Wednesday night features another GOP presidential primary debate—with just under six weeks until the Iowa Caucuses. The debate, which will be at the University of Alabama, will feature Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Like […]

Bipartisanship is a rare occurrence among members of the House Judiciary Committee, but on Nov. 6, it was widespread. The committee voted 35–2 to advance a bill that would amend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to prohibit warrantless queries for the communications of U.S. citizens and those located within the country—save […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Tuesday that he is dropping his senatorial “holds” on hundreds of promotions of U.S. military officials awaiting Senate confirmation, but he is continuing to block approval votes on the most highly ranked candidates. The senator said he will continue his holds for four-star general nominees, but all other promotions will […]

X owner Elon Musk set off a firestorm last week when he appeared to endorse a post on his platform that some deemed anti-Semitic, leading many advertisers to abandon the site. But if those advertisers are hoping to influence his views or posting habits, they’re in for a disappointment. “I have no problem being hated,” […]

Utah Republican Celeste Maloy will have something new to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day this week after winning her former boss’s vacant House seat in a special election on Tuesday. Voters in Utah’s reliably red 2nd Congressional District chose Ms. Maloy over Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe to replace long-time Republican Rep. Chris Stewart. The […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says he is “all in” for former President Donald Trump in his quest to reclaim the White House in 2024. During a Nov. 14 appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the speaker revealed that he had already given President Trump his endorsement. “I have endorsed him wholeheartedly,” Mr. Johnson said, correcting […]

A months-long push to cement abortion as a right in Ohio’s constitution prevailed on Nov. 7 as voters turned out to weigh in on the controversial ballot measure. Issue 1 was the only abortion-related question on the ballot nationwide this Election Day, drawing the eyes—and funds—of abortion and pro-life activists around the country. At the […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Nov. 2 that he expects the House will soon make a decision on whether to file articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden. When asked at a press conference if he thought the evidence that had been collected would support such a move, Mr. Johnson said, “As we […]

Bank records and other documents suggest that a $40,000 payment President Joe Biden received from his brother in 2017 may have originated from a Chinese firm and moved through a series of Biden-family entities, according to a memo compiled by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee. The evidence in the memo does not establish beyond a reasonable […]

The House of Representatives shot down another attempt to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Nov. 1, this time led by his fellow New York Republicans. The resolution to expel Mr. Santos, introduced last week by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.), was the second to come up for a vote this year after Democrats tried to […]

After weeks of negotiations and delays, the Senate passed its first 2024 spending package on Nov. 1. The “minibus” joined three appropriations bills providing funding for military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs (VA), Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. The Senate, after voting on a slew of amendments, passed the measure in […]

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Hamas-linked representatives and organizations in its efforts to cut off the terrorist group’s funding following its brutal assault on Israel. The new sanctions, unveiled on Oct. 27, build upon those issued earlier this month, expanding the list of targeted entities to include a […]

Legislation aimed at preventing future government shutdowns was rejected by the U.S. Senate on Oct. 25 as the chamber marched forward with consideration of an appropriations “minibus.” The “Prevent Government Shutdowns Act” sought to provide for the automatic extension of government funding for 14 days—and additional 14-day periods, where necessary—in the event that Congress does […]

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a flurry of motions on Oct. 23 to dismiss the government’s 2020 election case against him for multiple reasons, including constitutional violations and “selective and vindictive prosecution.” In one of the four motions filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia, President Trump’s attorneys noted […]

President Joe Biden said on Oct. 18 that data collected by the U.S. Defense Department supports Israel’s claim that it was not responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital on Oct. 17. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” he told Israeli […]

President Joe Biden’s campaign team launched a new account Monday on the last platform anyone would have expected them to use—former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social. “Well. Let’s see how this goes,” the Biden-Harris HQ account wrote in its first post. “Converts welcome!” The stream of posts that followed included clips of other GOP presidential […]

