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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rumors are swirling about musician Kid Rock being eyed as a potential candidate to take on Democrat Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat in Michigan next year, according to Roll Call. According to Roll Call, The rocker’s name came up as a possible candidate at a Michigan Republican Party convention last weekend….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett A Nevada lawmaker introduced legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” Monday, even though there’s no such activity occurring in the state. The bill would prohibit fracking in the state and repeal all the regulations previously approved by the state’s Division of Minerals. There is currently no…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Several Senate Republicans are arguing for a full-scale repeal of Obamacare along the same lines as the 2015 repeal bill, paving the way for a GOP battle over some aspects of the law. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday afternoon that he would support a repeal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Blue Cross Blue Shield Association lobbyists have been pushing the Trump administration to keep several Obamacare provisions that are good for insurance companies, while trying to get the law’s high taxes on them repealed for good. The health insurance industry wants the Trump administration to preserve the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock In the final hours before his resignation, now-former White House National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn said he “crossed no lines” in his discussion with Russia’s ambassador, but ultimately he was most concerned about the steady stream of leaks to reporters based on classified information. “In some of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The federal government watchdog on ethics has explained in a letter, released on Tuesday, that Trump senior advisor KellyAnne Conway’s comments on Ivanka Trump’s clothing line were a “clear violation” of ethics rules. #BREAKING: U.S. Office of Government Ethics Calls on White House to Discipline #KellyanneConway pic.twitter.com/nixmDhMc6Q — House…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Russia’s secret deployment of a new cruise missile may constitute a violation of a crucial arms control agreement dating back to the Cold War, Trump administration officials told the New York Times Tuesday. The weapon in question is known as the SSC-8, an intermediate-range, ground-based cruise missile which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A dozen airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees were arrested in February for allegedly operating a massive cocaine smuggling ring. “During the course of the conspiracy, the defendants smuggled suitcases, each containing at least 8 to 15 kilograms of cocaine, through the TSA security system at the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kathryn Watson More than 99 percent of the thousands of IRS employees investigated for violating federal tax laws in the last five years avoided termination and continued enforcing other Americans’ tax collections, according to an analysis by The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group. The IRS fired only 74…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read President Donald Trump’s national security adviser shocked the country Monday when he handed in his resignation after less than a month on the job. Flynn found himself at the center of controversy after he allegedly misled Vice President Mike Pence over whether he discussed U.S. sanctions against…