Former President Donald Trump was in court Thursday for the 10th day of his New York “hush money” trial. The judge held a hearing to decide whether President Trump had further violated the gag order. Following the hearing, Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer finished his testimony. Law enforcement officers in California cleared the anti-Israel encampment at […]
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments about homelessness. It considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking. NTD spoke with a professor and an addiction specialist about the origins of homelessness, and how best to combat it.
An attempt by Kansas state lawmakers to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender procedures for children failed after two Republicans joined Democrats to uphold the veto, clearing the way for the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and transgender surgeries for kids. The Kansas Senate voted 27–13 to override Ms. Kelly’s […]
President Joe Biden stopped in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 2 to pay his respects to the law enforcement officers who were killed and wounded in the line of duty earlier this week in what is being called the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement in one incident in eight years. “We mourn for the […]
President Joe Biden’s executive policy that grants “humanitarian parole” to Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan nationals is at risk of exploitation by human traffickers. To help us understand the law, NTD spoke with Andrew Arthur, a fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge.
The U.S. Navy released three new pictures of America’s newest underwater drone designed to operate long-range missions in maritime environments. In a statement on May 1, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has completed full-scale testing of the Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV). The drone […]
The U.S. military has concluded a 2023 airstrike they initially said targeted a senior Al Qaeda leader in northwest Syria had actually killed a lone civilian farmer. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)—the military component overseeing U.S. operations throughout the Middle East—said in a May 3, 2023, statement that its forces had conducted a unilateral strike […]
More violence erupts on college campuses as police and pro-Palestinian protesters clash at UCLA. President Joe Biden responds, saying destroying property is against the law. House Speaker Mike Johnson is receiving rare political cover from Democrats as the House of Representatives makes a bipartisan response in confronting anti-Semitism. Former President Donald Trump wraps up day […]
HARTFORD, Conn.—The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a three-vehicle crash Thursday on I-95 in southwest Connecticut, closing the East […]
A former quality auditor at a Boeing supplier died suddenly this week after struggling with a “sudden, fast-spreading infection,” the Seattle Times reported on May 1. U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s more dovish-than-expected interest rate guidance on Wednesday against a plethora of mixed earnings and economic data. A U.S. […]
Former President Donald Trump, at his stop in Waukesha, Wisconsin, said it “was a beautiful thing to watch” when the NYPD stormed the barricaded building at Columbia University and rounded up protesters, whom President Trump called “raging lunatics and Hamas sympathizers.” An analysis piece in The Washington Post outlined how President Joe Biden has mostly […]
The looming U.S. presidential election will not influence the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, adding that policymakers were “at peace” with keeping political considerations out of their decision-making process. Speaking at a news conference after the end of the U.S. central bank’s latest policy meeting, Mr. Powell said […]
A lawyer who was involved in the negotiations for agreements between former President Donald Trump and two women pushed back on prosecutors’ claims that it was a “hush-money” payment during a court appearance on Thursday. Keith Davidson, who negotiated agreements related to adult performer Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and model Karen McDougal, […]
There was more violence on college campuses this morning as police and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed at UCLA. President Biden responded, and urged the National Guard not to intervene. The Trump criminal trial is underway again, with day 10 of the proceedings. Our legal correspondent has the latest on testimony from an attorney who represented Stormy […]
Attorneys general representing half of the country on May 1 sued President Joe Biden’s administration over a new rule requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales, including private sales. Lawsuits in Florida, Texas, and Arkansas are asking the courts to block a rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that […]
Los Angeles is launching a pilot program to send trained unarmed civilians to respond to nonviolent calls—instead of police officers. Peter Forcelli, a retired deputy assistant director at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and a retired NYPD homicide detective, who is also the author of “The Deadly Path,” tells NTD he has “mixed […]
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 […]
Apple says it is working as fast as it can to fix an issue that causes some iPhone alarms to not play a sound, or play alarms too quietly for people to wake up, leading to an outpouring of complaints online. Many who use their iPhone as their default alarm clock were met with an […]