The Senate edged closer on Sept. 28 to passing a resolution that would extend government funding through Nov. 17—unless a budget is passed earlier—and sidestep a government shutdown. In a bipartisan 76–22 vote, members agreed to open debate on H.R. 3935, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, to which Senate leadership hopes to […]

The Senate voted Tuesday to move forward with a stopgap measure to stave off a government shutdown as House leadership focused on passing spending bills. The Senate voted 77–19 to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to a bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through fiscal year 2028. The bill, already passed by […]

The White House reaffirmed Friday that President Joe Biden will not pardon first son Hunter Biden if he is convicted on the felony charges filed against him this week. The younger Biden was indicted on Sept. 14 in a federal court in Delaware on two counts of making false statements on federal forms and one […]

Members of the U.S. Senate confirmed Tanya Bradsher for deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Tuesday over the objections of Republicans. As chief of staff at the department, Ms. Bradsher oversaw the VA Integrated Enterprise Workflow Solution Case and Correspondence Management system, or VIEWS CCM. An investigation led by Sen. Chuck Grassley […]

Special elections held Tuesday in Rhode Island and Utah narrowed the field of candidates for two hotly contested races for U.S. Congress. In Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, the race was too early to call for who would fill the seat of long-time Republican Rep. Chris Stewart. Mr. Stewart, who entered his sixth term in January, announced […]

All 19 defendants in Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis’s 2020 election probe have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and waived their formal arraignments. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was among the final defendants to enter a plea on Sept. 5, alongside former Trump attorney John Eastman and […]

President Joe Biden told reporters Friday that his administration will “likely” recommend that everyone get a new COVID-19 vaccine. “I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress, a request for additional funding for a new vaccine—that is necessary, that works,” he said while taking questions from reporters outside […]

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will participate in the first GOP presidential primary debate on Wednesday despite suffering a last-minute leg injury, according to Fox News. The incident reportedly occurred Tuesday night while the candidate was playing basketball with campaign staff. He was taken to the emergency room and later learned that he had suffered […]

North Carolina’s Republican-led general assembly voted on Aug. 16 to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that restricts discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools and expands parents’ access to information about their children’s education. The “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which is now passed into law after both chambers […]

President Joe Biden broke his silence on the deadly Maui wildfires on Aug. 15, promising that he and First Lady Jill Biden would visit the site as soon as they could. While delivering remarks at a clean energy plant in Milwaukee, the president first took a moment to address the crisis in Hawaii, noting that […]

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss as special counsel in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing investigation of first son Hunter Biden. “I’m here today to announce the appointment of David Weiss as a special counsel, consistent with the Department of Justice regulations governing such matters,” Mr. Garland […]

HIGHLAND COUNTY, Ohio—Ohioans voted on Aug. 8 to reject stricter requirements for citizen-initiated amendments to the state’s constitution in a move that could bode well for activists’ efforts to codify abortion rights later this year. Decision Desk HQ called the race at around 8:09 p.m. ET, projecting that the measure would fail. As of 9:02 […]

More bank records pertaining to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s probe of the Biden family’s business dealings will be released this week, according to Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.). The congressman was in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, on Aug. 5 hobnobbing with voters and the rest of his state’s top politicians at the annual St. […]

Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), alleging that the nonprofit research group engaged in a “scare campaign to drive away advertisers” from the platform. The complaint (pdf), filed on July 31 in the Northern District of California, charges that CCDH’s American […]

The federal judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s criminal case has forbidden all contact with the court clerk’s office amid impersonation accusations and the unauthorized release of personal information. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika threatened to sanction the first son’s legal team over allegations that one of his attorneys had misrepresented herself to […]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rejected criticism of his leadership Wednesday, telling members of Congress that his management of the United States’ southwest border has been a success. “Our approach to managing the border securely and humanely—even within our fundamentally broken immigration system—is working,” he declared at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. […]

An Air Force veteran who recently came forward with claims of a covert government UFO retrieval program will testify on Wednesday before a panel of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. David Grusch, a veteran of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency who served on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, claims that the Department of Defense […]

