NTD News Today Full Broadcast (April 12)

The House advanced a modified version of a bill on April 12 to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). With the passage of the rule governing the bill—an intermediate procedural step before final passage—the bill itself will now be teed up for a vote on the House floor later on Friday.

The Biden administration announced another expansion of the federal student debt relief program on Friday, declaring the cancellation of $7.4 billion in student loans for some 277,000 Americans. This initiative, unveiled on April 12, marks another move in the administration’s efforts to cancel student debt, totaling $153 billion in canceled debt for 4.3 million beneficiaries since President Joe Biden took office.

A top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci secretly messaged a zoologist who funneled money from Dr. Fauci’s agency to a laboratory in the Chinese city where the first COVID-19 cases appeared, according to newly disclosed emails.

Topics in this episode include:

1. Trump Campaign Calls for Debate With Biden
2. Trump Trending Up, Leading in Swing States
3. Impact of Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Trial
4. Biden to Forgive $7.4 Billion More in Student Loan Debt
5. Mike Pence to Teach at Grove City College
6. 43 GOP Senators Write Schumer Demanding Mayorkas Trial
7. Denver to Cut City Services to Aid Illegal Immigrants
8. Powerful Storms Sweep Across Parts of US
9. Hundreds of Inactive Weather Stations Given Temp. Readings
10. Inserted Data Used in Historical Climate Temperature Figures
11. Kansas City Chiefs Player Surrenders to Police
12. Wray: FBI Concerned Over Possible Terrorist Attack in US
13. CISA Says Russia Hacked Microsoft for Government Emails
14. Examining Missile Defense Spending for 2025
15. House Examines Budget Request for Missile Defense
16. Armed Services Committee Reviews Missile Budget
17. Defense Officials Testify on Biden Missile Budget
18. Philippines to Assert Rights in South China Sea
19. Trilateral Summit: Biden Hosts Leaders of Japan, Philippines
20. Trilateral Summit Focuses on Countering China
21. US, Japan, South Korea Hold Joint Drills in Disputed Waters
22. Johnson to Meet With Trump Amid Threat of Ouster
23. Reactions to Death of OJ Simpson
24. Trump NY Criminal Trial Jury Selection Begins April 15
25. Sen Menendez’s Trial to Start May 6
26. Wisconsin: Elections Commission Rejects Recall Effort of GOP Leader
27. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Banned From Tribal Lands
28. Maryland Wants Fed. Government to Cover Bridge Rebuilding Costs
29. Man Arrested for Nudity in Planet Fitness Female Locker Room
30. Court Reviews 1st Minor Transgender Surgery Ban
31. Tennessee Bill Criminalizes Aiding Minors With Transgender Procedures
32. Report: DEI Required to Graduate in Two-Thirds of US Colleges
33. Senate Dems Subpoena Leonard Leo in SCOTUS Probe
34. Gaza Protest Disrupts UC Berkeley Graduation Dinner
35. Russian Military Instructors Land in Niger: State TV
36. Floods Continue in Regions of Russia, Kazakhstan
37. Probe Into Suspected Russian Interference in EU Elections
38. Italian Unions Strike After Deadly Explosion
39. China Tells Telecom Firms to Phase Out Foreign Chips: Report
40. San Francisco Mayor Wants Local Chinese University
41. Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Spying for China