Lawyers for former President Donald Trump were in an Atlanta court on March 28 arguing his charges in the Georgia 2020 election RICO case should be dismissed on First Amendment grounds. Follow here for the live updates: State Says ‘Fake Elector’ Not in Indictment Mr. Wakeford said they were talking about “removing something that is […]
Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of state arguments on March 18 that the federal government was wrong to communicate with social media platforms about public health issues during the recent pandemic. At the same time, during oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri, the states argued that the federal government strong-armed social media companies into censoring […]
WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden defended the comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who called for a change in government in Israel five months into the war in Gaza. “Senator Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staffer, [to say] that he was going to make that speech. And I’m not going to elaborate […]
Before President Joe Biden repeatedly attacked his “predecessor, a former Republican president” during his State of the Union address, and President Donald Trump responded by labeling it “an angry, polarizing, and hate-filled speech,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had released a “State of Our Union” video that encouraged unity and criticized “fear-mongering.” “Our nation seems more […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on March 7 amid mounting concerns about his age and mental fitness in a critical election year. He seized the opportunity to laud his achievements despite low job approval ratings, notably on crucial policy issues like the economy and illegal immigration. He sought to […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has claimed Republican lawmakers who heckled President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address on March 7 did so in response to an “overly partisan speech.” Mr. Johnson made the comments to reporters after President Biden struck a decisively political tone during his annual speech to Congress, taking […]
President Joe Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on March 7. Bart Marcois, former Department of Energy official for international affairs and former presidential campaign policy adviser, says President Biden is likely to double down on left-leaning tendencies is and unlikely to appeal to moderates in his speech. […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland said there has been a spike in violent threats against public officials, which he called “deeply disturbing,” while acknowledging an overall nationwide drop in homicides. However, “this is not a time to relax our efforts,” he said. “We have so much more to do.” “In just the final months of 2023, […]
Free speech is at the core of what high-school and student debating is all about. However, some debating platforms are seeking to steer students away from taking positions on topics they believe could be controversial, such as abortion. As some institutions or platforms move to restrict free speech in such forums, other platforms are opening […]
Rupa Subramanya, a Canada-based journalist for The Free Press, describes in detail the Trudeau administration’s “authoritarian” speech suppression policies while testifying on Thursday in front of a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in Washington. One strategy she highlighted was the concept of “de-banking”—revoking one’s ability to access one’s bank […]
Amid rising tensions on college campuses, a speech by Newsweek’s senior editor-at-large, Josh Hammer, was interrupted by protesters. NTD spoke with him earlier about this event and the broader climate on college campuses now.
The Supreme Court was skeptical of a progressive activist’s argument that he should be allowed to trademark a belittling phrase targeting former President Donald Trump for use on T-shirts. The justices heard oral arguments on Nov. 1 in Vidal v. Elster (court file 22-704). President Trump is not a party to the appeal. The case […]
President Joe Biden on Monday touted his accomplishments in an address to union workers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to mark Labor Day and pushed back against critics who say he is too old to seek a second term. He began his remarks with a joke: “Someone said, ‘You know, that Biden is getting old, man.’ I […]
Donald Trump Jr. has criticised media outlets and the Australian Labor government for spreading “fake news” about his upcoming speaking tour. The son of the former U.S. president’s comments come in response to ongoing criticism from federal Labor ministers culminating in a now-deleted Twitter post from the Australian home affairs minister who called Mr. Trump […]
President Joe Biden launched this week his second “Investing in America” tour around the country, aiming to explain how his economic plan has spurred investments and jobs as the economy remains the most pressing issue for Americans. The administration kicked off the week with the announcement of over $40 billion in infrastructure investment to provide […]
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Former President Donald Trump warned that the United States had sunk to the level of the “old Soviet Union” during a speech given from the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on April 4, hours after pleading not guilty to felony charges brought New York prosecutors. “I never thought anything like […]
