House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), and Reps. Janelle Sojourner Bynum (D-Ore.) and Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.) hold a post-meeting press conference at 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 22.
President Donald Trump said on Jan. 21 that he is open to the possibility of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing the video-sharing app TikTok, telling reporters that he would like the platform to be partly owned by U.S. investors. Trump made the comments during a White House press briefing […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) revoked on Jan. 21 a Biden-era regulation that restricted LNG exports, paving the way for capacity additions in the sector and strengthening America’s energy industry. In January 2024, the federal government temporarily paused the approval of LNG exports to nations without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. […]
The Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing to examine the nomination of Russ Vought of Virginia to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 22.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive on Monday that rescinds guidelines that barred federal officers from arresting illegal immigrants at so-called sensitive places, including schools, churches, and food banks. The guidelines were released in 2021 during the Biden administration. While churches and schools had been off-limits for immigration-related arrests since 2011, Biden […]
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump wasted no time following his Jan. 20 swearing-in to sign dozens of executive orders, including seven specifically aimed at fundamentally changing the culture, costs, and size of the federal workforce. Most immediately, Trump ordered the 2.3 million career civil service government employees to report for work at their official duty stations, thus […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is considering imposing a 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports in response to China’s failure to curb fentanyl trafficking into the United States. Trump, who was sworn in for a second term on Monday, said that his administration could start implementing tariffs on products coming from […]
President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of an underground online marketplace called Silk Road that was designed to let people anonymously buy and sell various unlawful goods and services. Trump said in a Jan. 21 post on Truth Social that he had granted Ulbricht a pardon, fulfilling a campaign […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is removing all members of its various advisory committees, according to a memo issued by acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman. Huffman wrote on Monday that the move is being made “in alignment with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring […]
Inauguration Day was a whirlwind, with dozens of historic moments. From the transfer of power ceremony to the swearing-in, to the parade, rally, executive orders, and the Commander in Chief ball, it was a significant day in modern U.S. history. NTD spoke with Darin Gaub, U.S. Army veteran, geopolitical strategist, and cofounder of Restore Liberty, […]
President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on his first day back in office. Jeff Crouere, political analyst and TV and radio host, speaks with NTD about how Trump’s actions will affect Americans and the world.
Trump’s inauguration and the emergence of the “Make Europe Great Again” slogan have sparked significant reactions across Europe. European leaders are bracing for the impacts of Trump’s policies, while nationalist movements, inspired by MAGA, are gaining momentum. NTD’s international correspondent David Vives has more from Paris.
WASHINGTON—A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday. The release of two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before President Joe Biden left office […]
WASHINGTON—One day after President Donald J. Trump pardoned 1,500 Jan. 6 participants and commuted others’ sentences, not all those held at the D.C. Central Detention Facility had been released. “It’s a very slow drip,” Chaplain Joshua Macias told The Epoch Times just after 7 p.m. on Jan. 21. He was one of the supporters who […]
TORONTO—Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are both confident Canada can avoid the 25 percent tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Feb. 1. Justin Trudeau and Danielle Smith will argue that Canada is the energy super power that has the oil and critical […]
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and the first and second ladies attended a customary prayer service at the National Cathedral during Trump’s first full day as president. After the service, Trump met with House Republican leaders.
A major federal employees’ union filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s new executive order (EO) that revives and modifies elements of a prior Schedule F policy originally introduced toward the end of his first administration. The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) asserts that the new order, which could make it easier to dismiss career […]
President Donald Trump has issued several executive actions aimed at reforming public education in the United States, including one that targets transgender ideology, keeping a promise he made after winning the 2024 election. “We will get critical race theory and transgender insanity the [expletive] out of our schools, and we’re going to get it out […]