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on July 21 called the new May 2024 court date for his federal criminal trial a “major setback” to Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors. Scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024, the new trial date was set earlier that day by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon following extension requests from […]

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will host a screening of “Sound of Freedom,” a film about a human trafficking rescue operation, on Capitol Hill for members of Congress. Scheduled for July 25, the screening will also be attended by Jim Caviezel, the movie’s starring actor, and Operation Underground Railroad’s Tim Ballard, who inspired the film. […]

Amid the dramatic rise in overdose deaths caused by “tranq dope,” or fentanyl laced with animal tranquilizer xylazine, the White House has announced a national response plan to address the crisis. The plan aims to ensure a 15 percent reduction in xylazine-positive overdose deaths in at least three of four U.S. Census regions by 2025. […]

In a Miami courtroom, Walt Nauta, an aide of former President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Thursday to helping Mr. Trump hide classified documents from law enforcement. Mr. Nauta was indicted last month in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of the former president’s handling of classified documents. Although he was initially scheduled to appear in […]

More than 99 percent of the classified documents surrounding the 1963 assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy have been publicly released following the conclusion of a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) review, according to the White House. Sharing the news at a June 30 press briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre […]

The Department of Justice on Tuesday challenged a Florida law that bars Chinese citizens from owning land, asserting it violates federal housing law and the 14th Amendment. The department filed a statement of interest (pdf) in a case challenging the provision, arguing the Florida law restricting Chinese land ownership by U.S. military installations and major […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Ukraine on June 29 to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid the country’s ongoing war with Russia. The move makes him the first Republican presidential hopeful to meet with the Ukrainian leader since the war began. Pence made the trip with the Christian humanitarian […]

YouTube has censored Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yet again, this time by removing his recent interview with former New York Post reporter Al Guart. Sharing the news via Twitter on June 27, Kennedy characterized YouTube’s actions as an attempt to influence the 2024 presidential election. “People made a big deal about Russia […]

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to adequately assess and warn law enforcement agencies about the level of threat the Capitol faced on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new Senate report. The report (pdf), drafted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, details how the FBI and DHS […]

Hunter Biden demanded $10 million from a Chinese energy firm linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), promising services from “the Bidens” in return, according to WhatsApp messages disclosed by a whistleblower. A summary of the messages was released last week by the House Ways and Means Committee as part of an IRS whistleblower’s redacted […]

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wants to know why U.S Attorney David Weiss, the prosecutor who struck a plea deal with Hunter Biden, is denying requests on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s behalf. In a May 25 letter (pdf) to Garland, Jordan had requested documents and communications related to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) […]

Throngs of demonstrators carrying signs and bullhorns gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on a Friday morning. A tangible tension mingled with the chants in the air. The date was June 24, 2022, and they were moments away from witnessing history—they all but knew it. Just weeks before, a leaked draft opinion of the […]

As news spread on June 20 of Hunter Biden’s plea bargain with federal prosecutors, expressions of anger and frustration with the nation’s “broken” justice system were common among the Republican presidential primary field—or at least among those contenders who said anything at all. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that the first son will […]

A recent interview featuring presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was deleted by YouTube for allegedly promoting vaccine “misinformation.” Kennedy appeared on the June 5 episode of the “Jordan B. Peterson Podcast” to discuss an array of topics, including his campaign, vaccines, the environment, and gender dysphoria. Weeks later, he discovered that the episode had been […]

Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been fined roughly $475,000 for misusing public funds during his failed presidential campaign. The fine is the largest ever imposed by the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board. “Between May 2019 and September 2019, while serving as Mayor, Respondent was a candidate for President of the […]

The Delaware Supreme Court will deliberate on whether the University of Delaware violated the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in denying requests related to President Joe Biden’s U.S. Senate records. More than 1,850 boxes of archival records and 415 gigabytes of electronic records from Biden’s time in the Senate are currently housed at the […]

