A California judge has rejected a plea from attorney John Eastman to allow him to continue practicing law in the state while he continues to challenge the permanent revocation of his license. In her ruling on Wednesday, State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland wrote that Mr. Eastman’s placement on “inactive enrollment” was mandatory, citing her […]
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “not surprised” about what he termed the “bleak” state of the U.S. economy a day after the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates, citing concerns over inflation. President Trump compared his economic policies to those of President Joe Biden, telling reporters in front of a […]
The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee has called on National Public Radio (NPR) President and CEO Katherine Maher to appear before Congress and address questions about the broadcaster’s alleged ideological bias and slanted coverage. The invitation comes in the weeks after now-former senior NPR editor Uri Berliner published an op-ed in The Free Press […]
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke came clean on May 1 after she previously disclosed that she had no criminal record. Ms. Clarke admitted that she was arrested in 2006 but chose not to divulge the information as it had been erased from her record. Ms. Clarke testified in 2021 before a Senate committee that she […]
President Joe Biden on May 2 decried the violence stemming from pro-Palestinian protesters across American college campuses. “Violent protest is not protected,” he said in an unscheduled speech from the White House, affirming his dedication to both the right to free speech and peaceful protests and the rule of law, adding that America is not […]
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has threatened to force a vote aimed at removing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). NTD asked Helen Andrews, a senior editor at The American Conservative, how Ms. Greene’s move will affect bipartisanship in America, and what she hopes to achieve by pursuing a vote when it has little chance of passing […]
Davidson Previously Investigated for Extortion Mr. Davidson confirmed that non-disclosure agreements are commonly used. Mr. Bove also asked whether Mr. Davidson was “well-versed” in using a non-disclosure agreement without it being exortion. “I don’t understand the question,” Mr. Davidson said. Mr. Bove elicited testimony from Mr. Davidson that he was investigated for events in 2012 […]
Clean energy projects across the nation are about to receive a $26.9 million boost from the Biden Administration as part of the latest round of grants from a renewable energy program. According to a May 1 press release from the Department of Energy, the funding consists of multiple grants that will go to nine states, […]
Potatoes will officially be classified as a vegetable and not a grain after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) threw its support behind keeping the current classification in place, according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). The lawmaker said in a press release Wednesday that she had received a call from USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack on […]
FREELAND, Mich.—President Donald Trump rallied some 3,500 supporters in this working-class community, vowing to reignite the auto industry in the state that has lost thousands of jobs to Mexico and lives under the threat of further erosion of this key industry to competition from China. Under clear blue skies with two dozen American flags standing […]
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 317,000 borrowers who were enrolled at any Art Institutes campus from January 2004 until October 2017. The measure brings the total amount of student loan debt relief put in place by the Biden administration to […]
NTD spoke with Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) about Mike Johnson’s term as the House speaker, which he describes as a “disappointment.” “I think the main disappointment is on this last spending—$95 trillion—Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the fact $9 billion of it went to Gaza, which meant it went to Hamas. And the fact that he […]
A panel of federal judges has thrown out Louisiana’s recently-drawn congressional map that had created a second majority-black district in the state, likely sending the case to the Supreme Court. In a 2-1 vote on April 30, the three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court in Monroe, Louisiana sided with voters who opposed the new […]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a set of bills into law on Tuesday aimed at supporting the state’s agricultural industry, including a bill prohibiting “foreign adversaries” from buying farmland near military installations. The bill, dubbed SB420, will ban “nonresident aliens” acting as agents of China or other foreign adversaries from acquiring farmland or non-residential land […]
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating a top prosecutor on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Trump for his past work as a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official during the Biden administration, amid allegations that the Trump prosecution is politically driven. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said in an […]
Arizona’s near-total abortion ban will be repealed just weeks after the state’s Supreme Court ruled it enforceable. The Arizona House narrowly passed the repeal on April 24 as three Republicans joined with Democrats to approve the measure. On May 1, the state Senate followed suit in a 16–14 vote—but not before several disappointed senators had […]
The House on May 1 passed an anti-Semitism bill as pro-Palestinian protests escalate across college campuses in the country. The legislation passed the lower chamber in a broadly bipartisan 320–91 vote. That included 21 Republicans and 70 Democrats who opposed the legislation, many of whom expressed concerns about a potential chilling effect that the bill […]
Federal prosecutors should investigate the president of a nonprofit that funneled U.S. taxpayer money to a laboratory in China, a U.S. House of Representatives panel said on May 1. Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, should be probed after he and his group violated the terms of a U.S. grant, the Select Subcommittee on […]
