoma gunned down three potential robbers Monday afternoon when they tried to break into his family’s home. Wagoner County sheriff’s deputies went to the house and found one person dead in the driveway and two other people dead in the kitchen, reports the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A mother who asked TSA agents at DFW International Airport for alternative screening for her son with special needs said they were “treated like dogs” and forced to miss a flight during an extensive security check, according to her Facebook post that has since gone viral, reports Dallas…