Speaker Johnson Says He’s Not Killing Border Deal to Help Trump Campaign: ‘That’s Absurd’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Jan. 30 that he is not trying to kill a pending bipartisan Senate border deal in order to help Donald Trump’s campaign given the former president’s opposition to it. When asked if he is objecting to the upcoming proposal—the text of which is set to be released this

GOP Oklahoma State Rep Says Lankford Censure Was Needed to Convey Border Security Concerns

Republican Oklahoma State Rep. Jim Olsen backed the state Republican Party’s decision over the weekend to censure one of the state’s own Republican U.S. senators, James Lankford, for negotiating with Democrats on an immigration and border security proposal. Speaking with NTD News on Monday, Mr. Olsen said Mr. Lankford has been reliably conservative on many

Illinois Elections Board Votes to Keep Trump on the Ballot

The board is a bipartisan one made of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, who voted unanimously to dismiss the challenge. The Illinois State Board of Elections voted to include former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot following a recommendation from the board’s general counsel to dismiss the case. The board is

Fani Willis Investigatory Committee Members Confirmed by Georgia Lieutenant Governor

Burt Jones said the panel is one step closer to uncovering truth behind allegations against the Fulton County district attorney The names of the members of the Georgia Senate’s special committee, established to investigate alleged misconduct by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top special prosecutor, were confirmed by the state’s lieutenant governor’s

Peter Navarro Says His Appeal Could Set Up Landmark SCOTUS Case On Executive Privilege

Dr. Peter Navarro, a former White House adviser to President Donald Trump, is preparing for a potentially lengthy legal battle to not only overturn his conviction for contempt of Congress but to establish a clear precedent for how prosecutors must handle claims of executive privilege. Mr. Navarro was convicted in September on two counts related

US, China Restart Talks on Fentanyl Crackdown

Tuesday’s meeting marked the first discussion of a new working group to revive U.S.–China cooperation on countering the narcotics trade. U.S. and Chinese officials sat down in Beijing on Tuesday for their first talks in years on combating the illicit trafficking of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic drug that has killed thousands of Americans each year.