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Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Merrill Matthews (Institute for Policy Innovation) -- The closely guarded Senate health care bill written entirely behind closed doors finally became public Thursday in a do-or-die moment for efforts to repeal Obamacare3. Tim Burg (Liftable Media) -- A majority of lawmakers are rather hypocritical when it comes to how much they pay their staff4. Rick Romell (Business Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -- Two home improvements stores are accused of deceiving the buyers of four-by-four boards, the big brother to the ubiquitous two-by-four5. Gregg Roman (Director, Middle East Forum) -- New settlement construction is beginning in IsraelLike us on Facebook!

Tuesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Frank Gaffney (former assistant secretary of defense) -- American college student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days sightseeing in North Korea in 2016. Instead, he spent 17 months there in detention, where his family believes he was tortured into a vegetative state.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- The blizzard of snowflakes known as the left-wing media are furious the administration isn’t doing press briefings the way they want it done.3. Dr. Frieda Birnbaum (research psychologist, psychoanalyst) -- Colorado dad and Denver-area anesthesiologist Tim Farnum got his two youngest sons, ages 11 and 13, smartphones last year. His once-energetic and outgoing boys became moody, quiet, and reclusive.4. Roundtable discussion -- A U.S. captive from North Korea died in a coma yesterday.Like us on Facebook!

Tuesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Charles Ellison (DC correspondent, The Philadelphia Tribune) -- White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will step back from giving reporters the daily press briefing and is searching for his replacement at the podium.3. Hal Nunn (Liftable Media) -- The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix, Arizona has caused some trouble at the airport.4. Bill Dendy (president, Elite Financial Management) -- Ford, which was under fire for much of 2016 for its plans to build the Focus in Mexico, said today it is shifting gears a second time.5. Anika Smith (reporter, The Stream) -- A WNBA team has decided to partner with a very controversial group.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Tuesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Matt Boyle (political editor, Breitbart News) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan is promising to overhaul the tax code by the end of the year despite political divisions among Republicans and a crowded legislative agenda for Congress.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- If you voted for the Republicans, your personal information could have been put at risk by a clueless computer tech.3. Dr. Myers Hurt (Diamond Luxury Health Care) -- Human trials of a cholesterol-lowering vaccine to help prevent heart disease are underway.4. Roundtable discussion -- Sean Spicer is out as White House press secretary.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com

Tuesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. John Clark (Georgia News Network) -- Today is the day voters in an Atlanta-area district will decide whether to send a Democrat to the U.S. House for the first time in four decades. Democrat Jon Ossoff is facing Republican Karen Handel in a runoff to succeed veteran GOP Congressman Tom Price, who is now the Health and Human Services secretary.3. Tim Burg (Liftable Media) -- How Americans are handling their money has many folks concerned.4. James Hirsen (columnist, Newsmax) -- Senator Jeff Sessions recused himself from the FBI investigation, but what is the evidence against him?5. Lauren Fix (cars/tech reporter) -- President Trump and senior adviser Jared Kushner welcomed executives of some of America’s biggest technology companies to the White House on Monday to encourage private-sector solutions to government problems.Like us on Facebook!

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Joanna Walters (investigative reporter, The Guardian) -- Internet addiction is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in the United States. Now, there’s a rehab center in Washington State focused solely on that problem.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- Dum Dum lollipops have been around since 1924; and in all that time, the flavor of the mystery dum dum has been a secret. Until now!3. Debbie Georgatos (Fox News Analyst) -- The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency has compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government.4. Roundtable discussion -- After a wild round of appearances on the Sunday news shows, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow was out doing damage control Monday. He joined the hosts of "Fox & Friends" to talk about the President’s use of social media.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: shutterstock.com

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Tamara Holder (criminal defense attorney) -- A North Carolina law banning sex offenders from social media violates the First Amendment, the Supreme Court has ruled.3. Tom Hinchey (Liftable Media) -- Supreme Court rules on trademarks involving the Washington Redskins.4. Kyle Feldscher (breaking news editor, Washington Examiner) -- Democrats are planning a day of speeches today in the Senate haranguing the Republican Party for their attempt to craft a healthcare bill to replace Obamacare.5. John Bambenek (Fidelis Cybersecurity) -- The identification of malware tied to a cyber-attack on Ukraine last year is putting a renewed focus on threats to America’s electric grid.Like us on Facebook!

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Randy Sutton (Blue Lives Matter) -- Police arrested 18 protesters early Saturday as thousands gathered in St. Paul, Minn., after a jury acquitted a police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- A story of survival from a deadly wildfire that decimated parts of Portugal as 12 people lived through the flames in a very unique way...3. Dr. Kiran Dintyala (board certified internal medicine physician) -- How social media might have led to last week's shooting of a congressman in Virginia4. Roundtable discussion -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to "State of the Union" host Jake Tapper’s question about some senators' concerns about the reports that President Trump was thinking about terminating Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: shutterstock.com

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. John Leboutillier (former NY congressman) -- A representative from President Donald Trump's legal team said Trump is not under investigation, despite the President tweeting "I am being investigated" last week3. Hal Nunn (Liftable Media) -- Cafe selling spoonfuls of Nutella for $5 a piece.4. Richard Manning (president of Americans for Limited Government) -- Power outages are becoming more and more likely as our government has chosen to move away from resilient power sources like coal and nuclear.5. Andre Walker (London correspondent, NY Observer) -- A man arrested after a van plowed into a crowd of worshipers near a mosque in north London is now being held on suspicion of terrorism offenses, police say.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Mark Taylor/Flickr