The Ukrainian executive involved in recent allegations about President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, allegedly kept 17 audio recordings of his conversations with them for “insurance,” according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Speaking on the Senate floor on June 12, Grassley cited an FBI informant’s report that he and members of the House […]

The Biden administration unveiled a series of measures on June 8 to address the rights of the LGBTQ community, including taking action on book bans by appointing a coordinator to work with schools. The as-yet-unnamed Education Department coordinator will work to inform school districts that prohibiting books could violate federal law, among other issues. “The […]

President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have struck a new economic agreement to strengthen economic ties between their two nations and address the challenges of a “rapidly changing world.” “Today in Washington, we’ve had important and positive discussions to deepen our bilateral economic relationship and expand our cooperation to shape the challenges […]

With rumors spreading that former President Donald Trump could soon be indicted over his handling of classified documents, neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared surprised by those reports on June 7, though for very different reasons. Earlier that day, Just the News reported that federal prosecutors had notified Trump he was a “criminal target” and was […]

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Fox News barred content that reflected negatively on vaccines to appease its big-money advertisers in the pharmaceutical industry. During a June 5 Twitter Spaces interview with the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, Kennedy disclosed that he approached former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in 2016 about doing a […]

The U.S. Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s student debt transfer program on June 1, rebuking his efforts to bypass Congress and cancel the debt of certain student loan recipients. The chamber passed the joint resolution of disapproval in a 52–46 vote with the help of Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Democratic […]

The U.S. Senate will consider a joint resolution to overturn President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. In a 51–46 vote, the chamber approved a motion to take up the resolution on May 31, opening the door to a congressional rebuke and nullification of Biden’s one-time student loan forgiveness program. The resolution, H.J. Res. 45 […]

As House Republicans remain divided on the debt limit deal struck by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden, their Democrat colleagues have opted for a united front in support of the measure. “House Democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default, period, full stop,” House Minority Leader Hakeem […]

The U.S. debt ceiling agreement established by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during the Memorial Day long weekend cleared a critical hurdle that will allow House lawmakers to vote on the deal. The House Rules Committee passed it with a vote of 7 to 6, advancing the debt limit bill—the Fiscal […]

Members of the staunchly conservative House Freedom Caucus have promised a “reckoning” if their Republican colleagues support the debt limit deal struck by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden. “If you’re out there watching this, every one of my colleagues, let me very be clear: Not one Republican should vote for this […]

Special counsel John Durham will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on his report excoriating the FBI’s “seriously flawed” investigation of whether former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, The Epoch Times has confirmed. The hearing, scheduled for June 21, will follow Durham’s closed-door briefing with the House […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis paid a price on the opening night of his campaign for gambling on a new launch format, with the Twitter chatroom crashing after some 600,000 listeners attempted to tune in. But after tech issues were resolved, the conversation on Twitter Spaces—with billionaire Elon Musk and investor David Sacks—quickly turned to policy, […]

As technical issues delayed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ long-awaited presidential campaign announcement on May 24, President Joe Biden did not miss out on the opportunity to ridicule one of the candidates jockeying for his job. “This link works,” Biden posted on his Twitter account, sharing a link to a donation page for his campaign as […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised $1 million within one hour of formally announcing his presidential candidacy, according to his campaign. DeSantis announced his 2024 run for president on May 24 during a Twitter Spaces interview with the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk. But the interview was plagued by technical problems as Twitter’s web servers repeatedly […]

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was formally announcing his candidacy for president on Twitter on May 24, his top Republican rival for the job shared his own message to voters via social media: “There’s only one Donald Trump.” In two campaign ads shared to Trump’s Truth Social account, DeSantis is depicted as an ungrateful “Trump […]

Hours before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was set to officially announce his candidacy for president, his top rival for the Republican nomination unleashed a fury of criticism via social media, targeting everything from the governor’s electability to his personality and character. “Ron DeSanctus can’t win the General Election (or get the nomination) because he voted […]

