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LIVE NOW: Biden Kicks Off Reelection Campaign in Pennsylvania

President Joe Biden holds his first campaign event in Philadelphia on June 17, rallying with union members for reelection. Pennsylvania is a battleground state because its population can swing either to Republicans or Democrats and play a pivotal role in presidential elections. …


Pennsylvania Using Tons of Recycled Glass Nuggets to Rebuild Collapsed Interstate 95

Pennsylvania will truck in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets to help quickly rebuild a collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and crews will work 24 hours a day until they can reopen the critical commercial artery, officials said Wednesday. Instead of rebuilding the overpass right away, crews will use the recycled glass to…


Jury Awards $25 Million for White Starbucks Manager Fired After Arrest of Black Men

A federal jury in New Jersey has awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who accused the company of firing her as a racial scapegoat following the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia store. Shannon Phillips, a white woman who had worked with Starbucks for 13 years, sued the coffee chain…


Election Fraud: Former Congressman Gets 30-Month Sentence for Ballot Stuffing | Facts Matter

A former congressman from Pennsylvania pled guilty (and was sentenced to 30 months in prison) for stuffing ballot boxes for Democratic Party candidates. Specifically, Congressman Michael J. Myers was caught up in a scheme of bribing local judges in order for them to alter the actual election results for certain Democratic candidates. …


Body Recovered From Rubble of Philadelphia I-95 Highway Collapse

Human remains were recovered on Monday from a fallen overpass on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia as crews removed concrete debris from the site of a fiery weekend highway collapse that closed a stretch of one of the busiest traffic corridors along the U.S. East Coast. The section of I-95 was shut down in both directions…


[PREMIERING 6/13, 2PM ET] Election Fraud: Former Congressman Gets 30-Month Sentence For Ballot Stuffing | Facts Matter


A former congressman from Pennsylvania pled guilty (and was sentenced to 30 months in prison) for stuffing ballot boxes for Democratic Party candidates. Specifically, Congressman Michael J. Myers was caught up in a scheme of bribing local judges in order for them to alter the actual election results for certain Democratic candidates. …


Long Commutes Start After Part of I-95 Collapses in Philadelphia Following Tanker Truck Fire

PHILADELPHIA—Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave advice on detours,…


LIVE NOW: NTD Good Morning (June 12): Trump Responds to Federal Indictment, Analysts Weigh in; Section of I-95 Collapses in Philadelphia

Former President Trump calls charges against him ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’. We have more on his response to the federal indictment, what some analysts have to say about it, and what’s next in the case. A portion of a vital highway collapses in Philadelphia. The culprit was a fire in a tanker truck carrying gasoline beneath…


NTD Good Morning (June 12): Trump Responds to Federal Indictment, Analysts Weigh in; Section of I-95 Collapses in Philadelphia

Former President Trump calls charges against him ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’. We have more on his response to the federal indictment, what some analysts have to say about it, and what’s next in the case. A portion of a vital highway collapses in Philadelphia. The culprit was a fire in a tanker truck carrying gasoline beneath…


Repairs of Collapsed I-95 in Philadelphia Could Take Months

Traffic along a major East Coast artery is likely to face months of delays after an elevated section of the I-95 highway in Pennsylvania collapsed on Sunday morning, state officials said. The approximately 70-foot-wide northbound portion of the I-95 in Philadelphia fell through after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire on an exit…