Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China to meet with top Chinese officials and discuss a range of issues. Miles Yu, director of the China Center at Hudson Institute, and former China policy adviser to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, says the United States needs to engage with China on human rights because it’s […]

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. Michael Berry, executive director for the Center for Litigation at the America First Policy Institute, spoke with NTD about his assessment of President Trump’s “hush money” case.

President Joe Biden said that he is ready to debate former President Donald Trump, during an interview with Howard Stern Friday. Pro-Palestinian sentiment is running high on the campus of George Washington University. NTD spoke with some activists on the ground to find out what they think about Israel’s war in Gaza. NTD correspondent Luis […]

Democrat New York City Councilman Robert Holden expressed dismay at the ongoing protests against Israel at Columbia University and criticized members of his party for not doing more to condemn what he described as radical elements expressing support for terrorism. “I never in a million years would dream that there would be a movement in […]

NTD sat down with William Jacobson, director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, to discuss the legal implications of former President Donald Trump’s immunity case. “You get into this murky area where someone may have partial official, partial private, and the Trump team wants the official act immunity to be fairly expansive,” […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in China from April 24 to 27 to meet with top Chinese officials. Former Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) says Mr. Blinken is expected to discuss a myriad of issues, from trade to fentanyl to Ukraine.  

The Supreme Court weighs arguments in former President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity. The justices appear divided. Meanwhile, outside the Supreme Court, protesters gathered behind a barricade. NTD’s Sam Wang was in the crowd to find out what they had to say about the former president’s immunity case. And to discuss the legal implications […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for Columbia University’s president to resign as anti-Israel protests continue to unfold on campus. The Supreme Court hears arguments in the Biden administration’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion ban. How could the ruling impact abortion laws nationwide? President Joe Biden signs the $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, […]

Horace Cooper, senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, spoke with NTD about President Joe Biden’s campaign trip to Florida, where he talked about abortion a week before Florida’s six-week abortion ban goes into effect. Mr. Cooper also discussed the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules and their implications for women’s rights. […]

Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, says there are three categories of threats at the southern border: public health, terrorists, and large numbers of military-aged Chinese nationals entering the United States illegally.  

William E. Trachman, general counsel for Mountain States Legal Foundation, spoke with NTD about the unprecedented case against former President Donald Trump in the New York criminal trial; how Judge Juan Merchan is impeding President Trump’s right to free speech in his campaign; and how witness David Pecker’s testimony is largely irrelevant to the case. […]

The former boss of the National Enquirer resumes testimony Tuesday. Plus, both sides argue on whether former President Donald Trump violated the gag order and why President Trump thinks the gag order is “unconstitutional.” The Senate passes the $95 billion foreign aid package, which also includes a bill that forces TikTok to divest from China. […]

Michael Sobolik, senior fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies for the American Foreign Policy Council, spoke with NTD about the United States’ current trade relationship with China and his new book, “Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance.”  

Former federal prosecutor John Malcolm, who is now vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and the director of the Meese Center and Simon Center at the Heritage Foundation, spoke with NTD about Monday’s opening arguments in the first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump in the New York alleged pay-off case.  

Opening statements in former President Donald Trump’s so-called hush money trial have officially kicked off in New York City. Ukraine aid passes the House despite opposition from more than half the Republican majority. Some are now openly calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign. A State Department report released Monday details human rights abuses […]

NTD spoke with Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) about the World Health Organization’s ties to communist China, and its so-called pandemic preparedness treaty. “[The WHO treaty] turns over the management of our health care. It turns over the manufacturing distribution of medical supplies to WHO. It turns over the redistribution of financial aid to WHO, and […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a border security bill on Wednesday in a bid to appease disgruntled conservatives within the GOP. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), chair of the House on Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, says the new bill mirrors many sections of H.R. 2, but is a little weaker.  

Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) voting record has been an anomaly within the House GOP, especially in light of his recent support for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to vacate the speakership. Jim Pfaff, president of the Conservative Caucus, says Americans are frustrated with Congress, and Mr. Massie sees problems in Congress from an engineer’s […]

The White House is staying quiet on the reported Israeli strikes against Iran. What does the messaging strategy mean for the war in the Middle East, and who is Secretary of State Antony Blinken blaming for a lack of a ceasefire? Is China exploiting the war in the Middle East? A government commission in Washington […]

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) spoke with NTD to discuss China’s malign influence in the United States as well as the lobbying efforts behind TikTok. “Lobbyists are just mercenaries; they go to the highest bidder. And currently, the money changers are in the temple, and we need to throw them out,” Mr. Burchett said.  

Israel faces calls for restraint while it weighs its response to Iran’s unprecedented aerial attack on April 13. Gabriel Noronha, a former State Department adviser on Iran, says Israel still needs a counterstrike against Iran to demonstrate deterrence, and President Joe Biden’s message to Israel is not helpful.  

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told NTD that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s push for the foreign aid deal is a major disappointment.

House Republicans are divided over Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid plan, with a vote expected as soon as this Saturday. Our Washington correspondent Luis Martinez speaks with lawmakers for and against the latest proposal. Foreign countries versus the U.S. southern border: We hear directly from the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus about his thoughts […]

Rep. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.), who sits on the House Education and Workforce Committee, spoke with NTD ahead of the Columbia University president’s testimony before Congress on anti-Semitic speech on campus. Ms. Houchin also criticized the Biden administration for focusing on student debt forgiveness rather than simplifying the student loan application process as mandated by Congress. […]

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, spoke with NTD about the government-wide investigation he launched into the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare against the United States.  

President Joe Biden calls for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel, a policy first in place under former President Donald Trump. What does it mean for American manufacturing and the 2024 elections? The House Oversight Committee is investigating the Chinese regime’s infiltration of the United States. We have the latest on that, along with an exclusive […]

Attorney Gerard Filitti, senior counsel for the Lawfare Project, described his concerns about jury selection on day one of former President Donald Trump’s alleged pay-off trial where hundreds of potential jurors showed up on Monday but no jurors were seated. Mr. Filitti says President Joe Biden winning more than 80 percent of New York’s vote […]

Delegate James Moylan (R-Guam) is raising the alarm about the number of Chinese nationals illegally entering the U.S. island territory of Guam, warning these crossings could undermine a key component of U.S. security in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking with NTD’s “Capitol Report” on Tuesday, Guam’s non-voting Congressional delegate said he’s doubtful these Chinese nationals are […]

Some of the deadliest drugs in the world are being funded by the Chinese regime. A new report from Congress details China’s incentives for companies that export fentanyl. Another history-making day in Congress: The House delivers to the Senate articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. And Speaker Mike Johnson lays out […]

Republican political strategist Jason Meister describes the alleged pay-off trial of former President Donald Trump as “political rocket fuel” for President Trump, which will give him and the prosecutor massive media coverage.  

The “hush money” trial of former President Donald Trump began on Monday. Attorney Neama Rahmani says both the defense and the prosecution will sort through hundreds of potential jurors to find twelve. Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Monday the jury will not see the infamous “Access Hollywood” video, but Mr. Rahmani says it doesn’t prove any facts […]

Kash Patel, senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, says it’s a “treacherous position” for the United States to appeal to China to reign in Iran, which buys its arms from China with money from the Biden administration. Mr. Patel says the world suffers as the Chinese Communist Party dominates the United States in the […]

Jury selection is underway in former President Donald Trump’s so-called hush money trial in Manhattan. This makes him the first U.S. president to face criminal charges. A new poll is out on the race for president. It shows that President Joe Biden and President Trump remain locked in a close race. The White House is […]

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke with NTD News about Friday’s House vote to reauthorize and amend Section 702 of FISA and the work of the Quality of Life Panel he chairs.  

