The conservative House Freedom Caucus suggests that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) propose a year-long stopgap funding measure if he cannot meet their demands in negotiations on government spending, just days ahead of a scheduled partial government shutdown. In a letter sent to Mr. Johnson on Feb. 21, the House Freedom Caucus—which represents roughly three dozen […]

Shifting is taking place within the Democrat party when it comes to supporting Israel. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) becomes the second member to leave the Progressive Caucus after disagreements over the Israel–Hamas war.  

Over the objections of two conservative justices, the Supreme Court refused on Feb. 20 to hear a challenge to the admissions policy of a top-rated high school in Virginia that critics say engages in illegal racial discrimination against Asian American students. The decision not to hear the petition in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County […]

President Joe Biden’s brother, James Biden, will testify behind closed doors to the House oversight committee. It will be key testimony for House Republicans as they take their next step in a months-long impeachment inquiry into the President.   

Top world leaders and military officials are in Munich, Germany, Friday for a global security conference. Wars in Israel and Ukraine are dominating the discussions. NATO is pressuring the United States over wavering support in Congress for Ukraine funding.  

Lawmakers grill government officials on how effective COVID-19 vaccines are, and why are people who report vaccine injuries largely ignored by the government. Just 11 of 12,000 people who’ve filed injury claims have been compensated.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) is warning his fellow Republicans that a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan creates an added impeachment risk for former President Donald Trump should he retake the White House next year. President Trump has signaled a desire to see a peaceful settlement to the ongoing war between […]

Senators start a lengthy process to amend a $95 billion package with funds to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Without border security measures, and with growing Republican opposition to Ukraine aid, its fate appears shaky in the House.

President Joe Biden joined House Democrats at their retreat in northern Virginia. Democrats huddled at the Lansdowne Resort, strategizing on how to regain the House majority in the election year.

House Republicans failed Tuesday in their effort to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for refusing to enforce multiple U.S. immigration laws after two hours of hard-hitting floor debate, despite earlier in the day having won a key procedural vote. The motion to approve two Articles of Impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas was rejected with […]

Less than 24 hours after the unveiling of the Senate border-Ukraine package, the deal appears to be on life support amid growing opposition from both Senate and House Republicans. The details of the package, itself the culmination of months of behind-the-scenes wrangling between Senate Republicans and Democrats, were finally made public the evening of Feb. […]

A highly contested border security deal will be released to the public by this weekend, according to Senate leader Chuck Schumer. The deal has undergone months of negotiations by Democrats and Republicans, but now growing opposition from conservatives could kill its chances.  

As the heads of the leading social media platforms faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about their efforts to protect children who use their services, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) raised particular concern about the ease with which children may obtain potentially deadly narcotics through these online venues. “We have had Chinese and […]

Bipartisan lawmakers have urged social media executives to address the issue of children’s sexual exploitation online. During a hearing with company leaders, they asserted that social platforms bear responsibility for the negative impacts their products have on children, accusing them of having “blood on their hands.” The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 31 featured […]

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) said he’s not concerned about the political spectacle of impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying his committee is duty-bound to advance the impeachment effort no matter how the rest of Congress rules on the matter. Members of Mr. Green’s committee weighed in on Mr. Mayorkas’s tenure […]

Republican Oklahoma State Rep. Jim Olsen backed the state Republican Party’s decision over the weekend to censure one of the state’s own Republican U.S. senators, James Lankford, for negotiating with Democrats on an immigration and border security proposal. Speaking with NTD News on Monday, Mr. Olsen said Mr. Lankford has been reliably conservative on many […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday put his foot down regarding a Senate border deal, saying that the Republican-led House wouldn’t take it up for a vote if rumors about the bill’s contents are true. Some Senate conservatives criticized their leadership for launching what they called “political warfare” on their House colleagues. NTD’s Melina Wisecup […]

A deal to make changes at the southern border is something senators have been negotiating for months and could be collapsing. Republican senators gave mixed responses on whether Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was backing away from the deal and whether possible opposition from former President Donald Trump has anything to do with it.  

Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan is on hold while Democrats and Republicans try to find common ground on border policy. Republicans are growing anxious that Senate leaders will try to rush a bill without leaving adequate time to review it.  

President Joe Biden holding a campaign event rallying for abortion access in Virginia after he rolled out his new abortion initiatives on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. With low approval ratings, abortion is one issue on which Mr. Biden has been campaigning hard. NTD spoke with Shawn Carney, the CEO of 40 Days for […]

While some Democrat governors are asking Washington for more aid to handle the surge of illegal immigrants, schools are straining to accommodate their children, who often arrive unannounced and in need of resources. We spoke with the former Press Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education Angela Morabito about the trickle-down effect of illegal immigration […]

Voters across New Hampshire are heading to the polls. NTD spoke with some of them in the fiercely independent state to find out what issues matter to them the most and which presidential candidate has more support. Who would former President Donald Trump pick as his vice president? Kari Lake and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) […]

On the Democratic side of the New Hampshire primary, President Joe Biden’s name will not be on the ballot in the Granite State. How will this impact his campaign going forward? NTD spoke with Scott Bolden, a legal analyst and political commentator, as well as former chairman of the D.C. Democratic Party, to discuss President […]

NTD spoke with Kash Patel, a former senior official in the Trump administration, about the rising tensions between the Houthis in Yemen and the fight in Congress to protect the border.