Arizona Republican Kari Lake is launching a grassroots “ballot-chasing” operation to boost Republican turnout in future Arizona elections and “paint the state red.” “We’re going to start rolling up our sleeves and playing by the same rules [Democrats] play by,” Lake said while surrounded by supporters at a May 23 press conference in Phoenix. “And […]

The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally interfered in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election appeared to suggest on May 18 that any grand jury indictments in the case are likely to come in August. In a letter (pdf) to Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville, Fulton County District Attorney Fani […]

A busload of illegal immigrants was dropped off late on May 14 outside the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, where Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence is located. According to ABC7, the bus arrived at around 8:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day carrying dozens of illegal immigrants from Del Rio, Texas. The outlet shared videos on Twitter […]

Hours before Title 42 was set to expire on May 11, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that stemming the flow of illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border would be a difficult but manageable challenge for the Biden administration. “This is a challenge, and we are going to meet this challenge,” Mayorkas […]

Heading into his May 9 debt ceiling talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders, President Joe Biden joked, “We’re going to solve all the world’s problems.” But when the meeting was over, the world still had problems, and according to McCarthy, the national debt was very much still one of them. […]

After months of stalled debt ceiling negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet May 9 to discuss possible paths forward to prevent a looming default. Set to take place at the White House, the summit will mark the first such meeting since Feb. 1, and will also include Senate Majority […]

After gaining some ground in the polls, Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is receiving encouragement from an unlikely source—his competition. In a CBS YouGov poll (pdf) published May 1, Ramaswamy—regarded by many as an underdog—pulled in 5 percent of the vote, tying for third place with former Vice President Mike Pence. And although there was a […]

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on May 4 that opened the door to new Sudan-related sanctions amid the ongoing power struggle between rival military generals in the African nation. The order authorizes future sanctions against individuals who threaten the “peace, security, or stability” of Sudan, impede the country’s democratic transition, or commit acts […]

Amid the continued gridlock on Capitol Hill over the debt limit ceiling, House Democrats have unveiled a clandestine scheme to force a vote on the matter. The plans, quietly set in motion in January, were revealed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a May 2 letter to his Democrat colleagues. “At the beginning […]

A groundbreaking innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is sounding the alarm over the dangers imposed by the technology for which his work laid the foundation. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who has been called the “Godfather of AI,” recently left his position as a vice president and engineering fellow at Google […]

Legislation introduced on April 26 by a group of bipartisan senators would set a minimum age requirement for social media use and impose other restrictions on how such platforms present content to minors. Sponsored by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the bill requires social media platforms […]

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has pledged to make finding a national consensus on the divisive issue of abortion her goal if elected president in 2024. Haley made the promise on Tuesday while giving a speech hosted by the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List in Arlington, Virginia. “I want to save as many lives […]

A Democratic National Committee (DNC) decision to forgo primary debates would serve as confirmation to American voters that the nation’s elections are “rigged,” according to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Debates and town halls are part of the democratic process,” Kennedy told The Epoch Times’ Jan Jekielek on April 24. “We’re living in […]

A mix of fresh and familiar faces have been tapped to help steer President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, which he officially launched on April 25. Topping the list as Biden’s campaign manager will be Julie Chávez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser who also served as the deputy campaign manager for his 2020 presidential campaign. […]

NEW YORK—Rising crime around the United States can be attributed to the “soft-on-crime” policies of Democrat district attorneys funded by George Soros, according to Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. While in New York City on April 17 for a field hearing on “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan,” committee members shared their perspectives on […]

Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden took aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s leadership—or perceived lack thereof—at a New York field hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on April 17. “I’m here to address the lawlessness that has taken over the city in recent years as a result of the failed progressive policies […]

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee accused his Republican colleagues of committing an “outrageous abuse of power” with their investigation of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a committee field hearing held in New York City on April 17. “Let me be very clear,” Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said. “We are here […]

A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s controversial “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, granting the request of a coalition of 24 states and more than a dozen industry groups. On Dec. 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final “Revised Definition of Waters of […]

