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March 27, 2023 | Steve Lance
Capitol Report (March 27): Grand Jury Hearing Trump Case Reportedly Back to Work; House Votes on CCP Organ Harvesting Bill
The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump is reportedly back at work. Meanwhile, new national polls show Trump enjoying strong leads for his 2024 bid. President Joe Biden is renewing calls for gun control after a school shooting in Nashville left six people dead. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are shining a spotlight on […]
March 22, 2023 | Steve Lance
Capitol Report (March 22): Will Possible Arrest Help Trump in 2024 Election Bid? Fed Raises Interest Rates Again
In another delay in New York’s probe into former President Donald Trump, the grand jury is on standby for a possible decision Thursday, with a clear divide in reactions between Republicans in the House and Senate. Legacy PAC founder Jared Craig joins us to assess the latest developments in the unprecedented case, and what this […]
March 18, 2023 | Caden Pearson
Banking Regulators to Face Congress Over SVB, Signature Bank Collapse
Congress will hold its first bipartisan hearing with top federal financial regulators into the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank at the end of the month, the House Financial Services Committee announced Friday. Martin Gruenberg, chairman of banking regulator the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision […]
March 17, 2023 | NTD Newsroom
NTD UK News Full Broadcast (March 17)
Nationwide teacher strikes are on hold as the government announces intensive talks with education unions. We’ll be hearing from a school chaplain who lost his job after defending the right to question LGBT policies. A week of banking turbulence ends with a whimper as an early recovery in European stock markets runs out of steam.
March 13, 2023 | Kevin Hogan
NTD News Today Full Broadcast (March 13)
President Joe Biden said the U.S. banking system is safe in a speech in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday. Silicon Valley Bank and New York-based Signature Bank both folded last week, prompting concern among workers and depositors. These are the largest U.S. bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis. The Biden […]
February 11, 2023 | Amy Gamm
Investors Pressure European Banks to Stop Financing New Fossil Fuel Projects
A group of investors representing over $1.5 trillion in assets under management sent demand letters on Feb. 7 to five of Europe’s biggest banks, calling on them to stop financing fossil fuel firms by the end of 2023. ShareAction—an investment group whose website states that its “vision is a world where the financial system serves […]
December 9, 2022 | NTD Newsroom
NTD UK News Full Broadcast (Dec. 9)
The government sets out sweeping reforms to the financial sector to replace EU regulation and cut red tape. The World Cup quarter-finals kick off, as England prepares to meet France on Saturday evening. We speak to stroke survivors who are on a pathway to recovery, through song and dance.
June 30, 2022 | NTD Newsroom
Chinese Banks Freeze Deposit Money, Trigger Protests
In recent days, some one hundred people took to the streets to protest in China’s Henan province. They gathered in front of the province’s Bureau of Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission—despite soaring temperates of 104 degrees. The problem? Banks in the area aren’t allowing customers to withdraw their own money. Now—the demonstrators are demanding their […]
