The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, has filed an emergency motion in a Washington court seeking to accelerate the release of audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, over which the White House recently asserted executive privilege. The emergency motion, filed on May 17 at the U.S. District Court for […]
The White House said it’s “no surprise” that Russia and communist China continue to strengthen their strategic partnership after the two countries’ leaders hugged twice in front of cameras on May 17. “What they have in common is a desire to challenge the international rules-based or challenge the network of alliances and partnerships that the […]
President Biden continued his push to reinvigorate support among black voters on May 17 when he took the stage to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling of Brown v. Board of Education. “Seventy years ago, you changed the world,” Biden told an enthusiastic crowd at the National Museum of African American History […]
The Biden administration recently changed the federal definition of “sex” to include “gender identity” in health care. In response, the state of Florida and the Catholic Medical Association sued the Department of Health and Human Services for requiring them to perform cross-sex procedures. NTD spoke with a legal firm representing the Catholic Medical Association about […]
Former President Donald Trump said he would debate independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if Mr. Kennedy met the polling threshold necessary to participate. NTD spoke with Mike Leon, policy and strategy director for the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, about the likelihood of such a debate matchup actually happening.
President Joe Biden signed the five-year, bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill on May 16, concluding weeks of congressional negotiations over an industry beset with staffing shortages and safety issues. The bill cleared the House on May 15 with a 387–26 vote after clearing the Senate on May 9 with an 88–4 vote. It […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Argentina’s Foreign Minister Diana Mondino at the U.S. Department of State at 2:45 p.m. ET on May 17. Mr. Blinken and Mr. Mondino will participate in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony.
President Joe Biden is reportedly planning executive action to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border once the number of daily illegal immigrant crossings reaches 4,000. This is a change to a more active stance on the border crisis for the president. NTD spoke with senior research fellow Simon Hankinson of the Heritage Foundation about the motives […]
As the Biden administration rolled out new sanctions against China’s communist regime for what it calls “unfair trade practices,” protections were also announced specifically for America’s growing solar industry. Those protections, announced on May 15, come as President Biden looks to promote his “Investing in America” agenda, continue the clean energy transition in the United […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday accused President Joe Biden of suppressing special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with him over his handling of classified documents. Although he released a transcript of the interview between Hur and President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed releasing the audio could jeopardize future sensitive and high-profile investigations. Mr. […]
Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Thursday night despite President Joe Biden’s intervention to block them from obtaining his recorded interviews with special counsel Robert Hur. After a spirited debate, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted 18–15 on May 16 to approve a […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over the tapes of his two-day interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur in his probe of the president’s alleged mishandling of classified information. The tapes are at the center of a dispute between House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has defied a subpoena for them and […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a $2 billion fund to help Ukraine on Wednesday as Russian forces continue to ramp up their assault on the country. Mr. Blinken announced the foreign military financing during a press conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv alongside the country’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The secretary of state said […]
President Joe Biden addressed police officers on Wednesday gathered in Washington to honor slain colleagues as he tries to prevent his Republican rival former President Donald Trump from capturing high-profile endorsements from their unions in the coming weeks. President Biden’s speech, at the annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol honoring slain […]
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go head-to-head in two scheduled debates. We spoke with NTD news contributor Mike Leon about the debates, which are set for June 27 on CNN and Sept. 10 on ABC. Mr. Leon is also the policy and strategy director for the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, […]
On May 14, the Biden administration announced new tariffs on a range of Chinese goods, electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum, and medical equipment. NTD spoke with Ryan Yonk, an infrastructure expert and fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, on the dynamics between the world’s two largest economies.
President Joe Biden has been warning Israel that he would stop supplying Israel with weapons if they go into Rafah. After he paused one shipment, Republicans are now pushing a bill to force the president to continue the delivery. Now President Biden reportedly wants to send another $1 billion weapons to Israel. How can these […]
U.S. officials have cut off funding to a nonprofit that funneled government money to a laboratory in China located in the same city where the first COVID-19 cases appeared. EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), the nonprofit, “did not adequately monitor” compliance from the Wuhan lab with the terms and conditions of a grant from the U.S. National […]
The Biden administration announced new actions against Nicaragua on May 15 to combat the authoritarian, left-wing Ortega-Murillo regime’s “exploitation” of migrants that they say is exacerbating the illegal immigration crisis in the region. “The regime sells visas upon arrival at their airports for migrants that require them to leave the country in 96 hours,” said […]
