President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demands in the package. Authorities investigated a Saudi doctor with a history of anti-Islam rhetoric as […]
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 […]
A bipartisan Senate committee has issued its report on the first Trump assassination attempt. It details lapses in preparation and communication the day former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. According to the report, Secret Service agents could not agree on who was ultimately responsible for decision-making […]
Frustrations over the government funding bill gave rise to calls for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) ouster from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). NTD contributor Mike Leon, the director of policy and strategy at the Free and Equal Elections Foundation and the host of the “Can We Please Talk?” news commentary podcast, says that Ms. […]
With hopes that a government shutdown will be averted in the wake of the funding deal reached this week, questions have arisen about the negotiating process itself. Addressing this, Richard Stern, the director of the Federal Budget Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation and a former budget advisor to Congressman Mike Johnson, told NTD that […]
More than two-thirds of the U.S. population were under an extreme weather alert on Dec. 23 as a deep freeze enveloped much of the country. At least three people have died and over 1.5 million have been left without power. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have sent the $1.7 million government funding bill for 2023 to […]
Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s trial in a case she filed against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County election officials concluded on Dec. 22. A number of witnesses testified, including a polling expert who said mostly Republican voters were negatively affected by problems on Election Day. The U.S. Senate passed the $1.7 […]
California is approving a plan to reach carbon neutrality in just a couple of decades. How do they plan to do it? Two top Republicans are fighting against a Biden rule allowing retirement plans to consider social and environmental factors when investing. What are they concerned about? President Joe Biden signs a short-term funding bill […]
More than two months past due, lawmakers announce an agreement on a government funding bill for 2023. Republicans are split over whether to squash the bill or to jam it through in the 11th hour. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) joins us to weigh in on the omnibus and the impending challenge to House Minority Leader […]
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are rushing to get a government funding bill through both chambers of Congress—just three days away from risking a government shutdown. President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel federal student loans could cost over $400 billion, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office. With the midterms just around the corner, […]
Congress reaches a deal on a $1.5 trillion government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion of emergency money to support Ukraine, President Joe Biden pushes for a bill aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness, and we have an interview with a Ukrainian student who lived in a bomb shelter during the first 10 days of the […]
