President Donald Trump has agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days after talking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the afternoon of Feb. 3. This comes after Mexico agreed to make changes at the border, which also resulted in Trump pausing their tariffs. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said on Feb. 2 that his country will not renew its memorandum of understanding with the Chinese regime to be a part of the Belt and Road Initiative of the Chinese Communist Party.
Feb 03, 2025•46 min•Ep. 198
Mexico and Canada are promising retaliatory actions against U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. The latest on the looming trade war. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama to discuss the threat of communist China with Panama President José Raúl Mulino. America has witnessed back-to-back deadly plane crashes this week. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused each crash. Here are the latest details. Elon Musk accuses the U.S. Agency for International Developm...
Feb 02, 2025•24 min•Ep. 197
President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China Saturday. The same day, Trump announced that he ordered air strikes on a senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorist targets in Somalia. A small medical transport jet carrying a child, her mother, and four others crashed into a neighborhood in Philadelphia shortly after takeoff on Friday. At least seven people are dead, including all six people onboard the plane. 🇺🇸More Breaking News, Special Reports, and...
Feb 01, 2025•40 min•Ep. 196
President Donald Trump says he will impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China starting on Feb. 1. Authorities announced Friday that they have recovered 41 bodies and the black boxes from the midair collision that occurred over the Potomac River near Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Panama and four other countries to advance Trump’s foreign policy agenda. 🇺🇸More Breaking News, Special Reports, and Live Coverage on NTD: https://ept.ms/NTD_LIVE...
Jan 31, 2025•45 min•Ep. 195
President Donald Trump on Thursday mourned the lives lost in a midair collision Wednesday night as he vows to strengthen hiring standards in the aviation industry. While he says it’s not clear yet what led to the collision, he’s pointing to "incompetence" as a potential reason. Three of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks were on Capitol Hill Thursday for their confirmation hearings. Democrats pressed Kash Patel, FBI director nominee, on whether he would lead political retribution on behalf...
Jan 30, 2025•47 min•Ep. 194
President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday and announced a move to keep criminal illegal immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, seeking to overturn his conviction in the New York business records case. Former Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his 2024 bribery conviction.
Jan 29, 2025•43 min•Ep. 193
The Trump administration issued a pause on federal grants, loans, and assistance while the affected programs are under review. A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s order following a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first briefing. The Trump White House announced it is opening its press briefing room to independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ma...
Jan 28, 2025•46 min•Ep. 192
President Trump signed three executive orders that reshape the military. They ban transgender troops, eliminate DEI programs, and reinstate troops who were discharged because of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. DeepSeek, a small Chinese startup, is shaking the artificial intelligence world. Tech stocks tumbled after a recent announcement by the company. Colombia reached an agreement with the Trump administration to receive flights deporting illegal immigrants from the United States, after Trump thr...
Jan 27, 2025•36 min•Ep. 191
President Donald Trump announces sanctions, tariffs, and more on Colombia over an immigration-related disagreement. It comes as he floats the idea of sending 90,000 armed IRS agents to the southern border. Fifty people are arrested after a raid in Colorado, after federal agents and others law enforcement entered a warehouse at 3 a.m. Find out what they found there. Trump reveals a controversial plan for the future of the Gaza Strip. One country in the region has already rejected the plan....
Jan 26, 2025•24 min•Ep. 190
Hamas released four Israeli prisoners Saturday, all of whom were female soldiers. After being released, the four who are all between the ages of 19 and 20 rushed to embrace loved ones. Israel later released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the exchange. Pete Hegseth was sworn in as the secretary of defense Saturday morning, just hours after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. The voting was almost exclusively along party lines, with three Republican senators joi...
Jan 25, 2025•42 min•Ep. 189
President Donald Trump visited communities in western North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene and areas in Los Angeles scorched by wildfires. He announced that he would be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally overhauling or "getting rid of" FEMA. The White House confirmed that flights deporting illegal immigrants have begun, with two flights already having arrived in Guatemala. The Trump administration also announced it is expanding fast-track deportation author...
Jan 24, 2025•44 min•Ep. 188
President Donald Trump signed an executive order releasing additional government files related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The judge ruled the order unconstitutional after hearing a challenge from four Democrat-led states. John Ratcliffe was sworn in as CIA director on Thursday after the Senate voted ...
Jan 23, 2025•47 min•Ep. 187
President Donald Trump is dispatching an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. The move comes two days after he signed a slew of executive orders aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration. Police say a 17-year-old male student opened fire in the cafeteria of a Nashville high school around 11 a.m. local time on Wednesday. The assailant was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. One other student was killed in the shooting. The Department of Justice has dir...
Jan 22, 2025•48 min•Ep. 186
This afternoon, President Donald Trump and tech CEOs announced a massive private sector investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. OpenAI CEO, SoftBank, and Oracle will contribute $100 billion investments to start, with plans to pour up to $500 billion into the project in the coming years. President Trump began his first full day in office today with a prayer service at the National Cathedral, followed by a meeting with Republican House leaders. After his inaugura...
Jan 21, 2025•40 min•Ep. 185
President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office on Monday. Trump's second inauguration events kick off this weekend with fireworks and rallies leading up to Monday's ceremony. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel retains the right to resume the Gaza war with U.S. support if the second stage of the ceasefire proves pointless.
