President Joe Biden announced on May 15 that he has agreed to debate former President Donald Trump in June, foregoing the traditional fall debates set by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Amber Duke, a Washington editor at The Spectator and fellow at The Steamboat Institute, tells NTD that there are two likely reasons behind President […]
There are two recovery efforts in Baltimore Harbor: the urgent one below the destroyed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the methodical “pay-and-chase” one unfolding in Congress and, eventually, in courtrooms around the world. Although progress is being made in clearing 50,000 tons of bridge debris from a massive containership pinned 30 feet deep into riverbed […]
The White House said it is unacceptable that Chinese companies are helping Russia wage its war against Ukraine. Retired Col. Grant Newsham, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, tells NTD that communist China benefits when the United States is distracted by chaos at home and wars abroad.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday $2 billion worth of aid to Ukraine in what he called the defense enterprise fund. Most of the money, about $1.6 billion, comes from the $60 billion allotted to Ukraine in the foreign aid package approved last month.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker—who’s Catholic—gave a commencement speech at Benedictine College, a Catholic school, that expressed conservative views and extolled traditional values. Not all media gave positive coverage to the speech.
A former lawyer who once advised Michael Cohen testified in Congress on May 15 that some of Mr. Cohen’s testimony could be false in the ongoing Trump trial in New York. Robert Costello, a former prosecutor who had worked for Mr. Cohen and former President Donald Trump, told a House Republican-led panel that the former […]
The earliest presidential debate in televised history will take place on June 27 on CNN, a press release from the outlet on May 15 confirmed. The announcement came hours after former President Donald Trump accepted an invitation from President Joe Biden earlier in the day for two debates in June and September. The debate will […]
California’s governor Gavin Newsom introduced a plan to close this year’s remaining $27.6 billion shortfall and next year’s projected $28.4 billion deficit. But health officials don’t want budget cuts, and lawmakers wonder whether the billions spent on homelessness were effective.
Several of former President Donald Trump’s allies, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, appeared with him at his New York trial on May 14 to show support. Kash Patel, a senior adviser to President Trump for national security, defense, and intelligence, who is also a former federal prosecutor, tells NTD that their appearances show cohesion in […]
Several of former President Donald Trump’s allies, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, appeared with him at his New York trial to show support. David Carlucci, a Democratic strategist, says President Trump’s allies are trying to ingratiate themselves with him and curry good favor with a potential future president.
President Joe Biden stood before a crowd of America’s union workers in the Rose Garden on May 14 and defended the massive increase in tariffs just announced on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and other products. “American workers can outwork and out-compete anyone as long as the competition is fair,” he said. “For too long, it […]
Republican appropriators in the House of Representatives are advancing a bill to compel President Joe Biden’s administration to deliver all the weapons Congress has appropriated for Israel after the administration paused some weapons deliveries and threatened to block more. Several congressional Republicans expressed outrage last week after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the administration […]
Former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial continues in New York on May 14. Follow here for the live updates: What Happened Today Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand for questioning by prosecutors, who outlined his last years of working for the Trumps before he broke publicly and became a vocal critic of President […]
SAN FRANCISCO—Over 350 Falun Dafa practitioners from the Bay Area held a parade in San Francisco on May 11 to celebrate the 32-year anniversary of the spiritual meditation practice’s introduction to the public. The parade traveled along the waterfront in San Francisco, with banners, colorful costumes, a marching band, a float that featured fairies seated […]
Prosecution star witness Michael Cohen testified on May 13 in former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial. Gerard Filitti, senior counsel at The Lawfare Project, tells NTD that Mr. Cohen is not a very credible witness, and the prosecution has not been able to prove that crimes were committed.
May 13 is World Falun Dafa Day, a day that celebrates the introduction of the spiritual practice to the world on May 13, 1992. Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center, says everyone can celebrate this day because Falun Dafa’s teachings of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance are universal.
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen took the witness stand on Monday in former President Donald Trump as prosecutors hope to use him to make their case in the “hush-money” trial. When he was called to the stand, Mr. Cohen gave his personal and professional background information. Court papers say that he is testifying pursuant to […]
