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LIVE 6 PM ET: NTD Evening News (March 20): Surprise Witness Testifies in Trump Case; China’s Xi Stresses Close Ties With ‘Dear Friend’ Putin

Attorney Robert Costello gave unexpected testimony on Mar. 20 in the New York hush money investigation of former President Donald Trump. Costello is a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. His testimony before a Manhattan grand jury is expected to discredit testimony given by Cohen. This comes after Trump stated on social…


NTD Evening News (March 20): Surprise Witness Testifies in Trump Case; China’s Xi Stresses Close Ties With ‘Dear Friend’ Putin

Attorney Robert Costello gave unexpected testimony on March 20 in the New York hush money investigation of former President Donald Trump. Costello is a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. His testimony before a Manhattan grand jury is expected to discredit testimony given by Cohen. This comes after Trump stated on social…


DeSantis Criticizes Manhattan DA, Calls Trump Investigation a ‘Manufactured Circus’

PANAMA CITY, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for pursuing his criminal investigation against former President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments to adult performer Stormy Daniels. He hasn’t received information about any indictment of Trump, who lives in Florida at Mar-a-Lago, he told reporters at a press conference on…


Rep. Gooden Introduces Bill to Re-establish Trump-Era Program Targeting Chinese Espionage

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) introduced a bill on March 7 to re-establish the China Initiative—a Trump-era program that aimed at countering economic espionage, intellectual property theft, and other threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The legislation (pdf)—called the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act—is intended to reinstate the China Initiative program,…


Rep. Lance Gooden Introduces Bill to Re-establish Trump-Era Program Targeting Chinese Espionage

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) introduced a bill on March 7 to re-establish the China Initiative—a Trump-era program that aimed at countering economic espionage, intellectual property theft, and other threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The legislation (pdf)—called the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act—is intended to reinstate the China Initiative program,…


Trump Attorney: Trump Investigation in Georgia ‘Compromised’

Attorneys representing former President Donald Trump in a special purpose investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, say the investigation process has been compromised due to public remarks made by a member of the grand jury. “We’ve lost 100 percent confidence in this process. We feel this process has been compromised,” Trump attorney Drew Findling said in…


DeSantis Responds to Trump’s Social Media ‘Grooming’ Post

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to questions from reporters about a recent negative social media post about him from former President Donald Trump. A TruthSocial entry from Trump on Feb. 7 included a somewhat blurry old photo that the original poster claimed showed DeSantis allegedly having drinks with underage girls. The photo was re-shared on…


Trump Pledges ‘Peace Through Strength’ Unveiling His 2024 Hypersonic Defense Plan

Former President Donald Trump unveiled a new military policy as part of his 2024 presidential campaign this week, proposing to develop “a state-of-the-art, next-generation missile defense shield” to protect the United States from hypersonic missiles. The former president pledged to build the shield as part of a “peace through strength” plan in a video posted on Twitter…


Uncertainty Reigns as Dems, GOPers Try to Sort Out Tuesday’s Midterm Election Results

Uncertainty about who will control the 118th Congress when it arrives on Jan. 3 will still loom large when the Lame Duck session of the current legislature convenes Nov. 14 with Democrats in charge in the Senate and House of Representatives. As it was two years ago, when runoffs for two Georgia Senate seats resulted…


Uncertainty Reigns as Dems, GOP Seek to Sort Out Midterm Election Results

Uncertainty about who will control the 118th Congress when it begins on Jan. 3, 2023, will still loom large when the lame-duck session of the current legislature convenes on Nov. 14 with Democrats in charge in the Senate and House of Representatives. As it was two years ago, when runoffs in Georgia for two Senate…