Retired Marine Col. Grant Newsham spoke with NTD News ahead of his testimony at the April 17 House Oversight and Accountability hearing on exposing and defending the United States from the Chinese Communist Party’s political warfare. Mr. Newsham says the recent incident at O’Hare airport of a Customs and Border Protection officer’s hostility toward Shen […]

Integrity in the 2024 elections—that’s what former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are discussing today at Mar-a-Lago. How the meeting could help the embattled speaker at a crucial moment. The House votes to reauthorize and reform a key government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI […]

On the same day that President Joe Biden held the first ever summit with the leaders of both Japan and the Philippines, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), the incoming chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said the United States must reset its relationship with China and continue to expose the Chinese […]

House conservatives on April 10 tanked a procedural vote to advance a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, who is the cofounder and national spokesperson for Restore Liberty, spoke to NTD about why FISA section 702 violates the Constitution.

Former President Donald Trump repeated his call to debate President Joe Biden—this time calling for more debates than usual—and having them “much earlier.” That’s as President Biden teams up with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines to send a blunt message to China. China strikes back at American defense companies over arms sales to […]

Alex Nestor, investigative fellow for Parents Defending Education, and Patrick Davis, deputy bureau chief at The Epoch Times, speak with NTD about the implications on education of a Harvard Law professor’s recent criticism of mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements and anti-DEI bans from the Texas and Florida legislatures. Ms. Nester also discusses the […]

Republican California state Assemblyman Bill Essayli speaks with NTD about his trio of bills to crack down on school shootings, remove anti-police bias from juries. and provide police protection for students in public schools. Mr. Essayli says people want safe, affordable living situations and good schools for their children.  

A mild 4.8 magnitude earthquake briefly pounded the East Coast, with tremors felt from the Big Apple to Washington. NTD’s David Lam spoke with residents in New York City. President Joe Biden is monitoring “potential impacts” of the earthquake. What did he say about it as he surveyed the site of the collapsed Baltimore bridge? […]

Miklos Szantho, director of a Hungarian think-tank that organizes and hosts CPAC Hungary, spoke with NTD about the goal of the 2024 conference, the familiarity of “wokism” when it arrived in Hungary, and how it mirrors communism in its attack on faith, family, and national identity.  

Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Cornell Gorka, authors of the book, “NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It,” discuss when Marxism came to American universities, how the ideology evolved from economic Marxism to cultural Marxism, and how Americans, unhappy with the cultural changes pushed on them by elites in 2020, can fight back. […]

Will the United States increase its tariffs on China? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said it’s a possibility, as she just touched down in China Thursday. President Joe Biden is telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. posture on the war now hinges on Israel’s efforts to reduce civilian harm. How could a deadly […]

The growing U.S. national debt presents a “great concern” to attorney and tax reform advocate Steven L. Hayes, but he’s skeptical about whether either of the two major U.S. political parties has what it takes to address the issue. The U.S. national debt currently sits at over $34.6 trillion. That figure has grown over the […]

Scott Erickson, director of the Center for Law & Justice at the America First Policy Institute and the former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spoke with NTD News about the effects of lenient state criminal laws. He believes they contributed to the killing of New York City Police Officer […]

Fresh warning signs for President Joe Biden: New polling shows former President Donald Trump leading President Biden in six of seven battleground states. Meanwhile, protest votes in Wisconsin’s primary numbered more than double President Biden’s 2020 margin. The White House has asked Congress to review a multi-billion dollar weapons deal with Israel. The Biden administration […]

El Paso County Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta’s release of illegal immigrants accused of participating in last month’s border riot was a “political maneuver,” says Kinney County attorney Brent Smith. Personal recognizance bonds, Mr. Smith says, are typically given when a defendant is a U.S. citizen with ties to the community, who is not accused of […]

As federal, state, and local officials continue to assess the damage and repair costs following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) is arguing that international shipping companies should be held liable. A portion of the bridge over the Patapsco River collapsed on March 26 after the container ship MV Dali struck […]