LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A former New York Police Department officer killed himself after the FBI approached him during a traffic stop Wednesday. Gerard Benderoth, also a bodybuilder, shot himself in the head when the FBI and state agents came up to arrest him, reports the New York Daily News. “While…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised Sunday that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will not include cuts to major entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare. If Mnuchin’s comments are correct, the president would be making good on his campaign promise to not make cuts to Social…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson A Russian intelligence official will reportedly face indictment for plotting a coup to stop Montenegro from joining NATO by assassinating its prime minister. Eduard Sismakov, an officer with the GRU military service, allegedly ran a network of Serbian and Russian nationalists and paramilitaries who tried to disrupt the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this weekend, criticizing his former colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg for inappropriate interventions in political questions. Ginsburg and Silberman served together on the D.C. Circuit, widely…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett The father of a U.S. Navy Seal killed in the Yemen raid in late January refused to meet President Donald Trump during the transfer of his coffin to the U.S., the Miami Herald reports. Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens’s coffin arrived at Dover Air Force base Feb…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Judge Army Col. Jeffery Nance has tossed out arguments from Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s defense team that President Donald Trump’s harsh comments have prevented Bergdahl from receiving a fair trial. According to Bergdahl’s lawyers, Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail ruined the ability of potential jurors to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Following his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and leader of the #Brexit movement Nigel Farage told reporters that the election of President Donald Trump was “bigger” than the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Transcript: Reporter: #Brexit…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Loveshe In the fall of 2016, the University of Chicago made headlines across the country for sending home a letter to incoming students stating that the university would be upholding freedom of expression on campus. This initiative, highly publicized across the country, is in stark contrast with the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Sarah Hurtubise Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have restricted state funding for Planned Parenthood. The bill, which passed the state Senate last week, would have restricted the Virginia Department of Health from providing funds to clinics that perform abortions which aren’t covered by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell An irate customer chopped the head off a restaurant owner Saturday for overcharging him for his noodles. Identified as Mr. Hu, the 22-year-old migrant worker from Sichuan Province downed three bowls of noodles at a restaurant in Wuhan, Hubei, China. After discovering the owner had charged him…