Executive Branch

The White House said on May 9 that Israel will get everything it needs to defend itself against Hamas terrorists. That’s despite President Joe Biden pausing an arms shipment to Israel, citing risks to civilians.

News that President Joe Biden’s administration has paused a delivery of “high-payload” bombs and could withhold more weapons for Israel sparked outrage on Capitol Hill on May 9 among Republican senators. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed at a May 8 Senate hearing that the Biden administration had delayed delivery of a shipment of […]

Senate and House Republicans showed a united front in denouncing President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah. GOP senators introduced a resolution on May 9 condemning the Biden administration’s policy.

The Biden administration proposed a new immigration rule on May 9 that would accelerate both the asylum process for migrants as well as authorities’ ability to reject requests by those believed to be linked to terrorists or have committed a serious crime. The change came amid rising public disapproval of the immigration and border policies […]

President Joe Biden, joined by the vice presidential couple, welcomes the Las Vegas Aces to the White House at 4:15 p.m. ET on May 9 to celebrate their record-breaking season and victory in the 2023 WNBA Finals.

International military strategist and retired Lt. Col. Darin Gaub speaks with NTD about the latest in the Israel–Hamas war.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts briefing at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 9.

A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general is suing to stop new carbon capture regulations the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking to impose on fossil-fuel-fired power plants. The EPA announced the publication of a final rule on April 25 for new natural gas turbines and existing coal-fired power plants to implement hydrogen […]

President Biden has announced that the United States will not supply certain weapons to Israel if it invades Rafah, including 2,000-pound bombs. David Carlucci, a Democratic strategist and a former state senator in New York, tells NTD this is not a departure from Biden’s support for Israel’s war against the Hamas terrorist group, but a […]

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the 2024 World Food Prize Announcement Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 9 in honoring individuals who have “advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world.”

President Joe Biden appeared in Racine, Wisconsin, to share the news that Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion to build a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Racine on the same land that was cleared for a Foxconn manufacturing facility six years ago. The new facility, according to the White House, will create 2,300 union […]

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States will not provide Israel with the necessary weapons if it decides to enter population centers in Rafah to clear out the remaining Hamas bases. He made the comments in a rare appearance on CNN. “I made it clear,” President Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in Racine, Wisconsin. […]

The Biden administration has delayed the delivery of some munitions to Israel as it reviews their use against civilians in Gaza. The Pentagon is reviewing some of the planned weapons shipments to Israel against the backdrop of a possible Israeli siege of Rafah in southern Gaza, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a May 8 […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a Russian national, with leading the hacker group responsible for the LockBit ransomware attacks. The DOJ unsealed a 26-count indictment against Mr. Khoroshev on Tuesday in connection with the LockBit group. The LockBit group is accused of running a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, developing malicious code […]

A GOP-led House committee has issued subpoenas to two Biden administration officials amid allegations that the executive branch agency they work for is funneling taxpayer resources to the key battleground state of Michigan to help President Joe Biden win reelection. Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, issued a pair […]

Grassroots organization Mom’s for Liberty seeks to mobilize everyday people against the sweeping changes to protections for women and girls in federally funded institutions that could be brought on by the Biden administration’s changes to Title IX. We spoke with the group’s co-founder, Tiffany Justice, about how her organization is empowering a nationwide response to […]

TikTok sued on Tuesday to block a new law that requires the sale of the app from its Chinese parent company or its ban from app stores and web-hosting services. About two weeks ago, President Joe Biden signed the bill, which passed both legislative chambers with broad bipartisan support. In a filing with a federal […]