Dr. Michael Rich, founder of the Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard Medical School, and author of “The Mediatrician’s Guide,” shares insights from his “Growing Up Digital” study. He offers valuable findings on the impact of screen time on children’s health and development, and practical tips for parents on managing tech use at […]

What does the disagreement surrounding the government funding bill indicate for President-elect Donald Trump’s influence in Congress with his incoming presidency? Republican strategist Nick Adams argues that the GOP needs to rally behind the Trump–Vance agenda, while Democratic strategist Josh Lafazan warns that Republicans have little room for error in their governance, with the 2026 […]

Parker Sheppard, research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, discussed with NTD the government funding fiasco in Congress, the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and the debt ceiling’s role in balancing the budget.  

Just hours from a midnight government shutdown, the House passes a stopgap measure to temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid—without a debt limit increase for which President-elect Donald Trump advocated. What does the back-and-forth about the Trump-backed funding bill—which was rejected Thursday night—say about Trump’s influence in Congress in his upcoming presidency? We hear […]

A new deal to avert a government shutdown has been unveiled. What’s in the updated continuing resolution that the House is voting on Thursday night, and what is President-elect Donald Trump’s reaction? The embattled Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, is disqualified from Trump’s Georgia case. The court said it was the only way to […]

A New York man has admitted to acting as an illegal Chinese agent by operating a secret police station for Beijing in Manhattan. Chen Jinping, a 60-year-old U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty on Dec. 18 in front of U.S. District Judge Nina Morrison, a development that prosecutors lauded as the latest progress in countering the Chinese […]

Nathan Leamer, former Federal Communications Commission policy adviser and CEO of Fixed Gear Strategies, discussed with NTD the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear oral arguments on TikTok’s appeal of the law banning its use in the United States, China’s use of TikTok to spy on Americans, and how TikTok will play into President-elect Donald […]

With less than three days until government funding expires, House Republicans have shown their discontent with the leadership’s stopgap bill. The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok’s challenge to a looming January ban, as top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell is calling on the high court to reject the appeal. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday […]

A decades-long campaign of the Chinese Communist Party to suppress its critics overseas is being increasingly identified in the United States. It’s called China’s transnational repression, and it’s becoming a common term heard on Capitol Hill and across the country. To unpack this growing phenomenon, NTD speaks with Gordon Chang, China expert and author of […]

President-elect Donald Trump sued The Des Moines Register and a pollster on Dec. 16 for publishing a poll ahead of the 2024 election that showed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Trump in Iowa. The poll, conducted by the Register and a polling partner, found that 47 percent of respondents chose Harris, compared with 44 […]

ABC News agrees to pay $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit. Why is the media outlet settling with Trump now and what does this mean for Trump? NTD’s Jack Bradley sat down with Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota, and Randy […]

Tom Adams, former FBI supervisory special agent, discussed with NTD the latest developments in the weeks-long appearance of drones in the skies over the Northeast region of the United States, how they might be confused with aircraft, and the challenges facing state and local law enforcement—as well as the owners and operators of critical infrastructure—in […]

Amazon and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will each donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Amazon will also live-stream the inauguration on Prime Video. OpenAI confirmed the news on Friday. Amazon’s announcement on Thursday coincided with news that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also contributed $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. […]

President-elect Donald Trump once again was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year,” marking the second time he’s been selected in the past decade. The magazine announced Trump’s selection on social media platform X on Thursday morning, showing the “Person of the Year” issue’s cover with a photo of the president-elect in a sitting pose. […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray is going to resign soon, the bureau said on Dec. 11, paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump’s next nominee for the position. Wray, 57, told FBI employees during a town hall that he will step down when the current administration ends in January 2025, an FBI spokesperson told The Epoch […]

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James indicated she will not drop her civil fraud case against President-elect Donald Trump, his sons, and his company that led to a more than $450 million judgment earlier this year. Earlier this year, New York Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $454 million in a […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth met with Senators on Capitol Hill who will decide his fate. Sens. Tommy Tuberville, Mike Rounds, and Rick Scott have thrown their support behind Hegseth.  

President-elect Donald Trump has made a new round of selections for his administration while also changing up some staff he already named. In a series of Dec. 4 Truth Social posts, the incoming president named many of the men and women on pace to serve on his team. Many names are familiar from the first […]

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden announced on Nov. 26 that the governments of Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-brokered cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah. “Today, I have some good news to report from the Middle East,” Biden said. “Just spoke with the prime minister of Israel and Lebanon. I’m pleased to announce that the […]

Mike Sarraille, retired Navy SEAL, author, and CEO of Talen War Group, discusses the escalating tensions in the Russia–Ukraine war, following Russia’s launch of an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile. This is the first of its kind seen on the battlefield and is meant to carry nuclear warheads. Sarraille criticized the recent U.S. policy change to […]