The urgent need to raise the $31 trillion debt limit has led to a sharp partisan battle over how to handle the budget moving forward. Senate Republicans on Jan. 25 proposed cuts across the board. But Democrats have repeatedly said that Republicans have not laid out a specific plan and are trying to cut programs […]
A debt ceiling showdown is unfolding in Washington. President Joe Biden is meeting with congressional leaders to start talking about how to get enough support on Capitol Hill to again raise the $31 trillion debt limit.
Classified documents were found at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home. How are the White House and lawmakers reacting, as scrutiny over President Joe Biden’s classified files continues to grow? Democrats take a trip to the White House to discuss raising the debt limit. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells NTD about the House Republicans’ […]
The U.S. Treasury Department initiated so-called extraordinary measures after the country hit its debt limit on Jan. 19. NTD spoke to Vance Ginn, president of Ginn Economic Consulting and senior fellow at Young Americans for Liberty, who said that a spending limit should be put in place to curtail rampant spending of taxpayer money fueling […]
A Santa Fe district attorney announced on Jan. 19 that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged before the end of the month for fatally shooting a cinematographer on set in 2021. The incident happened in New Mexico during a rehearsal of the upcoming film “Rust.” Amid the fallout of the documents debacle, a new poll […]
The House voted early Wednesday to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion until 2023, just in time for the deadline set by the Treasury Department, potentially avoiding an economic crisis. Lawmakers passed the bill, which increases the limit to close to $31 trillion, in a 221-209 vote with just one Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), voting yes. The […]
The Senate has approved raising the debt limit, a resolution lauded by Democrats but rejected by Republicans. The resolution passed with a party-line vote of 50 to 49. The measure still has to go to the House, and if it passes there, to Biden’s desk. If the president signs it into law, the country’s debt […]
Washington, D.C., files a civil lawsuit against two groups over the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, Congress gets one step closer to raising the debt limit, and George Washington University joins the list of universities requiring students to get booster shots to attend in-person learning next year.
President Joe Biden signs a bill raising the nation’s debt limit, for now. And we take a look at the supply chain backlog. How much longer do port officials think it will last?
An NBA player opts out of the vaccine. He won’t be able to play because of this, and it’s going to cost him millions. And while some fans are disappointed, others say it’s his body, his choice.
Some hospitals are starting to take people off the waiting list for organ transplants for being unvaccinated. Though different hospitals have different policies; at least two patients have been denied life-saving treatment because of the requirement.
White House officials warn that American consumers may face higher prices and an unfamiliar sight of empty shelves this holiday season. This due to a supply chain crisis plaguing the whole world. With the Department of Justice mobilizing the FBI over parents’ outrage at school boards, NTD speaks to one of those parents who explains […]
