Joshua Gill on January 11, 2019 U.S. Immigration services approved visa requests for thousands of child brides and fiancees from 2007 to 2017. The approvals were legal, as applicants take advantage of the fact that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not limit the age of spouses and the fact that many states allow…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: ROBERT DONACHIE Capitol Hill and Health Care Reporter Republicans, not Democrats, are on the verge of being the party that is forever responsible for making Obamacare the law of the land. A small coalition of Republicans in the Senate — Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke In the wake of the clean Obamacare repeal failing in the Senate Wednesday, GOP lawmakers are rumored to be considering a “skinny repeal,” aimed at abolishing a handful of key Obamacare provisions. The measure would likely eliminate the individual and employer mandates and roll back the medical device tax…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As the debacle that is the GOP leadership’s attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) continues, it appears more and more as if the changes to the law are a mere “dog and pony show.” The Washington Examiner is now reporting that the GOP leadership…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska asserted that the Senate bill to replace the Affordable Care Act isn’t a true repeal during a retreat Sunday. The senator made the comments during a Koch foundation retreat according to Reuters White House Correspondent James Oliphant. Sasse asserted the measure was simply…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The Associated Press is reporting that GOP Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and three other Republican Senators, Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Mike Lee of Utah, plan to oppose the newest health care bill as it has been written, placing the viability of the bill in jeopardy. “The…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Department of Homeland Security under former President Barack Obama knowingly admitted teenage members of a vicious transnational gang into the U.S. during a flood of illegal immigration, a leading Republican senator said Wednesday. Sen. Ron Johnson, citing internal agency documents from a whistleblower, told the Senate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman A bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday in Congress would force the NSA to share any security vulnerabilities it finds in software with other government agencies. Known as the PATCH Act (Protecting Our Ability To Counter Hacking), the legislation mandates a larger review when a federal agency discovers a security hole in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday that a continuous wall along the U.S.-Mexico border may not be necessary as long as the Trump administration approaches border security in a “thoughtful manner.” The Wisconsin Senator told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he didn’t see any contradiction between Homeland…