Top U.S. and Australian officials wrapped up their annual bilateral meeting in Maryland on Tuesday. The dialogue stressed that the alliance is key to keeping the peace in the region and pushing back against China’s overreach in the South China Sea.
America’s confidence in the Secret Service is tepid after the attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life with just 36 percent of Americans very confident in the agency, 34 percent somewhat confident, and 29 percent not very confident. That’s according to a recent AP-NORC poll. In light of this NTD spoke with executive protection and […]
Tuesday night marked a significant moment in the 2024 election season as the “Harris-Walz” banner was unveiled for the first time in Pennsylvania. The event coincided with Vice President Kamala Harris’s announcement of her running mate: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The rally, which drew considerable attention, not only saw Walz’s name surge to the top […]
DETROIT—Federal safety authorities say they are seeking information on a crash and fire involving a Tesla Cybertruck that killed a driver of the futuristic new pickup. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it is gathering information from Tesla. The agency did not send crash investigators, nor has it opened a formal investigation into […]
Josh Lafazan, a former Nassau County, New York legislator, joined NTD to share his opinions on Vice President Kamala Harris’s choice of VP running mate for the November elections, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Lafazan highlights what this choice means for the Jewish community amid what he described as a campaign against Jewish Democratic Party candidate […]
WASHINGTON—The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 mid-air emergency was entirely avoidable because the planemaker should have addressed unauthorized production work long ago. “This accident should have never happened. This should have been caught years before,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters on the […]
Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse has survived a primary challenge in Washington state’s Fourth Congressional District against opponents backed by former President Donald Trump. Newhouse, a former state legislator and state cabinet member who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, has represented the district—which runs through the middle of the state—since 2015. He finished second in […]
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Lamont, California, on Tuesday night and rumbled through a broad stretch of Southern California, including Los Angeles. The US Geological Survey reported the earthquake’s epicenter hit about 15 miles southwest of Lamont—and roughly 25 miles south of Bakersfield—around 9:09 p.m. PT. The survey earlier rated the earthquake a 5.3 magnitude […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that U.S. household debt has reached a record $17.8 trillion in the second quarter of 2024. Vance Ginn, president of Ginn Economic Consulting, says he is concerned by the number. He points to a number of factors that are exasperating and stretching bank accounts, including wage growth […]
The U.S. Defense Department is continuing to move military assets across the Middle East to help defend Israel. The Pentagon says it’s making sure it can respond to a “range of contingencies.” Jonathan Ruhe, foreign policy director at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, joins NTD to discuss how the appointment of Hamas’s […]
The United States, the Philippines, Australia, and Canada began their first joint exercises in the South China Sea on Wednesday, and the Philippines reported Chinese navy vessels tailing the exercises. International military strategist retired Lt. Col. Darin Gaub speaks with NTD on the importance of the military drills in the hotly-contested South China Sea.
How might Gov. Tim Walz shape Vice President Kamala Harris’s foreign policy? Walz has a unique and extensive history with China, marked by both criticism and close engagement. NTD spoke with Anders Corr, publisher of the Journal of Political Risk and principal at Corr Analytics, to discuss how that relationship could influence a Harris-Walz China […]
A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. David Wurmser, an analyst for Middle East affairs at the Center for Security Policy, joined NTD to discuss the issue.
Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. NTD held a panel discussion on the development with Bart Marcois, a former George W. Bush and Mitt Romney campaign adviser, and Javier Palomarez, a former Obama campaign adviser and the founder and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Business Council. Marcois […]
Amid ongoing negotiations, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a Wednesday press conference that the Biden Administration believes it is in the “final stages” of a cease-fire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. Miller also says the State Department is warning against any escalation of the conflict by either side or a […]
Relatives of an explorer who died on a submersible that imploded while diving to the Titanic shipwreck have sued the company that operated the craft, alleging it is responsible for his death and the implosion. Officials with OceanGate, the company, were warned that the sub, Titan, was not equipped to dive to the Titanic in […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have hit the campaign trail with their running mates, offering competing stances on key issues of domestic and foreign policy. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have sought to brand themselves the “underdogs” against their Republican rivals, Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). […]
