LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield US authorities have prepared charges to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, reports CNN. The Justice Department’s relationship and attempt to develop charges against the controversial patriarch of Wikileaks started back in 2010, when the site first gained wide attention for posting thousands of files stolen by…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kathryn Watson Waste in the federal government’s fastest growing programs — Medicaid and Medicare — is probably much worse than anyone knows, U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (HOGR) Wednesday. Medicaid’s improper payment rate — benefits the Centers for…
by Eric Lieberman Local police officers are allegedly scanning the license plate numbers of people attending gun-shows per the request of the federal government. Agents employ devices that record the plate numbers of every car that passes through such events, according to emails obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The incident has raised questions from Fourth and Second…
By Luke Rosiak An image-cultivating, deal-making American expatriate who seemingly could talk himself into almost any job despite lacking essential skills and work ethic, bamboozled a top federal housing agency into putting him in charge of a $1.5 trillion portfolio of mortgage guarantees. Multiple documents and interviews assembled by The Daily Caller News Foundation show…
Several weeks before Omar Mateen would massacre more than 50 individuals at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, wary gun shop employees turned Mateen away from their store and notified the FBI. The gun shop told the feds that Mateen was acting very suspiciously and asking questions that raised alarm. ABC Reports: Robert Abell, a…
By Kathryn Watson Two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employees hid a strip club they owned and operated on government time from federal officials, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. DEA workers Glen Glover of New Jersey and David Polos of New York were convicted Thursday of failing to disclose their…
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Ethan Barton Federal agencies apparently spent $35 million on 20 questionable studies, a report has found, including experiments on what makes goldfish feel sexy and if being liberal is genetic. “We ought to reevaluate a system that spends federal funds looking for America’s next top model over a cure for cancer,” Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, said in…
A few weeks ago we reported on the possibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing the rescheduling of cannabis under the federal Controlled Substances Act. While this is something they have looked at before, this may be the year that finally brings about some sort of change from the DEA. Last week the DEA gave…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The Department of Justice is investigating five FBI agents involved in the fatal shooting of Oregon militia spokesman Lavoy Finicum for allegedly covering up the details of Finicum’s January death. One of the FBI agents allegedly lied about firing twice on Finicum, who was shot to death in the course of an…
By Andrew Follett The Obama administration is doing an awful job managing the country’s national parks. National Parks Service (NPS) owes $11.9 billion in deferred maintenance and other backlogged expenses, according to recent research that builds upon criticisms brought by lawmakers of President Barack Obama’s public lands agenda. “It’s worse than you think,” Elise Daniel,…