As the United States inched close to a potential government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform Friday morning that Congress should get rid of, or extend out the Debt Ceiling to “perhaps” 2029. NTD discusses this with Vijay Marolia, who is the founder and chief information officer of […]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday the European Union should step up U.S. oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc’s exports that include goods such as cars and machinery. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large-scale purchase of […]

Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation’s debt ceiling. The White House is abandoning its plan to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans. This is the […]

Despite export controls, Russia appears to still be getting its hands on U.S. tech to power its weapons. Senate Democrats released the results of a months-long probe that found that the government office in charge of export enforcement is underfunded and using old technology.

The U.S. central bank cut interest rates on Wednesday, as expected, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more reductions in borrowing costs now hinge on further progress in lowering stubbornly high inflation. For analysis on the meeting, NTD speaks to Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and chief strategist for QI Research and former Federal Reserve […]

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home—or stay on the job without pay—just ahead of the holidays. Republicans abandoned a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a shutdown after President-elect Donald […]

A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election case against President-elect Donald Trump and others. The new ruling means it will be up to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to find another prosecutor to take over the case. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing […]

The indictment of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism involved multiple factors, prosecutors say, including a “frightening, well-planned, targeted” killing. NTD speaks to Zack Smith, former federal prosecutor and legal fellow at Heritage Foundation, for legal analysis.

The U.S. central bank lowered interest rates on Wednesday, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more reductions in borrowing costs hinge on further progress in lowering stubbornly high inflation, remarks that showed policymakers are beginning to reckon with the prospects for sweeping economic change under an incoming Trump administration.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the app by Jan. 19 or ban it on national security grounds. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) reaffirmed his innocence in a statement on social media […]

U.S. central bank officials will conclude its final policy meeting of the year on Wednesday and announce their rate decision. What do consumers need to do to prepare? What’s the impact on the U.S. economy? NTD speaks to Bankrate chief financial analyst Greg McBride.

A resident of China was sentenced to 24 months in prison in the United States for stealing electric vehicle (EV) trade secrets from Tesla for his competing EV battery business, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Klaus Pflugbeil, 59, pleaded guilty in June to conspiring with business partner Yilong Shao to sell Tesla’s […]

President-elect Donald Trump is suing The Des Moines Register for alleged election interference, according to a court filing. The lawsuit names the Register and top pollster J. Ann Selzer in a case over the newspaper’s final presidential election poll. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told CNN that investigators are looking into online posts and a […]

President-elect Donald Trump has a plan for lowering the national debt, which has reached a historic $36 trillion. What’s his plan? Explosive economic growth. To learn more about this, NTD spoke to Michael Busler, professor of finance at Stockton University and public policy analyst.  

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) is coming—and that it could pose an existential threat to humanity. “We’re soon going to be able to have computers running on their own, deciding what they want to do,” Schmidt, who has long raised the alarm about both the dangers and the benefits […]

Together with President-elect Donald Trump, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the United States over the next four years during a visit to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Monday. Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that the federal government will send a “a state-of-the-art drone detection system” to her state amid a number of drone sightings across New York and New Jersey in recent days that has prompted alarm. While she did not elaborate on the system that will be deployed, it “will support […]

The most serious charge against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO in broad daylight last week on a Manhattan sidewalk, is murder in the second degree. Why is this? NTD speaks to Jeremy Rosenthal, trial attorney and founding partner of Rosenthal, Kalabus & Therrian.  

The Federal Trade Commission says people are falling for online “task scams” in record numbers. These scams involve fraudsters promising compensation for simple online tasks. In the first half of 2024, financial losses from job scams soared above $220 million. Online “task scams” make up roughly 40 percent of reported cases of job scams.

FBI Director Chris Wray will resign at the end of the Biden administration, the agency said Wednesday. What are the implications of Wray’s resignation and what does it mean for the agency? What were his possible considerations? NTD speaks to Mike Leon, NTD News contributor and host of the “Can We Please Talk” podcast.