The chair of the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed FBI Director Christopher Wray for all records relating to a leaked internal memo that proposed developing sources in traditionalist Catholic parishes to inform on potential “violent extremists” in such houses of worship. In an April 10 letter (pdf) attached to the subpoena, Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan […]

Amid the Biden administration’s efforts to increase racial equity across government agencies, the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate what it suspects to be a forthcoming “racist overhaul” of the nation’s organ transplant system. Filed on […]

The Department of Defense will open four new strategic military sites in the Philippines to enhance the U.S. military’s readiness and responsiveness in the region as China’s aggression, posturing, and military buildup in the region continues. The new locations mark an expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two countries, which allows […]

NEW YORK—As former President Donald Trump prepared to turn himself in to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on April 4, protesters both for and against his indictment gathered across the street from the courthouse where he was set to be arraigned. As chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA!” echoed on one side […]

NEW YORK—Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined supporters of former President Donald Trump in New York on April 4 to protest his indictment. “I came to your state to peacefully protest against the persecution of an innocent man,” Greene told a crowd of protesters at Collect Pond Park just hours before Trump was scheduled to […]

Former President Donald Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, residence on April 3 to return to his hometown of New York ahead of his April 4 arraignment before the state’s Supreme Court. Trump, who was indicted last week by a Manhattan grand jury, is the first former U.S. president to face criminal prosecution. Although the […]

The Manhattan district attorney’s case against former President Donald Trump has “absolutely no legal basis,” according to one of Trump’s attorneys, Jesse Binnall. In a March 31 interview with Steve Lance of NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister outlet, Binnall, who is not representing Trump in the New York matter, said that the official charges against […]

As historic numbers of illegal migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border continue to draw the attention of law enforcement and the nation as a whole, the drug cartels are taking advantage of that distraction, according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. In a March 28 interview with Steve Lance of NTD, Scott noted that […]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg denied congressional Republicans’ claims of political bias over the weekend, accusing the lawmakers of undermining his office’s investigation of former President Donald Trump. “We evaluate cases in our jurisdiction based on the facts, the law, and the evidence,” Bragg said in a March 25 statement posted to his Twitter account. […]

Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the Biden administration’s first ambassador to India, filling a nearly two-year vacancy after the Senate voted to confirm him to the role on March 15. In the end, it was Senate Republicans who carried Garcetti across the finish line, confirming him in a 52-42 vote despite his […]

Subpoenaed bank records have opened “new avenues of investigation” into the Biden family’s business dealings, according to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. News that the committee had subpoenaed Bank of America for the financial records of three of Hunter Biden’s associates first broke on March 12, when the Oversight Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Jamie […]

After Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praised China on Friday for its efforts to combat climate change, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are seeking a retraction of those remarks and demanding that Granholm “testify immediately.” Granholm, during a March 10 interview for the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, said […]

The House’s moderate New Democrat Coalition (NDC) announced nine new policy task forces on March 9 that the group said would work toward finding bipartisan solutions to the nation’s critical issues. “New Dems know that a closely divided House provides an opportunity to work with reasonable Republicans to deliver bipartisan solutions to our nation’s most […]

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made an ambiguous promise Thursday to do “what’s right” for East Palestine, Ohio, residents after one of his rail company’s trains derailed there last month, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. “We’re committed to doing what’s right for the folks of East Palestine and the community,” Shaw assured Sen. Tom […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about the dangers TikTok poses to the United States’ national security. “This is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government, and it, to me, it screams out with national security concerns,” Wray told senators at a March […]

Former President Donald Trump has promised to revoke an executive order recently signed by President Joe Biden that aims to advance “racial equity” through the federal government if he is reelected in 2024. The Feb. 16 order, entitled “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” mandates the establishment of […]

Concern about potential political bias at the Department of Justice (DOJ) was bipartisan on Capitol Hill on March 1 as Attorney General Merrick Garland was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Merrick Garland, sadly, has been the most political attorney general we’ve ever had,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told NTD News, sister outlet […]