Former President Donald Trump on Friday morning rebuffed claims that glass or shrapnel struck his ear during an attempted assassination earlier this month at a Pennsylvania rally. He was responding to a comment made by FBI Director Christopher Wray during a House hearing earlier this week in which the FBI director said he could not […]
John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), hosts a roundtable at 10:00 a.m. ET on July 26 on Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer Gotion High Tech’s troubling connections to the CCP and the risks its planned facility in Michigan poses to the United States in Green Charter […]
The Senate on Thursday has cleared procedural hurdles for two bills that protect children’s safety and privacy online, readying them for a floor vote with a guaranteed passage next Tuesday. The new legislation significantly updates a decades-old law to safeguard children’s safety on the internet. The rules for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of […]
Shane Tews, president of Logan Circle Strategies and senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute, spoke with NTD about two pieces of legislation in the Senate that purport to provide online safety for children and teenagers. The bills, titled, the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act, have bipartisan support […]
The House passed a resolution on July 25 condemning President Joe Biden’s administration and Vice President Kamala Harris over what it describes as their failure to address the immigration crisis at the southern border. The non-binding resolution was voted on days after Ms. Harris’s sudden ascension as the Democratic Party’s likely nominee in the 2024 […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make a long-awaited White House visit Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and likely Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at an important moment for all three politicians. Mr. Netanyahu’s White House visit, his first since before President Donald Trump left office in 2020, comes at […]
Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, spoke with NTD about the highlights of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Ms. Coates also discussed the unprecedented political situation of Mr. Netanyahu meeting with President Joe Biden, Vice President […]
Jonathan Tobin, editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, offers his analysis of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24.
The House of Representatives on July 24 passed a resolution creating a special task force to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on July 13. House Speaker Mike Johnson had announced the task force on July 18 amid bipartisan criticism of both the assassination attempt and the U.S. Secret Service’s actions before […]
Answering a direct question from Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), FBI Director Christopher Wray testified at a House Committee hearing on Wednesday that there has not yet been any evidence of a second shooter on the scene at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally where an assassination attempt was made on former President Donald Trump on July 13.
During a Wednesday House Committee hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about reports claiming the man who shot former President Donald Trump had posted online that “July 13th will be my premiere, watch it as it unfolds.” Mr. Wray said the post was found to be the result of a “sick joke” by another person […]
During a House Committee hearing on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said his agency is analyzing several electronic devices allegedly associated with the man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump on July 13. Mr. Wray said Thomas Matthew Crooks Google-searched “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” on July 6, a week before […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before a House Committee on Wednesday, where he said the agency is investigating a drone possibly owned by the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Mr. Wray said the drone was recovered from Thomas Matthew Crooks’ vehicle and is being analyzed by an FBI lab.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in Washington on July 24. Schedule: 12:45 p.m. ET – Photo op with the House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) 1:00 p.m. – Photo op with Mr. Johnson, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) 2:00 p.m. – Start of address
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray testifies on Wednesday about the bureau’s investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at 10 a.m. ET on July 24. Follow here for the live updates: Wray Confirms Shooter’s Parents Reported Him Missing FBI Director Wray confirmed reports that suspected Trump shooter Thomas Matthew […]
The Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs holds a hearing on “Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform Performance and Costs” at 10 a.m. ET on July 24. Witnesses and testimonies: Moshe Schwartz Senior Fellow of Acquisition Policy at the National Defense Industrial Association Mackenzie Eaglen Senior Fellow at the American […]
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has released graphic bodycam footage taken on a rooftop after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The footage, shared by Mr. Grassley in a July 23 social media post, shows a conversation between local law enforcement and a Secret Service agent. The footage, which is approximately three minutes […]
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit holds a hearing on “Examining the Department of Transportation’s Regulatory and Administrative Agenda” at 9:20 a.m. ET on July 23. Witness List: Mr. Tim Duit, president, Duit Construction Co., Inc.; on behalf of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Mr. Philip K. Bell, CAE, president, Steel Manufacturers […]
