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With at least 120 people dead and more missing in Central Texas, hopes of locating survivors are dwindling. The search and rescue operation is now shifting to the recovery phase. Kerr County officials said the number of missing also remained unchanged at 161. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in M...

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts leaders from five African nations for a discussion and lunch at the White House on Wednesday, including leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal. Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Tuesday evening that at least seven countries will receive trade-related letters on Wednesday morning, with an additional number of announcements set fo...

At least 108 people died in flash floods that hit central Texas over the weekend, with dozens still missing, authorities said in an update on Tuesday morning. During a news conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said that of the deaths so far, 87 have been reported in Kerr County. President Donald Trump will hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. This is the sixth cabinet meeting o...

With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding remains high in central Texas on Monday. Rescue crews continue to search for the missing after flash floods killed at least 82 people, including children holidaying at summer camps. Officials warned that the death toll was likely to rise. President Donald Trump is due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Whit...

The death toll has risen to at least 50 as central Texas grapples with catastrophic flooding. More than 20 are missing. For many, Independence Day is a time to reflect on service and sacrifice. Earlier, NTD spoke with Navy veteran Kirk Offel, founder and CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, about what the holiday means to him, why he served, and his work with the “Anchors of Hope” campaign. Elon Mus...

President Donald Trump secured a major legislative win on Thursday as his numerous phone calls and meetings united Republicans behind his tax and spending bill. The bill is set to become law on July 4. Trump has invited all members of Congress to the signing ceremony at 4 p.m. ET. The nation's capital is hosting a series of events to celebrate Independence Day, including the National Independence...

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is delaying the final vote with a marathon floor speech that started just before 5 a.m. ET. In the early hours of Thursday, the House voted 219-213 to open debate and tee the package up for final vote, due in the coming hours. If it passes, it will then head to Trump’s desk The development marked a victory for Johnson and Trump who had been whipping votes since the...

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on the "One Big Beautiful Bill," determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate. The bill narrowly passed the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance. President Donald Trump said the United States has struck a trade deal with Vietnam, after months of negotiations, that imposes a 20% tarif...

The U.S. Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at midday on July 1 after a “vote-a-rama” that began the previous day and continued through the night. The bill passed by a margin of 50–50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaker. President Donald Trump is traveling to Florida on Tuesday for the opening of a new illegal immigrant detention facility—dubbed “Alligato...

The Senate is set to begin a “vote-a-rama” series of votes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after a weekend of bill reading and debates that wrapped up in the early hours of Monday morning. During the “vote-a-rama,” senators will undertake a marathon series of mandatory votes on amendments before the chamber can proceed to consideration of the Republican megabill itself. President Donald Trump sa...

It was a tense night in the Senate as lawmakers raced to push the One Big Beautiful Bill across the finish line, after voting came to a standstill, lasting more than three hours. President Donald Trump says China will be paying a lot of tariffs, adding that the United States has a trillion-dollar deficit with the communist country. Despite recent setbacks, the International Atomic Energy Agency no...

The Supreme Court partially allowed President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order on Friday in a decision that said universal injunctions likely exceed courts’ authority. The 6–3 decision didn’t offer a final ruling on the constitutionality of Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship but instead focused on whether three nationwide injunctions blocking the policy could stan...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine provided details of the recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during a press conference early on Thursday. The press conference was called in response to media reports questioning the effectiveness of the strikes. Five Department of Defense nominees answered questions from senators on the Senate Armed...

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Iran will hold talks next week. He said the U.S. would continue to ask for no nuclear, adding that Iran's nuclear has been destroyed. Trump hailed U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites while at the NATO summit in The Hague, saying they had halted the Israel–Iran conflict. NATO leaders on Wednesday backed the big increase in defence spendi...

President Donald Trump criticized Israel on Tuesday for its military response in the wake of a cease-fire deal and accused both Israel and Iran of violating the agreement just hours after he had announced it. Before departing for the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump urged both sides to "calm down." Trump said that Israel will abide by the cease-fire. “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes...

Iran said on Monday it has expanded the range of legitimate targets for its armed forces after the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters, said, “Mr Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it.” The State Department has issued a “worldwide caution” fo...

The U.S. strikes nuclear targets in Iran, officially joining Israel in the fight against the Islamist regime in Tehran. Arian Pasdar joins us live with the latest on last night's operation. In the fallout on Capitol Hill, President Trump declared a "very successful" strike on Iran, sparking fierce reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Is it possible to completely dismantle Iran’s nuc...

Israel says it has conducted further airstrikes in Iran, hitting industrial sites used to manufacture missiles. An Israeli paramedic service said Iranian missiles struck a residential area in southern Israel, causing damage to buildings. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appears to be traveling to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he extended the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short-video app TikTok for 90 more days. "I've just signed the Executive Order extending the Deadline for the TikTok closing for 90 days (September 17, 2025)," he said in a Truth Social post, which included a copy of the document. An Iranian missile hit the main hosp...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to answer reporters' questions on whether the U.S. was planning to strike Iran or its nuclear facilities, and said the Iranians had reached out but he feels "it's very late to be talking." Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has warned that the United States would face “irreparable harm” if the U.S. military were to join Israel’s attacks on Iranian tar...

President Donald Trump has said that he wants a genuine end to Iran’s nuclear program, dismissing French President Emmanuel Macron’s claim that the United States had made an offer to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. Trump later posted on Truth Social that his early departure from the G7 summit in Canada had nothing to do with a cease-fire in the Israel–Iran conflict. In a subsequent po...

A man accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer is expected to appear in a Minnesota court on Monday afternoon on state murder charges, after a massive two-day manhunt ended with his arrest on Sunday night. President Donald Trump arrived in Alberta, Canada, on Sunday for the G7 summit. Over the three-day summit meeting, Trump will engage with the leaders of si...

The U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade marched through downtown Washington on Saturday—but protests cast a shadow over the celebration. The National Mall buzzed with festivities for the Army’s 250th birthday. NTD's Melina Wisecup brings you the sights and sounds from the heart of the celebration. As Israel and Iran exchange direct missile strikes for a third consecutive day, the world watches cl...

Israel launched large-scale strikes against military and nuclear targets in Iran on Friday. President Donald Trump suggested that Iran had brought the attack upon itself by resisting U.S. demands in talks to restrict its nuclear program, and urged it to make a deal, "with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal." Washington said it had no part in the operation. Oil prices jumped ne...

At least 30 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed in a residential area minutes after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, with the toll expected to climb further, authorities said. The plane was headed for Gatwick Airport, which lies south of the British capital. The governors of New York, Illinois, and Minnesota are due...