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. […]
House Republicans are pushing forward with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress 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 resolution to hold Mr. […]
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 […]
The White House has threatened to veto a House GOP bill seeking to unblock arm transfers to Israel, saying the legislation would undermine President Joe Biden’s ability “to execute an effective foreign policy.” The “Israel Security Assistance Support Act,” proposed by Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee, would condemn the president’s decision to pause […]
The House Judiciary Committee Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 15 to “examine the use of lawfare tactics to weaponize the rule of law.” Witnesses: Robert Costello, partner, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron James Trusty, former Federal Prosecutor Gene Hamilton, executive director, America First […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss “security arrangements,” according to the U.S. State Department. His visit comes after Congress approved a long-delayed $61 billion aid package for the war-torn country in April. Mr. Blinken held meetings with Mr. Zelenskyy […]
The Kansas attorney general has sued the administration of President Joe Biden for expanding the anti-discrimination provisions of Title IX to include “gender identity. Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach announced that his office had filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its rewrite of Title IX, forcing schools to allow individuals to participate […]
The FBI does not have a clear process in place for its employees to raise concerns of retaliation when the bureau suspends their security clearances, a new report by the Justice Department’s inspector general alleges. A new report, authored by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, delves into an apparent lack of protections for whistleblowers within […]
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at 12:15 p.m. ET on May 14 about American investments and jobs and possibly announces new tariffs on Chinese strategic industries, including electric vehicles.
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that President Joe Biden’s plan to set a tariff on electric vehicles made in China was a case of too little, too late, as he spoke to reporters before entering a New York City courtroom for his so-called hush money trial. “He should have done it a long time […]
U.S. officials on May 14 asked a federal judge to order Steve Bannon, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, to prison. Mr. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 and sentenced to four months in prison, but his sentence has been on hold due to his appeal of the conviction. A U.S. […]
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will impose a 100 percent tariff—quadrupling the current 25 percent—on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China in 2024. In addition to EVs, the White House has significantly increased tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells. According to White House officials, the tariff […]