Conservative and liberal political analysts are increasingly anticipating a presidential election rematch between former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden in November, after President Trump’s 30-point Iowa Caucus victory and the rapid winnowing of the Republican primary field. President Trump won the Iowa Caucus with 51 percent of the vote, against 21 percent […]

In a show of unity, several former presidential rivals to former President Donald Trump will campaign with him right before the New Hampshire primary. New polls have been released on President Trump versus Nikki Haley, and he gives his take on a potential job for Gov. Ron DeSantis. The New Hampshire primaries are just hours […]

The U.S. Department of Education on Friday said it’s canceling nearly $5 billion in federal student loan debt owed by some 73,600 borrowers, a majority of whom are public servants. The announcement marks the the latest effort by the Biden administration to target specific groups of federal student loan borrowers by tweaking and expanding rules […]

Congress has approved stopgap funding legislation one day before a government deadline, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. House Democrats joined Republicans to pass the measure on the evening of Jan. 18 in a 314–108 vote. Earlier in the day, the Senate approved the bill in a 77–18 vote. The […]

Congressional leaders appeared optimistic on Jan. 17 that a deal could be reached on supplemental funding for Ukraine and border security after meeting with President Joe Biden. “It was a very good meeting and a very positive meeting,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters as he emerged from the White House. Praising the […]

For the first time in almost two years, the nation’s capital saw more than an inch of snow that led to the shutdown of DC schools and federal offices. However, Congress is on a tight deadline with a government shutdown looming.  

Senate Republicans—even those critical of the former president—anticipate he’ll win by a big margin. NTD’s Melina Wisecup has more on this, along with updates from Congress.  

A group of Physicians on Capitol Hill Friday shed light on the adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccinations. Data, they say, clearly shows the vaccines aren’t safe, yet why is the medical community still silent? NTD’s Melina Wisecup reports from Capitol Hill.  

With a partial government shutdown looming just eight days from now, it’s looking increasingly likely that Congress may kick the can down the road. Republicans are demanding steeper cuts and border policy action while Democrats are unwilling to go back on a previous deal made with the White House. NTD’s Melina Wisecup reports from Capitol […]

President Joe Biden’s son appeared at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Jan. 10 as lawmakers consider holding him in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas. Hunter Biden, 53, entered the room as the House Oversight Committee engaged in a markup of a resolution to hold Mr. Biden in contempt, several […]

An appeals court on Tuesday hears arguments on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution over his challenge of the 2020 election. Follow here for live updates. — Trump Says Case Opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ Trump spoke after the hearing, describing it as a “momentous day.” “We have a great argument,” he […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci arrived in Washington on Jan. 8 to answer questions on how he flipped his position on public policy for masks, how the agency he headed funded risky research in China, and how post-infection immunity was downplayed. Dr. Fauci, 83, a chief architect of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is behind […]

President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Friday to deliver a speech to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. During his address, President Biden frequently drew a parallel between what he called his fight for “preservation of American democracy” and George Washington’s “sacred cause” during the struggle for American […]

Even as Senate negotiators are trying to work out a bipartisan plan to deal with the border crisis, some Republicans are now trying to use leverage elsewhere to meet their demands. Some bluntly said to shut down the border or shut down the government as Congress is coming up on a fast-approaching deadline for funding […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and some 60 House Republicans visited the west Texas border town of Eagle Pass, where customs officials recently recorded more than 4,000 contacts with illegal immigrants on a single day. The visit calls attention to the nation’s dysfunctional immigration system, which has allowed more than 6.5 million people to cross […]

Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned following allegations of plagiarism, a month after testimony before Congress where she refused to state that calling for the genocide of Jews constituted harassment. In a letter, Ms. Gay said that stepping down “is not a decision I came to easily.” “It has become clear that it is in […]

It’s a brand new year, but Congress is still grappling with the same old problems. In Washington, unfinished business is still piled up from last year. Many of the items on the agenda don’t have a clear path forward. NTD’s Melina Wisecup has more on the 2024 bottlenecks for this divided congress.

Lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum have reacted to the Maine secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, whose office oversees elections in Maine, ruled on Dec. 28 that President Trump cannot appear on the primary ballot in 2024, […]

Special counsel Jack Smith’s office filed a motion to exclude arguments and evidence based on former President Donald Trump’s “partisan political attacks” and “irrelevant and prejudicial issues” raised, in a court filing on Dec. 27. This comes two weeks after U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan stayed all pretrial proceedings and deadlines in an order […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) made public allegations on social media of being swatted twice in recent days and receiving death threats, accusing federal law enforcement of an inadequate response to the alleged threat. Swatting is falsely soliciting an emergency response from law enforcement in order to target a specific victim. Perpetrators commit this act by […]

Christmas is officially here—and while most shops are closed, many holiday markets are still open. They’re a great place to get into the festive spirit.

This year was a historic one for Congress—from the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the record for tie-breaking in the thinly divided Senate. Next year is already setting up to be even bumpier with many high-priority items kicked down the road. NTD’s Congressional correspondent Melina Wisecup has the […]

Negotiations on Ukraine aid and border security are on thin ice. Progressives expressed dismay with President Joe Biden’s willingness to cut a deal on border security. Meanwhile, Republicans are insisting on holding the line with their demands. NTD’s congressional correspondent Melina Wisecup has more on where the cracks are showing.  

The nation’s highest court will weigh in—around early 2024—on the FDA’s approval and regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone. Critics say the agency has loosened restrictions on the pill without considering its harmful effects on women. We have Dr. Ingrid Skop, an OBGYN, with us to provide medical insight on the issue.  

The jury reached a verdict in Rudy Giuliani’s case late Friday afternoon. They ordered Mr. Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages to the two plaintiffs. The election workers had asked for at least $24 million each. Mr. Giuliani said he plans to appeal. Taking a closer look at how Mr. Giuliani handled his defamation […]

An ethics complaint against a federal judge—and a hand-written apology letter. We bring you the latest on former President Donald Trump’s legal cases. The White House and the Senate are racing to reach a deal over Ukraine aid and border policies. And we have the latest on the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as […]