LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The New York Times is reporting that the Trump administration has lifted the federal protections which allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity. The rescinding of federal protections, according to the NYT, goes against the advice of President Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, in lieu…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rachel Stoltzfoos The White House disputed an Associated Press report Friday that President Donald Trump is considering sending the National Guard to round up illegal immigrants. “This is not true,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted, within minutes of the AP report. The AP claims to have obtained an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Apparently all is not homogeneous inside the belly of the GOP. According to a new report, GOP insiders are worried about the upcoming repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act: Leaked recordings from a closed door session during the Republican Party’s retreat in Philadelphia show…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Trump administration accepted a large swath of senior State Department officials resignations Wednesday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Thursday. Toner’s statement came in response to a Washington Post story which posited that senior State Department officials resigned en-masse. The story was followed hours later by a CNN report that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Trump administration will not send a representative to next week’s round of Syrian peace talks despite an invitation from Russia in order to focus on the transition, reported the Washington Post Saturday. Russia specifically invited Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to the talks, which are…