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President Trump welcomed New York City’s mayor-elect, self-described Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, to the White House today. This comes as the House passed a resolution condemning what it calls the “horrors” of socialism — a vote that took place shortly after Mamdani arrived at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ahead of his afternoon meeting with the president. President Trump has s...

President Donald Trump is demanding the arrest of six Democratic lawmakers who released a social media video urging members of the military and intelligence community to defy what they called “illegal orders” by the Trump administration. The president called their behavior “seditious” and “punishable by death.” A memorial for former Vice President Dick Cheney was held at the Washington National Ca...

President Donald Trump, speaking at the Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, touted billions of dollars in investments and financial ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia. He also designated Saudi Arabia a non-NATO ally and vowed to work to end the war in Sudan. Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey appeared before a federal judge in Virginia Wednesday to argue for the dismissal...

President Donald Trump welcomed the Saudi crown prince to the White House today. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged to boost Saudi Arabia’s investment in the United States from $600 billion to $1 trillion. House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files. The U.S. Senate has agreed to unanimously pass the bill and will send it to Trump once i...

Changing course on the release of the Epstein files, President Trump says he would sign legislation compelling the Department of Justice to release the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if such a bill passes the House and Senate and reaches his desk. He’s also calling on House Republicans to vote in favor of releasing the files, saying Republicans have nothing to hide. The Trump admi...

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett weighed in on the growing cost of groceries. Sunday on ABC's 'this week', Hassett suggested prices for food staples like bananas, beef, coffee, and tomatoes will come down after the Trump administration's latest exemptions are implemented. A lead Border Patrol commander announced dozens of arrests of criminal illegal aliens detained in North Carolina’s la...

DHS agents have converged on Charlotte, North Carolina, with federal officers seen throughout the city today making arrests. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin released a statement saying the move is “to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed.” President Trump has announced that he will no longer endorse Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. In a Tr...

President Trump issued a new executive order today modifying the scope of the reciprocal tariff. Under the order, certain agricultural products—including beef, bananas, and coffee—will no longer be subject to the sweeping tariffs implemented earlier this year. The White House also announced a new trade deal with Switzerland, with Swiss companies agreeing to invest 200 billion dollars in the United...

The White House today announced four new trade deals with Latin American countries: Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Ecuador. Meanwhile, the BBC has apologized to President Donald Trump for airing a documentary shortly before the 2024 presidential election that edited his Jan. 6, 2021, speech to make it appear he incited violence. The government shutdown is officially over after Congress rea...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could come to an end tonight—if the House of Representatives passes the Senate-reached deal to reopen the government in a final vote. Meanwhile, some House Democrats say they’re ready to reject the deal, with some even calling for Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer to step down. President Trump has expressed confidence that the bill will pass, as...

The U.S. House of Representatives will soon be back in session for the first time in nearly two months. The House must vote on the bill to end the shutdown as soon as Wednesday before the president can sign it into law and reopen the government. Meanwhile, Democrats have already signaled that they’ll stick to their demands when funding runs out again in January, raising the possibility of another...

A deal could be reached soon to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Senate is set to vote on an amended continuing resolution after a group of moderate Democrats joined Republicans to pave the way to reopen the government. President Trump is pardoning more than 70 people involved in his effort to challenge the outcome of the 2020 election. The president is also threatening to...

The head of the BBC and its top news executive resigned on Sunday after the broadcaster was accused of misleading viewers by editing President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6th speech. U.S. flights will be reduced to "a trickle" in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday as the federal shutdown continues because of rising air traffic control staffing shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in rem...

President Donald Trump is renewing his call to end the Senate filibuster to reopen the government. It would mark a major break from long-standing Senate tradition, but Trump says Republicans must do it to achieve major policy victories. In a late-night decision, the Supreme Court allowed the federal government to delay fully funding SNAP benefits for November. The ruling pauses a lower court’s ord...

More than a thousand flights were canceled as Federal Aviation Administration flight reductions take effect at major airports across the nation on Day 38 of the government shutdown. Senate Republicans are teeing up a vote on a package of bills to end the shutdown, while Democrats maintain their demands. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it’s working to fully fund food stamp...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must fully fund SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown, giving officials until Friday to secure the money. Meanwhile, as the shutdown continues, 40 major U.S. airports—including Los Angeles International, John F. Kennedy International, and Chicago O’Hare—will face a 10 percent reduction in flights starting Friday. President Donald Tr...

President Donald Trump’s tariffs were front and center at the Supreme Court today, as justices pressed the U.S. solicitor general about the president’s authority to impose global tariffs. The Trump administration said it remains optimistic following the oral arguments. Reacting to the results from last night’s elections, Trump said Americans face a choice “between communism and common sense,” refe...

Multiple bomb threats were made today against polling sites across New Jersey, forcing some locations to temporarily close. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani blamed the threats on President Trump, saying they reflect his administration’s broader approach of “intimidating voters with baseless allegations of voter fraud.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, calling t...

The Trump administration announced it will use contingency funds to pay for two weeks of food assistance benefits in November. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which supports more than 40 million Americans, expired over the weekend as the federal government shutdown entered its second month. President Donald Trump says he will hold election eve tele-rallies for the...

An explosion at Harvard Medical School early Saturday morning. Police release photos of two suspects after two individuals were seen fleeing the scene. The Trump administration says payments of food aid benefits might continue by Wednesday. NTD's Arian Pasdar has more on the Treasury's effort to continue the food stamps program and to reopen the government. Despite it being an off year, there's a...

Nationwide SNAP benefits are officially halted Saturday as the government shutdown reaches one month. President Donald Trump says his lawyers are reaching out to the courts for clarification on how to legally fund the nutrition program, after a judge on Friday ordered the federal government to continue payments with emergency funds. Trump issued a warning to Nigeria Saturday, accusing its governme...

President Trump is calling on Congress to reopen the government, even if it means ending the filibuster. That comes as SNAP, or food stamps, are set to expire tomorrow. Despite the White House’s frustration at the political impasse in Congress, Republicans on Capitol Hill have opposed such a measure. Meanwhile, two judges have ordered the federal government to continue paying SNAP benefits using c...

President Trump has announced new trade deals following his meeting with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping, with agreements focusing on fentanyl, rare earths, and soybean purchases. The president also directed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing U.S. nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries’ testing programs, specifically referring to Russia and China. It’s Day 30 of the gove...

President Donald Trump is just hours away from his high-stakes meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in South Korea. The meeting comes amid heightened trade tensions. Trump says he expects it to last three to four hours. While the two have met previously, this will be their first sit-down of Trump’s second term. More than 130 people are reported dead in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aft...

In a strong show of force just two days before his high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi declared the U.S.-Japan “golden age” military alliance before 6,000 American troops in Yokosuka. The president also signed another agreement aimed at breaking China’s near-monopoly on rare earth resources. As the government shutdown stret...