Lawmakers have until midnight to pass a $1.2 trillion funding package to stave off a partial government shutdown. Follow here for the live updates: Senate Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill By Joseph Lord The U.S. Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion minibus spending package that was passed by the House earlier in the day. It […]
Join NTD’s Steve Lance for live special coverage of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address and the Republican response. With a crisis on the southern border, inflation soaring, and global conflicts threatening the free world, President Biden’s job approval is more consequential than ever in this election year. Tune in Thursday, March 7, […]
Democrats bested Republicans in California’s senatorial primary and most of the state’s 52 congressional contests on Super Tuesday. Republicans, though outnumbered two-to-one in registered voters, managed to hold their ground by winning several congressional primaries that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had targeted to flip in 2024. In California’s open or “jungle” primary system, the […]
PALM DESERT, Calif.—Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Republican Steve Garvey placed first and second, respectively, in California’s jungle primary on Super Tuesday. The pair will face off in November to fill the seat held by the late Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) for both the one year left in her term and the six-year term that […]
Out of the 34 Senate seats up for election this year, 20 are held by Democrats and three by Independents. In this election cycle, Democrats have twice as many seats to defend, and Republicans need a net gain of only two seats to regain control of the Senate.
Senators who supported the foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel say the United States needs to maintain its international standing as a guardian of Western-style democracy. Retired Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, an international military strategist, says that with the foreign aid package, the Senate is just throwing money at problems without providing strategy or […]
The Senate on Feb. 11 advanced a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan despite opposition from conservative Republicans who say the border should be secured before funds are given to overseas partners. In a 67–27 vote, the $95.3 billion package moved one step closer to a final floor vote in the upper chamber, […]
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.
In the aftermath of the Senate’s failed border bill, Republicans grapple with internal discord over key border policies. NTD spoke with political commentator Drew Allen to shed light on the challenges faced by the GOP and the potential consequences of their struggles in navigating border security issues.
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on whether Colorado’s Supreme Court erred in ruling that former President Donald Trump could be disqualified as a candidate for the presidential primaries in the state under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the ‘Insurrection Clause.’ The case is one of the most consequential […]
A U.S. strike killed a senior leader of the Kata’ib Hezbollah terrorist group in Iraq. He was behind the strikes that killed three American troops. And the Hamas terrorist group proposes a four-and-a-half months-long truce, as well as Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza. The Israeli prime minister responded, saying there is no solution other than […]
Victor Avila, a retired supervisory special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, offers NTD his analysis of the U.S. Senate’s proposed border deal.
Questions have been posed as to whether the Senate’s $118-billion bipartisan bill on border security and foreign aid is good for American taxpayers. NTD spoke to Richard Stern, the director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation, and a former budget adviser to Congressman Mike Johnson. Mr. Stern […]
The Senate unveiled the contents of the much-anticipated border deal, which is tied to aid for Ukraine and Israel. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Darin Gaub, an international military strategist, says the bill is unnecessary because the United States only needs to return to pre-Biden border policies.
The Senate unveiled the $118 billion bill on the southern border and foreign aid on Monday. It plans to give Ukraine $60 billion, Israel $14 billion, and the southern border $20 billion. House Speaker Mike Johnson called it “dead on arrival.” Israeli forces are planning to begin fighting in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, soon. […]
Mike Leon, host of the news commentary podcast ‘Can We Please Talk?,’ offers his analysis of the U.S. Senate’s proposed border package as it heads to the House—where Republicans have said it is “dead on arrival.”
