Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said Jan. 21 that the Biden administration is not starting its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan from scratch, contradicting a CNN report that claimed they were not given a plan by Trump officials. Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, debunked a CNN report […]

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Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of MyPillow, told NTD on Tuesday that some groups are forcing retailers to delist his products and that Americans “have to stand up” against cancel culture. Kohl’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Wayfair recently notified Lindell that they won’t continue carrying his products. He said the actions came after groups such […]

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Leading organizations for members of the press are calling for criminal investigations against individuals who threatened or attacked journalists during protests at the U.S. Capitol. Presidents of the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute said in a statement late Monday that numerous reporters who were inside the Capitol building or covering the events […]

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Xavier DeGroat, believed to be the first autistic intern at the White House, said that his experience in the White House means a lot. “It means a lot that I interned at the White House and became the first autistic White House intern,” DeGroat, a 30-year-old autism advocate and student at Northwood University, told Fox […]

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YouTube announced Thursday that it will begin to warn users before they post comments that may be deemed offensive to other people. As part of an effort to “keep comments respectful,” the company said the new feature will issue a warning to users of the video-sharing platform if its automated systems detect a potentially hurtful […]

In this screengrab, President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden watch fireworks during the Celebrating America Primetime Special on Jan. 20, 2021. (Handout/Biden Inaugural Committee via Getty Images ) The Department of Homeland Security said the incoming administration is pausing deportations for some people for 100 days. The DHS said in a statement on Jan. 20 […]

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A new Axios-Ipsos poll found that 81 percent of the people who responded to the poll said that they are “proud to be an American.” The poll also found that 79 percent of respondents believe that “America is falling apart.” The survey (pdf), conducted on a representative sample of over 1,000 adults between Jan. 11-13, […]

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Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Jan. 6 extended the 12 hour citywide public emergency she had declared earlier in the day, saying it will now end on Jan. 21, the day after the presidential inauguration. “I have issued Mayor’s Order 2021-003, extending the public emergency declared earlier today for a total of 15 days, […]

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Outgoing Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday gave his last update on Operation Legend, a Trump administration initiative to drive down violent crime in major inner cities, saying that the program had led to over 6,000 arrests since its launch earlier this year. The operation was launched in Kansas City, Missouri, in July and has since been […]

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Wednesday signed into law police reform legislation that includes a ban on no-knock warrants, making the commonwealth the third state-level jurisdiction to do so. Florida, Oregon, and at least 13 local governments or police departments across the country have banned the warrants or restricted their use. No-knock warrants allow law […]

In one of his first executive actions on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden rescinded President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nations with individuals posing a terrorist threat to the United States. In a proclamation titled “Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to the United States,” Biden revoked a series of executive orders and proclamations Trump signed […]

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Jan. 13 that the company’s decision to remove President Donald Trump was divisive and set a dangerous precedent. “Having to take these actions fragment the public conversation. They divide us. They limit the potential for clarification, redemption, and learning. And sets a precedent I feel is dangerous: the power an […]

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that a group of Antifa members threatened his family in their Washington home on Monday night. He said that he “will not be intimidated.” “Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel. They screamed […]

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Convicted murderer Brandon Bernard was executed by lethal injection on Thursday at the U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons. Bernard, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. ET. His death marked the ninth execution since the federal death penalty was resumed in the United States earlier this year. Bernard and his […]

A grassroots conservative activist who helped campaign for President Donald Trump’s election in 2016 said that more and more black and Latino people are gravitating away from the Democratic Party, arguing that the current attempts to focus on identity politics are losing their power. “I do countless interviews. I do countless speeches everywhere all the […]

A federal court has ruled to protect some doctors and health care providers from being penalized for refusing to perform gender transition procedures on the grounds of religious belief. In a decision a day before Joe Biden took the oath of office, United States District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte from North Dakota granted a […]

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Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff said on Tuesday that their company doesn’t want to follow other tech giant companies in implementing an algorithm to surveil people around clock, stating that such a practice goes against the Fourth Amendment. “So on Parler, our disagreement was that we did not want to put in an algorithm that […]

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A new law going into effect in Indiana on Jan. 1, 2021, will require that pregnant women seeking an abortion have an ultrasound performed at least 18 hours prior to undergoing the procedure, Attorney General Curtis Hill announced on Twitter. “For women considering abortions, ultrasounds are an important part of informed-consent counseling. Anyone interested in protecting women’s health, […]

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents disrupted two human smuggling operations near the Texas border last week, resulting in the arrest of over 200 illegal aliens in two tractor-trailers, the agency said. The federal law enforcement agency said in news release on Dec. 7 that Border Patrol agents from two checkpoints near Laredo, Texas, […]

The shooting of Michael Brown in 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri prompted a national outcry against racism and police brutality—and still shapes the popular consciousness today. But much of the popularized narrative was not true. The slogan “hands up, don’t shoot” was based on a falsehood. Brown had not surrendered with his hands up, and he […]