Month: January 2023

Blinken Calls for ‘Two-State’ Solution Amid Mounting Israel-Palestine Violence

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel-Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…


Legal Advocacy Group Urges Emergencies Act Inquiry Commissioner Not to Send Report to Feds in Advance

The Institute for Freedom and Justice (IFJ), a registered charity based in Moncton, New Brunswick, has written a letter objecting to the Governor in Council and Cabinet receiving the final report from the Emergencies Act inquiry before it is made public. The legal advocacy organization’s letter to Commissioner Paul Rouleau, the justice chairing the Public…


Schiff, Whitehouse Decry Meta Decision to Reinstate Trump

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Jan. 30 sent a letter to Meta urging the tech giant to reverse its decision to reinstate President Donald Trump to Facebook. Trump was initially removed from Meta’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram in January 2021 following the Capitol breach. At the time, Meta…


Education–America’s New Battleground: A Presentation by FEC United

With more laws and regulations allowing the government and unionized school teachers to control the education of the students, more and more American parents feel that “There is a war in America today” with no guns, bombs, and missiles. The war is “not on the streets, but in the classrooms of America.” And the battleground…


LIVE NOW: Education–America’s New Battleground: A Presentation by FEC United

With more laws and regulations allowing the government and unionized school teachers to control the education of the students, more and more American parents feel that “There is a war in America today” with no guns, bombs, and missiles. The war is “not on the streets, but in the classrooms of America.” And the battleground…


House Members Could Be Asked If They Denounce Socialism

News Analysis House GOP members will ask all of their colleagues to make their position publicly known on socialism. On Jan. 26, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 9, titled “Denouncing the horrors of socialism.” Salazar and Scalise intend to bring the resolution to the House floor for a…


School Where 6-Year-Old Boy Shot Teacher Reopens With Added Security

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator, as nervous parents and students expressed optimism about a return to the classroom. Richneck Elementary School in Newport News opened its doors more than three weeks after the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have…


Investing: Fixing Your Fixed-Income Portfolio

By Nellie S. Huang From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance After a brutal 2022, the outlook for fixed-income investments is much improved for 2023. With that in mind, here is a plan of action for your fixed-income portfolio in what promises to be a new bond market. Cash At long last, cash offers a decent yield—in some…


NTD Evening News (Jan. 30): Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward for $49 Million; 6th Memphis Officer Off the Force in Tyre Nichols Case

Former President Donald Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A sixth Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (Jan. 30): Trump Sues Journalist Bob Woodward for $49M; 6th Memphis Officer Off the Force in Tyre Nichols Case

Former President Trump filed a $49 million lawsuit on Jan. 30 against journalist Bob Woodward for releasing audio recordings of interviews Trump gave him in 2019 and 2020. A 6th Memphis officer has been taken off the force after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. It comes on the heels of a weekend of…