Republicans and Democrats fought over taxpayer funding for National Public Radio (NPR) on May 8 during a congressional hearing with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The hearing comes after former NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner published an April 9 op-ed criticizing the company for allegedly prioritizing Democratic and left-leaning viewpoints and story […]
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) and Alex Nester, an investigative fellow with Parents Defending Education, spoke with NTD about anti-Semitic incidents at public schools and the May 8 emergency congressional hearing on accusations that school officials are ignoring the issue.
Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) spoke with NTD about a resolution he introduced with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule that would require 30-40 percent of all new trucks to be electric by 2032.
WASHINGTON—Police cleared the pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University (GWU) in the wee hours of May 8 morning, prompting the cancelation of a congressional hearing about authorities’ handling of the protests. The operation occurred at 3:45 a.m. EST, just hours before Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith were scheduled […]
Brent Sadler, a 26-year U.S. Navy veteran and senior research fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology at the Allison Center for National Security, spoke with NTD about how Israel’s control of the Rafah Crossing will affect the future of Hamas and the people of Gaza.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday called for all cases against former President Donald Trump to be dropped. Mr. Johnson also rejected allegations that he was negotiating with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to fend off her motion to oust him as speaker.
As cities and college campuses across the United States continue to see disruptive anti-Israel protests, Scott G. Erickson, a former deputy chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, tells NTD that criminal behavior at the protests has to be addressed immediately.
CAIRO—Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas terrorists over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge. The U.N. warned of a potential […]
The April jobs report shows a weaker-than-expected economy. EJ Antoni, public finance economist and research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, says government data on the economy understates the actual cost of living.
Washington’s mayor and chief of police will testify before the House Oversight Committee on May 8, while the secretary of education will testify before the House Education Committee on May 7. Lawmakers are expected to grill the officials on their responses to the “radical, anti-Semitic, and unlawful protests” on U.S. campuses.
Jeff Clark, former U.S. assistant attorney general, civil division, and senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, spoke with NTD about the strength of the testimonies of former President Donald Trump’s employees who took the stand in the New York “hush money” case against him. And what is the significance of the U.S. Supreme […]
Kash Patel, senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, spoke with NTD about the May 6 reports that Hamas accepted a cease-fire deal. Mr. Patel also discussed the impact on education of anti-Semitic protests and said Israel has the right to ban Al Jazeera.
Michael Stumo, chief executive officer of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, spoke with NTD about the roughly 300 sanctions the United States imposed on entities supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, the effect of U.S. sanctions on China, and his insight into the push from some Midwestern Democrats for the Biden administration to raise former […]
A Moscow court on May 4 ordered the 2-month detention of a Falun Gong practitioner for her beliefs as an investigation is pending, the first such decision in the country as Russia increasingly leans toward communist China. Natalya Minenkova, 46, will be detained until June 27 under a controversial law against “carrying out the activities […]
The House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act overwhelmingly on May 1, but there was still a sizable opposition. Supporters of the bill say it’s in response to the rise in anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses.
Jason Greaves, partner at the Binnall Law Group, spoke with NTD about the latest developments and media coverage of former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush money trial and last week’s oral arguments in President Trump’s immunity case.
The White House said Thursday that Russia has been quietly shipping fuel to North Korea and that the action appears to violate a U.N. trade cap. The United States warns that it will work with allies to initiate follow-up sanctions against this violation.
Simcha Rothman, an Israeli Knesset member, spoke with NTD about the protests erupting on college campuses across the United States, the rise in attacks on Jews, and whom Israel is fighting against in Gaza.
President Joe Biden on May 2 addressed the anti-Israel college protests for the first time and condemned violence and vandalism. Amanda Grace, president of Ark of Grace Ministries, tells NTD that the protesters used the same anti-Semitic playbook used in 1930s Germany.
