LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti FBI Director James Comey repeatedly referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal animus to Hillary Clinton as one of the major motivations in Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election during congressional testimony Tuesday. Comey described how Putin “hated Hillary Clinton so much” he developed a preference…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Three airport security programs will see an axing of their budget under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, reports the Hill. The proposal, whose blueprint was publically released on Thursday, “eliminates and reduces unauthorized and underperforming programs administered by [the Transportation Security Administration] TSA in order to strengthen screening at airport security checkpoints,” the Hill…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget for the U.S. government blames former President Barack Obama by name for the U.S. military’s readiness crisis. The declaration is a break from traditional protocol, much like many of Trump’s actions in his first day in office. Past presidents have criticized their predecessors…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell President Donald Trump called out North Korea for its bad behavior in an early morning tweet Friday. Since Trump took office, North Korea has fired off five ballistic missiles, one of which was a new type of solid-fueled, mid-range ballistic missile, and commercial satellite imagery shows extensive…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Fourteen million more people would become uninsured next year — and a total of 24 million more by the year 2026 — if the top Republican proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare is signed into law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, reports CNBC. The American Health Care Act…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Senate Democrats plan to characterize Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, as a callous judge ensconced in privilege during his confirmation hearings, set to begin next week. The New York Times reports Democrats will make…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, visited the White House Friday to speak with Vice President Mike Pence about space policy. Aldrin is a staunch advocate for human spaceflight and sending astronauts to Mars. His meeting with Pence is another sign the Trump administration…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Press Secretary Sean Spicer was approached by an Indian-American woman inside of an Apple store who barraged him with questions about committing “treason” and working for a “fascist” like President Donald Trump, reports the New York Post (NYP). The cellphone video which has since gone viral, was taken by a woman,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rapper Snoop Dogg‘s newest music video is sure to grab the controversial spotlight, as it appears to depict the assassination of a Donald Trump look alike. Snoop Dogg has never been one to shy away from controversial subject matter, often rapping about misogyny, actions which are anti-police, and unapologetically pro-marijuana. However in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold dismissed the notion President Donald Trump is at war with the media in a discussion about the election Sunday, saying he’s the most dependent person on the media anyone has ever met. “Trump isn’t at war with the media,” he said at the…