Month: January 2023

Singh Calls on Trudeau to Oppose Health Care ‘Privatization’ by Provinces

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to oppose any attempts by provincial governments towards what he characterized as the “privatization” of their health-care systems. “What we’re disturbed by is that after three days of this retreat, neither the prime minister nor his ministers have come out as opposed to the…


Will the Future of Europe Be Decided in Ukraine?

Oleksii Reznikov, the minister of defense in Ukraine, wrote an essay for The Atlantic Council saying that the defeat of Russia is of the utmost priority for the world. Trevor Loudon discusses whether the future of Europe, and the world, hangs on the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine war.   …


Newsmax, Dropped by DirecTV, Decries Anti-Conservative Censorship

Millions of DirecTV subscribers no longer have access to Newsmax programming after the AT&T-owned satellite giant and the conservative news network failed to reach a new carriage deal. The official deadline passed at midnight on Tuesday. As a result, Newsmax’s programs went to a blackout for more than 13 million customers of the satellite service,…


NTD Evening News (Jan. 25): GOP, Dems Spar Over National Budget; Meta to Restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram Accounts

The urgent need to raise the $31 trillion debt limit has led to a sharp partisan battle over how to handle the budget moving forward. Senate Republicans on Jan. 25 proposed cuts across the board. But Democrats have repeatedly said that Republicans have not laid out a specific plan and are trying to cut programs…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (Jan. 25): GOP, Dems Spar Over National Budget; Meta to Restore Trump’s Facebook, Instagram Accounts

The urgent need to raise the $31 trillion debt limit has led to a sharp partisan battle over how to handle the budget moving forward. Senate Republicans on Jan. 25 proposed cuts across the board. But Democrats have repeatedly said that Republicans have not laid out a specific plan and are trying to cut programs…


Ohio’s Mike Turner Becomes Chairman of the Powerful House Intelligence Committee

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Jan. 23 officially appointed Mike Turner to serve as chairman of the powerful House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), a committee that oversees 17 national security agencies. In the previous Congress, with the GOP the minority party in the House, Turner held the title of Ranking Member of the committee. Turner,…


New York Gov. Hochul Opposes Rehiring Unvaccinated Hospital Workers Amid Staff Shortage

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has expressed opposition to rehiring workers in her state’s healthcare sector who fell afoul of COVID-19 vaccination requirements and lost their jobs while the pandemic raged. In comments to the media on Tuesday, Hochul said rehiring unvaccinated workers was not the “right answer.” “I don’t think the answer is to…


Treasury Department Redeploys $690 Million To Prevent Evictions of Struggling Tenants

The U.S. Department of Treasury has announced the reallocation of $690 million under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) to help those facing financial hardship avoid eviction. According to a Treasury Department press release from Jan. 24 they have reallocated more than $3.5 billion for the ERA program and have made more than 8 million…


PREMIERING 1/26 at 7:30PM ET: Alvin Lui: How Schools Are Weaponizing ‘Inclusion,’ Empathy, and ’Social Emotional Learning’ to Indoctrinate Children

“My great grandfather ran from communism. The people that dragged him out of his little bakery shop and beat him weren’t soldiers. They were college kids—the Red Guard. And I see that that’s what they’re creating now with a lot of these kids.” After watching the destructive impact that progressive policies were having in California,…


Disabled Navy Veteran Sues Small Business Administration Over Racially Discriminatory Contracting Program

A disabled Navy veteran who owns a small business is suing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in federal court over a contracting program that excludes non-minorities from participating. Marty Hierholzer filed suit (pdf) recently in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the SBA, claiming his constitutional rights were violated. Hierholzer’s…