LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Hawaii Rep. Beth Fukumoto officially resigned her membership with the Republican Party Wednesday, according to a report from Reuters. Fukumoto was previously the minority leader in the Hawaii statehouse, but was ousted from that position in February after she participated in the Women’s March on Washington, according…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke President Donald Trump entered office promising to avoid costly nation-building efforts overseas, but his administration appears willing to deploy significant military resources to “stabilization” in Iraq after the Islamic State is driven from the country. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday U.S. forces will remain in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Freedom Partners and Americans for Prosperity will put seven figures behind a political action committee supporting members of Congress who vote against the healthcare reform legislation backed by President Donald Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The news comes just hours…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said Wednesday that House leadership needs to push back the Obamacare repeal vote to allow for changes to the legislation. Paul — who met with members of the House Freedom Caucus, which remains unsold on the measure — has been highly…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Politico is reporting the House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has come forward to say that the Trump transition team was indeed under surveillance during the Obama administration. Politico explained: Nunes said the surveillance appears to have been legal, incidental collection and that it does not appear to have…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Republican Michigan Rep. Justin Amash continued to insist Monday night the Obamacare replacement bill doesn’t have a chance of passing the House, saying GOP leaders have “seriously miscalculated.” “They haven’t changed the bill’s general framework,” Amash tweeted. “They don’t have the votes to pass it. They have seriously…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As many Americans find themselves watching the procedural hearings questioning President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, they may notice an oddity in the questioning and responses. It appears almost as if the two sides are speaking in different languages, or that Gorsuch is avoiding the question…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By John Griffing House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said he’s more concerned with fighting to get an Obamacare repeal bill he believes will bring down premiums than retaining his House seat. Meadows, who has repeatedly blasted a number of provisions in the leadership-backed legislation, was singled out by President…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Robert Donachie The White House is daring Republicans to vote against the GOP bill to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, according to House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows. President Donald Trump and Republican leadership in Congress are doing everything within their means to court Meadows, but thus far, the congressman…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield McClatchy is reporting that Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional — that favored Donald Trump’s presidential bid. The sources of the report stated that Russian operatives appear…