House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday accused President Joe Biden of suppressing special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with him over his handling of classified documents. Although he released a transcript of the interview between Hur and President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed releasing the audio could jeopardize future sensitive and high-profile investigations. Mr. […]
The House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability holds a hearing on “Security Risk: The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration” at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 16. Simon Hankinson Senior Research Fellow, Border Security and Immigration Center, The Heritage Foundation Todd Bensman National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies Craig Singleton […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has called for U.S. federal authorities to investigate whether foreign actors are promoting contentions within the United States, including recent protests over the war in Gaza taking place on U.S. college campuses and other venues around the country. During a Wednesday, May 15 episode of his personal podcast “The Verdict,” Mr. […]
A new report links the Chinese Communist Party to the anti-Israel protests that have been taking place across the United States since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. The findings were published by the Network Contagion Research Institute. The report analyses the activities and foreign relationships of the “Shut It Down for Palestine” movement.
A Republican lawmaker introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to block judges from issuing gag orders after several judges imposed such orders on former President Donald Trump. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) introduced the measure, called the “Let Trump Speak Act,” this week in response to a gag order that New York Judge […]
Former President Donald Trump took umbrage at the heavy law enforcement presence around the courthouse where his New York trial is taking place before court proceedings continued Thursday morning, telling reporters: “Outside it’s like Fort Knox—you can’t get within three blocks of this place if you’re a civilian.” The Republican Party’s presumptive nominee for this […]
Two House committees will kick off contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland on May 16 as he seeks to block them from obtaining special counsel Robert Hur’s recorded interviews with President Joe Biden. Despite subpoenas compelling his cooperation, Mr. Garland has refused to provide House impeachment investigators with the recordings from Mr. Hur’s probe […]
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on “Modernization And Management: Building A Department To Address 21st Century Challenges” at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 16. Witness: Richard R. Verma Deputy secretary of State, Management and Resources U.S. Department of State
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over the tapes of his two-day interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur in his probe of the president’s alleged mishandling of classified information. The tapes are at the center of a dispute between House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has defied a subpoena for them and […]
Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on payments from a non-disclosure deal with an adult performer in New York continues on May 16. President Trump is charged with falsifying business records to conceal the payments. He has denied the allegations. Schedule 8:30 a.m. ET: Trump Tower Exterior 9:30 a.m. ET: Start of court proceedings
Former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial continues in New York on May 16. Follow here for the live updates: Defense Disputes Cohen–Schiller Call Was Conversation With Trump Mr. Blanche questioned Mr. Cohen about conversations in 2016. Mr. Cohen confirmed he had called bodyguard Keith Schiller because he wanted to speak to President Trump on […]
Special Counsel David Weiss is set to present over 300 exhibits, ranging from text messages to financial records, when the tax evasion case against Hunter Biden goes to trial on June 20, according to a court document filed on Wednesday. Money transfers to women, emails from ex-wife Kathleen Biden (now Buhle), tax forms, divorce settlements, […]
The number of illegal immigrant encounters at the southern border declined more than six percent in April compared to a month prior, according to data published on Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Border Patrol agents recorded 128,900 encounters—which includes people who presented themselves to agents at ports of entry—along the U.S.-Mexico border […]
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 […]
