Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) spoke with NTD to discuss China’s malign influence in the United States as well as the lobbying efforts behind TikTok. “Lobbyists are just mercenaries; they go to the highest bidder. And currently, the money changers are in the temple, and we need to throw them out,” Mr. Burchett said.  

Israel faces calls for restraint while it weighs its response to Iran’s unprecedented aerial attack on April 13. Gabriel Noronha, a former State Department adviser on Iran, says Israel still needs a counterstrike against Iran to demonstrate deterrence, and President Joe Biden’s message to Israel is not helpful.  

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told NTD that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s push for the foreign aid deal is a major disappointment.

House Republicans are divided over Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid plan, with a vote expected as soon as this Saturday. Our Washington correspondent Luis Martinez speaks with lawmakers for and against the latest proposal. Foreign countries versus the U.S. southern border: We hear directly from the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus about his thoughts […]

Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.), who sits on the House Education and Workforce Committee, spoke with NTD ahead of the Columbia University president’s testimony before Congress on anti-Semitic speech on campus. Ms. Houchin also criticized the Biden administration for focusing on student debt forgiveness rather than simplifying the student loan application process as mandated by Congress. […]

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, spoke with NTD about the government-wide investigation he launched into the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare against the United States.  

President Joe Biden calls for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel, a policy first in place under former President Donald Trump. What does it mean for American manufacturing and the 2024 elections? The House Oversight Committee is investigating the Chinese regime’s infiltration of the United States. We have the latest on that, along with an exclusive […]

Attorney Gerard Filitti, senior counsel for the Lawfare Project, described his concerns about jury selection on day one of former President Donald Trump’s alleged pay-off trial where hundreds of potential jurors showed up on Monday but no jurors were seated. Mr. Filitti says President Joe Biden winning more than 80 percent of New York’s vote […]

Delegate James Moylan (R-Guam) is raising the alarm about the number of Chinese nationals illegally entering the U.S. island territory of Guam, warning these crossings could undermine a key component of U.S. security in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking with NTD’s “Capitol Report” on Tuesday, Guam’s non-voting Congressional delegate said he’s doubtful these Chinese nationals are […]

Some of the deadliest drugs in the world are being funded by the Chinese regime. A new report from Congress details China’s incentives for companies that export fentanyl. Another history-making day in Congress: The House delivers to the Senate articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. And Speaker Mike Johnson lays out […]

Republican political strategist Jason Meister describes the alleged pay-off trial of former President Donald Trump as “political rocket fuel” for President Trump, which will give him and the prosecutor massive media coverage.  

The “hush money” trial of former President Donald Trump began on Monday. Attorney Neama Rahmani says both the defense and the prosecution will sort through hundreds of potential jurors to find twelve. Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday the jury will not see the infamous “Access Hollywood” video, but Mr. Rahmani says it doesn’t prove any facts […]

Kash Patel, senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, says it’s a “treacherous position” for the United States to appeal to China to reign in Iran, which buys its arms from China with money from the Biden administration. Mr. Patel says the world suffers as the Chinese Communist Party dominates the United States in the […]

Jury selection is underway in former President Donald Trump’s so-called hush money trial in Manhattan. This makes him the first U.S. president to face criminal charges. A new poll is out on the race for president. It shows that President Joe Biden and President Trump remain locked in a close race. The White House is […]

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke with NTD News about Friday’s House vote to reauthorize and amend Section 702 of FISA and the work of the Quality of Life Panel he chairs.  

Retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham spoke with NTD News ahead of his testimony at the April 17 House Oversight and Accountability hearing on exposing and defending the United States from the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare. Mr. Newsham says the recent incident at O’Hare airport of a Customs and Border Protection officer’s hostility toward Shen […]

Integrity in the 2024 elections—that’s what former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are discussing today at Mar-a-Lago. How the meeting could help the embattled speaker at a crucial moment. The House votes to reauthorize and reform a key government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI […]

On the same day that President Joe Biden held the first ever summit with the leaders of both Japan and the Philippines, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), the incoming chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said the United States must reset its relationship with China and continue to expose the Chinese […]

House conservatives on April 10 tanked a procedural vote to advance a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, who is the cofounder and national spokesperson for Restore Liberty, spoke to NTD about why FISA section 702 violates the Constitution.

