Category: Senate

LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 2): NYC to Pay BLM Protesters for Arrest Tactics; House Passes Act to Rein in Executive Orders

New York City is paying hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters over $20,000 dollars each. That’s to settle a lawsuit over crowd control tactics used during the George Floyd protests. The U.S. House passed a bill yesterday focused on inflation. The aim of the legislation is to get presidential executive actions under control. The Senate is…


NTD News Today (Mar. 2): NYC to Pay BLM Protesters for Arrest Tactics; House Passes Act to Rein in Executive Orders

New York City is paying hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters over $20,000 each to settle a lawsuit over crowd control tactics used during the George Floyd protests. The House on Mar. 1 passed the REIN IN Inflation Act, which requires the president to publish the inflationary impact of executive actions exceeding $1 billion before…


Senate Budget Committee Mulls Climate Risk to US Coastline Communities and Regions

The Senate Budget Committee on March 1 heard testimony on the costs U.S. coastal communities may be facing because of shifts in the Earth’s climate. “Coastal communities will become harder places to live and work, and real estate values and local tax bases will decline,” predicted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who now chairs the committee,…


LIVE NOW: US Attorney General Merrick Garland Testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies at an oversight hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on Mar. 1. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


US Attorney General Merrick Garland Testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies at an oversight hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on Mar. 1. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Tuberville Decries ‘Radical’ DOD Abortion Policy, Vows to Place Nominees on Hold

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…


Sen. Tuberville Vows to Place Hold on DoD Nominees in Protest Against New Abortion Policy

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…


US Senate Formally Condemns ‘Invasion’ of US by Chinese Spy Balloon

The U.S. Senate is passing two resolutions formally condemning China’s communist regime for illegally incurring into American airspace with a spy balloon and demanding transparency on the issue from the Biden administration. Senators approved two resolutions on Feb. 15 condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its efforts to spy on American citizens and military…


Senate Formally Condemns ‘Invasion’ of US by Chinese Spy Balloon

The U.S. Senate is passing two resolutions formally condemning China’s communist regime for illegally incurring into American airspace with a spy balloon and demanding transparency on the issue from the Biden administration. Senators approved two resolutions on Feb. 15 condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its efforts to spy on American citizens and military…


Mother of Dead Teen Urges Senate to Protect Children From Social Media Harms

A mother told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14 that her teenage son still took his life after being bullied on social media despite good parenting and discussing the dangers of online social networking with him. In June 2020, Kristin Bride from Oregon lost Carson, her 16-year-old son. She said Carson received his first…