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Ellen Ratner (Talk Media News) -- The Supreme Court will take up the most important gerrymandering case in more than a decade.2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- The U.S. nuclear arsenal is being threatened by the closure of America's top nuclear lab.3. Joel Gehrke (foreign affairs writer, Washington Examiner) -- An Afghan soldier carried out an insider attack on American forces in northern Afghanistan, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.4. Roundtable discussion -- After a wild round of appearances on the Sunday news shows, Trump attorney Jay Sekulow was out doing damage control Monday. He joined the hosts of "Fox & Friends" to talk about the President’s use of social media.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: shutterstock.com

Monday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. John Hayward (Breitbart) -- Russia has said it will treat U.S. warplanes operating in parts of Syria where its air forces are present as "targets" amid a diplomatic row caused by the downing of a Syrian jet.3. Tom Hinchey (Liftable Media) -- Farm workers and activists protested against THIS progressive-minded company over the weekend.4. Matthew Leonard (reporter, The Democrat & Chronicle) -- A 10-year-old suicide hotline designed to assist veterans at their deepest moments of despair has taken heavy criticism recently following a trio of highly critical government reports that questioned answer times, staff preparedness, and quality assurance.5. Manuel Roig-Franzia (reporter, Washington Post) -- A Pennsylvania judge has declared a mistrial after a jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” on sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby.Like us on Fac

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Scott Ehrlich (The Federalist) -- President Donald Trump's labeling of a House-passed health care bill as "mean" is aggravating some of the conservatives he pressed to back it2. Bob Dvorchak (Military Veteran, Author) -- As we approach Fathers’ Day this weekend, we remember some of the dads of the Greatest Generation who made America what it is today3. Roundtable discussion -- Greg Gutfeld of "The Five" blasted the left for calling for gun control after yesterday's shooting in Virginia.Like us on Facebook!

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Dennis Kucinich (former Ohio Congressman) -- Federal police officials continue to investigate the Alexandria, Virginia shooting during a GOP baseball practice yesterday morning.3. Dr. John Huber (Mainstream Mental Health) -- Inside the mind of Alexandria, Virginia shooter James T. Hodgkinson4. Lauren Fix (The Car Coach) -- Ever get mad at the guy next to you who can't stay in his lane? Well, there might be a cure for him now...Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Chris Versace (CIO, Tematica Research) -- The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy.2. Gillian Cunningham (real estate expert) -- Millennials are buying houses, but not big ones in the suburbs.3. Roundtable discussion -- Chuck Todd talking about the increasingly heated tone of political debate; will the Golden State Warriors visit President Trump after winning the NBA Finals?Like us on Facebook!Image credit: shutterstock.com

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Ellis Henican (Metro newspapers) -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller beginning to interview senior intelligence officers this week.3. Hal Nunn (Liftable Media) -- Amazon is selling a new piece of hardware that takes advantage of "Alexa" in the kitchen.4. Larry Pratt (executive director, Gun Owners of America) -- At a news conference on the shooting at a Republican baseball practice in Alexandria, Democratic Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe called for gun control.5. Jennifer Carroll (Florida's 18th lieutenant governor) -- The gunman who opened fire on Republican congressmen and staffers recently declared in a Facebook post that “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.”Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Medill DC/Flickr

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Ben Coes (former White House speech writer) -- As the Special Counsel has announced that President Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice, a flood of political intrigue is inundating the media and our nation’s capital.2. Finn Murphy (trucker, author) -- Wrote a book about the I-95 Power lane across the Florida Everglades, truck stops of the Midwest, and the steep grades of the Rocky Mountains3. Roundtable discussion -- Greg Gutfeld of "The Five" blasted the left for calling for gun control after yesterday's shooting in Virginia.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com

Thursday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Bob Ney (former congressman and member of the House Administration Committee) -- Federal police officials continue to investigate the Alexandria, Virginia shooting during a GOP baseball practice yesterday morning.3. Tom Hinchey (Liftable Media) -- A polygamous sect leader has been arrested after a year on the run.4. Jeff Howard (The Vegas Film Critic) -- Which movies coming out this week are worth seeing?5. Bryan Bickell (pro-ice hockey star) -- Bickell, who deals with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis, applies some of the traits he used in hockey to fight the disease.Like us on Facebook!Image credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Wednesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Kris Kobach (secretary of state, Kansas) -- Kobach launching campaign for the governorship of Kansas3. Jenny Beth Martin (co-founder, Tea-Party Patriots) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday.4. Alex Pfeiffer (reporter, The Daily Caller) -- Details on the life of the Alexandria shooter, James T. HodgkinsonLike us on Facebook!Image credit: mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com

Wednesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. Kathryn Smith (author, "The Gatekeeper") -- A book about Missy LeHand, a key aid to President Franklin Roosevelt during his time in office 2. Jason Wert (USA Radio) -- Kansas man who robbed bank to escape wife gets home-confinement sentence.3. Rani St. Pucchi (founder, St. Pucchi Fashion Design House) -- Prime wedding season is here with brides and grooms walking down the aisle for their special day. But there’s a growing trend toward risqué wedding gowns.4. Roundtable discussion -- Senator Jeff Flake was participating in the early morning baseball practice where a gunman took aim at congressmen in Alexandria, Virginia, and gave a vivid account of what he witnessed firsthand.Like us on Facebook!

Wednesday's edition of Trending Today USA was hosted by Liftable Media's Ernie Brown.In this half hour, the guests and topics discussed were:1. The Top 5 Trending Stories2. Gary Byrne (former Secret Service Officer) -- More details on the shooting of congressmen that took place earlier today in Alexandria, Virginia3. John Hayward (Breitbart News) -- The battle against Islamic State forces in the southern Philippine city of Marawi has entered its fourth week.4. Representative Blake Farenthold (Republican, Texas) -- Congressman Steve Scalise and four others were wounded by a shooter who attacked a GOP congressional baseball practice in Virginia.Like us on Facebook!