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House Expected To Box Trump In By Passing Russia Sanctions Bill

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe The House is expected to pass a sweeping sanctions bill Tuesday, potentially disrupting President Donald Trump’s plan to establish a new era of cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The bipartisan bill, which also levies new sanctions against North Korea and Iran, targets Russian officials in order to punish President…

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House Dems Worried They’re Not Diverse Enough, Scramble To Get More Minorities

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Democratic representatives are launching a new diversity initiative out of concern that they don’t have enough minorities staffers in their offices, according to a Wednesday announcement. The project, called the House Democratic Diversity Initiative, plans to appoint a staffer to recruit more minorities, creating more job opportunities for ethnic…

Cory Booker: “Cruel” Healthcare Bill Will Bring “Death, Pain and Suffering”

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The plays to emotion know no bounds and the number one human motivator is fear. No wonder they often find their way into today’s political grandstanding. On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) gave an impassioned speech on MSNBC decrying a “cruel” and “craven” Republican health care bill….

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Police Accuse Man Of Spraying His Own House With Swastikas

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Police arrested a Schenectady, N.Y., man for spray painting his house with swastikas and lying to police about it Monday. Andrew King, 54, now faces charges for falsely reporting a crime to the police, reports NewYorkUpstate.com. King claimed last month that vandals came to his house and graffitied it…

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House Dem IT Staffers Fired In Computer Security Probe

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Luke Rosiak Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computer networks without permission. Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House…

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Trump Cleans House At Highest Level Of State Department

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Trump administration accepted a large swath of senior State Department officials resignations Wednesday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Thursday. Toner’s statement came in response to a Washington Post story which posited that senior State Department officials resigned en-masse. The story was followed hours later by a CNN report that…

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Paul Ryan Widens Divide: Trump’s Mass Deportations “Not Happening”

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck As if the Hill Republicans and the Trump team weren’t split enough already due to Trump’s less-than-favorable descriptions of the GOP establishment during his presidential run, speaker of the House Paul Ryan has now made it very clear that Trump’s more radical ideas will not be…