Jan 18, 2025•20 min•Ep. 184
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law on Friday that would ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from Sunday. President-elect Donald Trump said he will announce his decision on TikTok in the near future. Trump's inauguration will move indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to sub-freezing temperatures. The forecast for Washington on Monday is 17 degrees. This will be the first time since President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985 that the ceremony has been moved indoors. Israel’s...
Jan 17, 2025•44 min•Ep. 183
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a last-minute dispute with Hamas was delaying Israeli approval of the cease-fire deal. Netanyahu’s cabinet has yet to meet to vote on the agreement, accusing Hamas of reneging on parts of the deal. Senate committees held confirmation hearings for more of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. These include Pam Bondi for attorney general, Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary, and Lee Zeldin for administrator of the Environmental Protection ...
Jan 16, 2025•41 min•Ep. 182
Israel and the Hamas terrorist group have reached a cease-fire and hostage release agreement. Under phase one of the deal, Hamas will release 33 hostages over six weeks, while Israeli forces will withdraw from populated areas in Gaza. Senate committees held confirmation hearings for six of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, including Pam Bondi for attorney general, John Ratcliffe for CIA director, and Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state. Firefighters reported significant gains ...
Jan 15, 2025•46 min•Ep. 181
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for President Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. Senators questioned him about allegations of misconduct and his views on women in combat roles. President-elect Trump announced plans to create a new agency, called the External Revenue Service, to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. Meanwhile, the Justice Department released Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump, which concluded that Trum...
Jan 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 180
Wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and forced over 100,000 people to evacuate. Although the fires have mostly stopped spreading, forecasters warn that strong Santa Ana winds will return through at least Wednesday. With just a week left in office, President Joe Biden delivered his foreign policy address at the State Department. Biden said his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the United States safer a...
Jan 13, 2025•46 min•Ep. 179
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Jan 12, 2025•23 min•Ep. 178
Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department after submitting a report to the attorney general on President-elect Donald Trump, according to court documents filed in federal court. The move had been expected. A full-scale firefighting effort stretched into Saturday in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, as the wildfire there expanded into an additional 1,000 acres overnight with residents warned of potential worsening weather conditions over the next 72 ...
Jan 11, 2025•23 min•Ep. 177
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced in his New York business records criminal case to an unconditional discharge, meaning no punishment or penalties. Trump appeared via video from Mar-a-Lago and said he would appeal his conviction. Massive wildfires in Southern California have killed 10 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures. The Pentagon has stated that it is ready to deploy 500 active-duty personnel and ten Navy helicopters to help suppress the fires. The Supreme Court heard o...
Jan 10, 2025•41 min•Ep. 176
Wildfires in Southern California have burned a combined 28,000 acres and are mostly uncontained. They have killed at least five people, destroyed thousands of structures, and forced over 170,000 residents to evacuate. A winter storm swept across the Southern states, bringing snow and icy conditions from Texas to Alabama. Officials closed schools, canceled or delayed flights, and warned residents in the worst-hit areas to stay off the roads. Former President Jimmy Carter was honored with a state ...
Jan 09, 2025•44 min•Ep. 175
Deadly wildfires are raging across Southern California, prompting the mandatory evacuation of over 80,000 residents. The Eaton Fire began on Tuesday around 6 p.m. ET. Officials say it has destroyed over 100 structures and is now threatening more than 13,000 buildings. President Joe Biden visited Los Angeles on Wednesday where he was briefed on the wildfires. President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to call off sentencing in his New York criminal case scheduled for this Friday. Tr...
Jan 08, 2025•45 min•Ep. 174
President-elect Donald Trump announced that a billionaire from Dubai is investing $20 billion in the United States to build new data centers across multiple states. Trump also stated that he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigations into Trump. Meanwhile, a New York appeals court judge rejected Trump's attempt to de...
Jan 07, 2025•46 min•Ep. 173
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded without challenge. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the session, and no objections were raised to the tally of electoral votes. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will resign as leader of the ruling Liberal Party but will remain prime minister until his party elects a new leader in the coming months. A major winter storm brought heavy snow, ice, wind, an...
Jan 06, 2025•47 min•Ep. 172
The FBI releases new footage of the New Orleans attacker. It shows the suspect placing explosives and apparently scouting the best location for the attack. Italian’s Prime Minister meets President-elect Trump in Florida. The topics the two were scheduled to talk about. Cases of a virus that causes cold-like symptoms are reportedly rising in China. We talk about the spread of the disease with a former U.S. Army microbiologist.
Jan 05, 2025•24 min•Ep. 171
The first day of former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral began Saturday morning. People lined the streets of the late president's hometown to bid a final farewell to the 39th president of the United States. President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 people. Among the recipients were billionaire investor George Soros, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, and soccer star Lionel Messi. A major winter storm is forecast to impact the Central Unite...
Jan 04, 2025•25 min•Ep. 170
Republican Congressman Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on the first ballot. The tally was 218–215, after he flipped two hard-line GOP holdouts. President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans following the terrorist attack that killed 14 people. Meanwhile, in the case of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion, a former girlfriend of the soldier involved said he appeared to show symptoms of traumatic brain injury from his deployment in Afghanistan. Biden blocked a nearly $15 bill...
Jan 04, 2025•41 min•Ep. 169