Former President Donald Trump repeated his call to debate President Joe Biden—this time calling for more debates than usual—and having them “much earlier.” That’s as President Biden teams up with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines to send a blunt message to China. China strikes back at American defense companies over arms sales to […]

Alex Nestor, investigative fellow for Parents Defending Education, and Patrick Davis, deputy bureau chief at The Epoch Times, speak with NTD about the implications on education of a Harvard Law professor’s recent criticism of mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements and anti-DEI bans from the Texas and Florida legislatures. Ms. Nester also discusses the […]

Republican California state Assemblyman Bill Essayli speaks with NTD about his trio of bills to crack down on school shootings, remove anti-police bias from juries. and provide police protection for students in public schools. Mr. Essayli says people want safe, affordable living situations and good schools for their children.  

A mild 4.8 magnitude earthquake briefly pounded the East Coast, with tremors felt from the Big Apple to Washington. NTD’s David Lam spoke with residents in New York City. President Joe Biden is monitoring “potential impacts” of the earthquake. What did he say about it as he surveyed the site of the collapsed Baltimore bridge? […]

Miklos Szantho, director of a Hungarian think-tank that organizes and hosts CPAC Hungary, spoke with NTD about the goal of the 2024 conference, the familiarity of “wokism” when it arrived in Hungary, and how it mirrors communism in its attack on faith, family, and national identity.  

Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Cornell Gorka, authors of the book, “NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It,” discuss when Marxism came to American universities, how the ideology evolved from economic Marxism to cultural Marxism, and how Americans, unhappy with the cultural changes pushed on them by elites in 2020, can fight back. […]

Will the United States increase its tariffs on China? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said it’s a possibility, as she just touched down in China Thursday. President Joe Biden is telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. posture on the war now hinges on Israel’s efforts to reduce civilian harm. How could a deadly […]

The growing U.S. national debt presents a “great concern” to attorney and tax reform advocate Steven L. Hayes, but he’s skeptical about whether either of the two major U.S. political parties has what it takes to address the issue. The U.S. national debt currently sits at over $34.6 trillion. That figure has grown over the […]

Scott Erickson, director of the Center for Law & Justice at the America First Policy Institute and the former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spoke with NTD News about the effects of lenient state criminal laws. He believes they contributed to the killing of New York City Police Officer […]

Fresh warning signs for President Joe Biden: New polling shows former President Donald Trump leading President Biden in six of seven battleground states. Meanwhile, protest votes in Wisconsin’s primary numbered more than double President Biden’s 2020 margin. The White House has asked Congress to review a multi-billion dollar weapons deal with Israel. The Biden administration […]

El Paso County Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta’s release of illegal immigrants accused of participating in last month’s border riot was a “political maneuver,” says Kinney County attorney Brent Smith. Personal recognizance bonds, Mr. Smith says, are typically given when a defendant is a U.S. citizen with ties to the community, who is not accused of […]

As federal, state, and local officials continue to assess the damage and repair costs following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) is arguing that international shipping companies should be held liable. A portion of the bridge over the Patapsco River collapsed on March 26 after the container ship MV Dali struck […]

Former President Trump is campaigning in key swing states today. He’s focusing on the border crisis and recent instances of violence allegedly committed by illegal immigrants. Chinese hacking, TikTok, and the 2024 U.S. election. What came up during a rare phone call between President Biden and the head of the Chinese Communist Party? And what’s next […]

China’s dumping of cheap goods is under scrutiny, as the EU and India investigate this practice. Dale Copeland, professor of international relations at the University of Virginia, says dumping undermines U.S. industrial structure, but the United States can easily counter it by raising tariffs by up to 100 percent.  

Kash Patel, senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, says America is a target for ISIS. He also says New York Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter is making money off her father’s cases, which is grounds for his immediate recusal.  

