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Mixed Reaction From Republicans as Special Counsel Announced to Probe Biden’s Classified Documents

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of a special counsel on Thursday after lawyers for President Joe Biden found potentially classified documents at his former office space at the Penn Biden Center in November and in his Deleware home in December. The Biden White House disclosed the discovery of documents at the Penn Biden…


NTD Evening News (Jan. 11): Biden Aides Find 2nd Batch of Classified Documents: Report; Cyberattack Not Ruled out in FAA Outage

Aides to President Joe Biden have found a second batch of classified documents at a new location, according to an NBC report. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity and NTD could not independently verify the information. Domestic flights in the United States resumed after a major aviation system crashed for the first time in…


Immigration Crisis, Free Trade, Clean Energy Among Topics Discussed at North American Leaders’ Summit

Despite tensions between them, President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivered a unified front in public statements on Jan. 10 to mark the conclusion of the two-day North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City. Typically called the “three amigos summit” because of the close diplomatic and…


Biden ‘Surprised to Learn’ About Classified Documents in His Former Private Office

President Joe Biden on Jan. 10 said he was “surprised to learn” documents with classified markings were discovered inside an office where he once worked and that he doesn’t know what the documents contain. It was the first time he addressed the finding that was revealed by his attorney on Jan. 9. Richard Sauber, special…


US, Canada, and Mexico Announce Plans to Boost Semiconductor Manufacturing

Ahead of the North American Leaders’ Summit between President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador later in the day, the White House released a statement Tuesday morning that said the three countries will take steps to bolster the continent’s semiconductor industry. The United States, Canada, and Mexico will deepen…


Biden, López Obrador Open Mexico Meetings With Brusque Talk

MEXICO CITY—Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador challenged U.S. President Joe Biden to end an attitude of “abandonment” and “disdain” for Latin America and the Caribbean as the two leaders met on Monday, making for a brusque opening to a summit of North American leaders. The comments were a stark contrast to the public display…


Biden Holds Rare Cabinet Meeting, Urges Secretaries to Speedily Implement New Laws

In a meeting with his Cabinet secretaries on Jan. 6, President Joe Biden encouraged the leaders within his administration to quickly implement important pieces of legislation passed in 2021. Americans need to see the impact of these laws, Biden said, which include acts designed to decrease the cost of insulin and impose penalties on pharmaceutical…


US, Germany to Send Tank-Killing Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine

During a call between President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Schulz on Jan. 5, the two leaders discussed “their common determination” to provide continued support to Ukraine for its war with Russia, a White House statement reported. “To this end, the United States intends to supply Ukraine with Bradley Fighting Vehicles [BFVs], and Germany…


A Day After 8 Found Shot Dead in Utah Home, White House Touts ‘Historic’ Gun Control Actions

In response to news that a family of three adults and five children were found shot to death on Jan. 4 inside a house in southwest Utah, the White House released a statement on Jan. 5 touting President Joe Biden’s “historic executive action” on gun control. “The President and First Lady are mourning with the…


Biden Talks ‘At Length’ to Damar Hamlin’s Family, Acknowledges Football Is ‘Dangerous’

Before boarding Air Force One and returning to the White House from northern Kentucky on Jan. 4, President Joe Biden told reporters he spoke “at length” with the parents of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. During ESPN’s broadcast of Monday Night Football, Hamlin tackled Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tee Higgins after Higgins caught a pass from…