LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul railed against a potential weapons sale to Saudi Arabia ahead of a vote to stop the arms deal Tuesday. The Kentucky Republican said selling billions of dollars in weapons to the country would implicate the U.S. in a proxy war in Yemen….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn worked on a U.S.-Russia plan to build several American nuclear power plants in the Middle East, financial disclosures show. Flynn’s 2015 and 2016 financial filings indicate he helped plan a joint U.S.-Russia program to supply nuclear reactors to the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias Atienza It’s hard to imagine a man who manages to stay true to his convictions on anything this day, especially in politics. Trump is the prime example today, just because he’s President and in the most high-profile office in the world. But Obama, Clinton, and others before them…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Several senators want to block a weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, part of a much larger package of arms sales touted by President Donald Trump. Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy hope to vote on whether to approve a package of weapons…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Four Arab nations have formally cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing the small Persian Gulf country of supporting terrorism in the Middle East. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates all severed ties with Qatar within hours of each other on Monday morning. The incident…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson Germany’s foreign minister and vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, accused President Donald Trump of putting peace in Europe at risk Monday by “moving away from Western ideas.” Gabriel went as far as to say the U.S. is “dropping out as an important nation.” “That’s unfortunately a signal for a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) team has announced that Republican from Kentucky plans to force a vote on a $110 billion defense deal President Donald Trump signed with Saudi Arabia. According to the Hill, an aide from Paul’s office explained that the liberty Republican plans to introduce a measure to disapprove of…
By: Elias J. Atienza U.S Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) support the recent decision by the Obama administration to halt recent arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a press release, following accusations of war crimes by the Saudi-lead coalition. However, the bipartisan group of Senators want…
by Eli Bowman The New York Times reports, in what can be considered a huge win for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, that the House and Senate have voted overwhelmingly to override President Barack Obama‘s veto, thus allowing the families of the victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. President Obama has…
Recently the US Government Federal Senate voted to block an arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The Arms deal is worth over $1 billion, and many senators voted no. Unfortunately the Joint Resolution proposed by Rand Paul did not pass. Many conservatives and liberals alike had expressed distaste for the Obama administration and their arms deal…