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from the White House, the Senate, and House Republicans to schedule a vote on aid to Ukraine. Our Washington correspondent Luis Martinez breaks down the speaker’s plan. Amid growing backlash, President Joe Biden is defending himself after proclaiming a transgender holiday on Easter Sunday. How is he responding […]

Peter Schweizer, author of “Blood Money” and president of the Government Accountability Institute, spoke with NTD about his new book. He outlined how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls every link in the chain of fentanyl exports to the United States; how the regime uses drugs to achieve its end goal of disintegrating American society; […]

Victoria Coates, former deputy national security adviser to President Donald Trump and vice president of the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, says Taiwan is a unique ally to the United States, and the defense of Taiwan is in the vital national security interests of the United States.  

China is deploying fentanyl into the United States as a “weapon of mass destruction” with military-like precision. What is the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) end goal? And how are they getting away with it? Former President Donald Trump is aiming to beat President Joe Biden’s record money haul with an even more lucrative fundraiser. And […]

Former Georgia Congressman Jody Hice talks about his new book, “Sacred Trust,” and his experiences in Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic that inspired him to write it. Mr. Hice says the founders of the United States did not federalize elections because they wanted to protect them from the potential for corruption.  

Michael Stumo, the CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, is predicting U.S. markets could soon see a massive influx of cheap products produced by Chinese firms in an event similar to the “China Shock” era of the early 2000s. “We had China shock 1.0 after China was let into the [World Trade Organization] […]

Four presidents are in one area: New York. President Joe Biden is raising record funds with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as former President Donald Trump attends the funeral of a slain NYPD officer. In Georgia, President Trump’s attorney argues that the indictment should be dismissed because the allegations violate the First Amendment. But the […]

New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has been facing escalating threats of violence in the United States, possibly by agents of the Chinese Communist Party. Betsy Smith, spokesperson of the National Police Association, says attacks on Shen Yun and Falun Gong should be considered hate crimes and religious persecution, and that law enforcement need to […]

The Francis Scott Key Bridge’s design and condition were sound, according to James E. Moore II, professor emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. Mr. Moore spoke with NTD, one day after the bridge’s collapse, about bridge research, ways to prevent future collisions, and how the economy will respond to […]

Over 40 hours have passed since a huge container ship crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge. A recovery operation is underway while authorities are trying to clear bridge debris. Our reporters at Baltimore and the White House have the latest updates. Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was because of the “amazing” amount of […]

New York-based Shen Yun performing arts has been the target of a number of false bomb threats in recent weeks. Levi Browde, an executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, says the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is running a global campaign targeting Shen Yun because the CCP is trying to destroy traditional culture and […]

The Chinese communist regime’s sabotage of U.S.-based Shen Yun Performing Arts appears to have hit a new low, with multiple bomb threats this month. We look at the latest escalation in an ongoing campaign of interference. Rescue efforts are underway for at least six people who remain missing after a major bridge collapsed in Baltimore […]

Kash Patel, senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, analyzed the New York Supreme Court’s ruling that lowered President Trump’s bond from $464 million to $175 million in the civil fraud case. Mr. Patel also discussed the options for President Trump’s legal team in the “hush money” trial that is set to begin on April […]

Mitchell Epner says Judge Engoron’s judgment against former President Donald Trump appears “solid” on the law and facts, and he says the 34 charges against President Trump in the “hush money” case are very serious charges, but unlikely to lead to incarceration.

A New York judge scolded former President Donald Trump’s attorneys Monday. Judge Juan Merchan quickly denied President Trump’s motion to dismiss the upcoming hush money trial, saying the prosecution did nothing wrong. A United Nations ceasefire resolution is putting pressure on Israel. The United States, which normally blocks such orders, abstained from the vote. How […]

The new Texas law that allows state authorities to arrest illegal immigrants faces a series of back-and-forths in court. Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland of Terrell County, Texas, says the southern border is not just between the United States and Mexico because countries around the world are exploiting the southern border.