LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ethan Barton Auditors couldn’t figure out how long it takes the Department of State to process security clearances nor how much background investigations cost because of errors in agency reporting, a government watchdog reported Friday. The State Department’s Inspector General (IG) reviewed security clearance reports from 2012 through 2016 and…
of The Libertarian Republic or its sponsors. LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The bomb U.S. forced dropped Thursday on an ISIS training camp in Afghanistan cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $170,000 per unit in 2003, but the Pentagon does not have an exact cost, according to an Air Force statement. Multiple news outlets reported Thursday that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr The Trump administration is threatening to interfere with state pot laws and it could cost the marijuana industry hundreds of thousands of jobs. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s comments teasing a crackdown on state pot laws Thursday are continuing to stir anxiety among those financially dependent…
by Micah J. Fleck A recent podcast by The Blaze correspondent Matt Walsh was recently posted alongside a related article semi-transcribing its contents on The Blaze website The title read as follows: “This is very simple: if you can’t afford college, don’t go to college.” Within the body of the article (a paraphrasing of the…
By Andrew Follett Solar panels are 20 percent more expensive in recent months, according to data from the United Kingdom government. The cost of installing panels rose from a low of $2,291 in January to $2,759 per kilowatt of installed solar capacity, according to data publishedby Great Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change this week. This price increase occurred…
By Andrew Follett The various nations of the European Union pay a lot more for electricity than American states do, according to an analysis of data by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The DCNF aggregated average annual power prices from the E.U. and U.S. in 2013, the last full year of data. The average European spent 26.9 cents…
By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration’s effort to eliminate red tape hampering American businesses has actually ended up adding $16 billion in new regulatory costs and 16 million hours in new paperwork, according to a report. The right-leaning American Action Forum found “executive agencies have added more than $16 billion in regulatory costs, up from $14.7 billion…