LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: As the end of the year approaches, the main thing on everyone’s minds is getting last minute Christmas shopping done and waiting to see what happens with the Senate tax reform bill. However, there is one thing that has not been getting attention. It has brought Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR)…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce A Department of the Interior (DOI) official appeared on National Public Radio and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Monday, accusing the Trump administration of demoting him because of his political beliefs. Joel Clement, the DOI’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue senior advisor, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post last week claiming that his reassignment…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Trump administration plans to officially ban travel to North Korea for American citizens, according to U.S. officials. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has decided to impose a “geographic travel restriction” on North Korea, officials told the Associated Press. Young Pioneer Tours, a company in China that takes foreigners into North Korea, said it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch The Trump administration will use its position as a donor to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to steer money towards coal-fired power plants and natural gas infrastructure, according to an unnamed White House official. President Donald Trump will do his best to use the Obama administration’s $1 billion donation to the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Broadway star Patti LuPone had strong words for the Trump administration while on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday, refusing to perform if the president ever attended her show. LuPone, whose performance in “War Paint” earned her an acting nomination, said that President Donald Trump shouldn’t see her show, telling Variety reporter Gordon Cox on the red…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton used a commencement speech at Medgar Evers College Thursday as a platform to criticize the Trump administration and share her concern about hate crimes with the graduates. “The work of justice is never finished. We have seen that and been reminded of it…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Tim Pearce The Trump administration wants to privatize some public assets like airports and bridges to help modernize and rebuild the United States’ infrastructure. According to the Washington Post, President Trump wants to designate $200 billion over the next 10 years to pay out as bonuses to state and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul acknowledged getting the Trump administration on board with criminal justice reforms will be an “uphill battle” on a call with reporters Wednesday. Paul recently introduced bipartisan legislation — dubbed the Justice Safety Valve Act — along with Democratic Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Journalist Mike Allen said the “Trump-induced funk” he’s seeing among long-time Washingtonians is like nothing he has seen, as insiders struggle to grapple with the new “normal” of the Trump administration. “I have noticed a growing number of longtime Washingtonians in a prolonged, deep Trump-induced funk,” Allen wrote in his Axios newsletter Thursday,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Trump administration is trying to facilitate the release of a Pakistani doctor who was jailed for helping the CIA locate Osama Bin-Laden, The Wall Street Journal reports. The doctor, Shakil Afridi, started a fake vaccination program to both locate bin Laden and attempt to get his DNA. The…