President Joe Biden will travel to upstate New York on Thursday to tour a semiconductor facility and promote his administration’s efforts to bring chip manufacturing back to America. Ahead of the trip, the Commerce Department announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with Micron, an American memory chipmaker. According to the deal, the company […]
Ohio Republican lawmakers are negotiating with their Democrat counterparts to make sure President Joe Biden appears on the state’s presidential election ballot, according to Senate President Matt Huffman. The deadline for political parties to nominate their presidential candidates is the issue in question. According to Ohio law, the deadline is 90 days before the general […]
NEW YORK—A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. John Costanzo Jr. was found guilty last year of bribery and honest-services wire […]
SEATTLE—A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the crash Friday in a suburban area about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast […]
HOUSTON—A man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022 has been indicted on a murder charge in her death. Tuesday’s indictment against Tony Earls comes nearly two years after another grand jury declined to indict him in the death of Arlene Alvarez. Gwen Alvarez, the […]
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio—A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives. Ann Mayers, who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts of aggravated robbery with a […]
President Joe Biden just signed the TikTok bill into law Wednesday. The bill gives TikTok’s Chinese parent Bytedance 270 days to sell the app. Failure to do so will lead to TikTok’s nationwide removal from U.S. app stores. But selling TikTok could be easier said than done. Lawmakers say the bill is meant to sever […]
Hecklers didn’t stop House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday from calling for the resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik on campus. Mr. Johnson’s press conference took place on the steps of the university’s library, where students chanted, “We can’t hear you,” “Free Palestine,” and “Mike, you suck.” Mr. Johnson was flanked by fellow members […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—One of the two pilots of a vintage military plane that was delivering heating oil to a remote Alaska Native village reported a fire on board shortly before the aircraft crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both of them and leaving debris over a wide area, a federal transportation official said Wednesday. The pilot […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is getting sued by the Chamber of Commerce and several business groups over banning non-compete agreements. They usually prevent a person from working in the same industry or starting a competing business for some time after leaving a job. The FTC calls these agreements unfair, but some say the contracts […]
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests have been spreading to more college campuses across the United States. Lily Tang Williams, a Chinese Cultural Revolution survivor and congressional candidate in New Hampshire, says the protests are a “massive movement” against traditional American values with the support of communist and socialist parties.
The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear oral arguments to decide whether former President Donald Trump enjoys presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. Jim Burling, vice president of Legal Affairs at the Pacific Legal Foundation, says future presidents will be more likely to face prosecution if the justices find President Trump not immune.
SACRAMENTO—California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined the Legislative Women’s Caucus to announce a new bill, which would allow licensed doctors in Arizona to provide abortions to their patients while temporarily practicing in California, at a press conference held at the Capitol on April 24. “If you care about women and girls and their future … this […]
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has vowed to appeal an unfavorable court ruling overturning the state’s transgender sports ban all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, with athlete and policy advocate Riley Gaines joining him in calling for protections for women’s sports. “We’re not going to allow the elites in the swamp to […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Columbia University amid ongoing protests. He’s now calling on the university president to resign. California lawmakers want to make it easier for Arizonians to access abortion. This is in response to Arizona’s recent abortion ban. A proposed California bill wants to restrict Clear, a private security clearance company, from expanding […]
The Supreme Court, in its upcoming immunity case filed by former President Donald Trump, may rule to send the case back to the district court in Washington, allowing him to further delay proceedings as desired, according to experts. April 25 is the date the justices set for oral arguments over President Trump’s claims of immunity […]
A grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted 18 Republicans, including Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, with conspiracy, fraud, and forgery for submitting a document to Congress “falsely” declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona’s popular vote during the 2020 presidential election. The court documents identify a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spoke to a loudly booing crowd at Columbia University on April 24 with a number of Jewish and New York lawmakers at his back. Mr. Johnson delivered a stern address condemning the rise of anti-Semitic sentiments on campus. “We’re standing here at one of America’s preeminent academic institutions, where the […]
The Biden administration covertly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine in March to assist the embattled nation against Russia’s invasion. The administration shipped the long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Kyiv as part of a $300 million aid package, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on April 24. “I’m able to confirm […]
President Joe Biden has signed a law that will force China-based ByteDance to either divest its U.S. assets or face a nationwide ban in the United States. We take a look now at the next steps and possible sale of the social media platform. NTD spoke with University of Florida social media professor Andrew Selepak, […]
