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President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met at the White House Wednesday and announced a major upgrade to the U.S.–Japan alliance. The upgrade covers greater defense and intelligence cooperation and aims to send a message to communist China.

President Biden told Spanish-language TV station Univision that he plans to use executive powers to tackle the illegal immigration crisis. This came as a new Rasmussen poll found that 64 percent of likely U.S. voters said the situation at the southern border can be called an “invasion.”

The House voted against a rule to allow debate on a bill to reauthorize FISA. The controversial law allows U.S. intelligence to spy on foreign nationals, but also to sweep up communications of U.S. citizens. In a post on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump asked House Republicans to “kill FISA.”

President Trump’s lawyers filed another appeal in the hush money case in New York. They challenged the judge’s order denying President Trump from arguing he has presidential immunity. Meanwhile, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to a five-month jail term as part of a plea agreement.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban recently got into a lengthy debate on X with Christopher Rufo over the premise behind DEI—or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The exchange was fascinating, and the points made by Mr. Rufo were brilliant. During the back & forth, Mr. Cuban made several statements that illustrated a fundamental misunderstanding of the U.S. Constitution.

Although we were taken aback at Cuban’s claim that it would be “terrifying and problematic” for the president to have authority over the federal bureaucracy—although the Constitution explicitly grants the president this power—we were more alarmed at the number of people who thought Cuban was correct.

This total misunderstanding of our Constitution is precisely what’s enabled the bureaucratic Agency Establishment, allowing it to thrive and prosper. Which is why we found it disturbing that so many agreed with Cuban’s misinterpretation of the most basic elements of our Constitution.

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President Joe Biden formally welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House on April 10. The bilateral summit will be the most ambitious meeting yet between the two leaders, with the announcement of the biggest upgrade to the U.S.–Japan alliance in more than 60 years, according to senior administration officials. Mr. Kishida will remain in Washington to partake in a trilateral summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on April 11.

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has been sentenced to five months in jail for lying under oath during testimony in a civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump. Mr. Weisselberg pleaded guilty to perjury in the civil case on March 4 as part of a plea bargain in a separate criminal case. As part of the deal, he will not need to testify in President Trump’s criminal trial in New York, which begins April 15.

U.S. lawmakers say the Chinese Communist Party has outsized influence at the United Nations, which continues to play a significant role on the world stage amid wars, natural disasters, and health emergencies. The House Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing to examine the CCP’s “malign influence” on the UN.

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Japan’s prime minister is in Washington on his first official visit to the White House. An official welcoming ceremony is set for the South Lawn on April 10.

Arizona’s Supreme Court has upheld a 160-year-old law barring all abortions except to save a woman’s life. NTD has more on the law—and on reactions from top officials.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has decided to delay sending articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. NTD’s Luis Martinez reports from Capitol Hill as Congress reconvenes.

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Waves of Chinese nationals are setting foot on American soil without visas. Could Beijing’s spies access U.S. military bases through a visa loophole? Lawmakers are now butting heads with the Biden administration because of it.

President Joe Biden is hosting the leaders of Japan and the Philippines this week. We look at the details on the historic trilateral meeting between Washington and its Asian allies.

Germany’s chancellor is traveling to China with three ministers and top CEOs. What’s driving the trip amid a push to “de-risk” from China?

An expert panel zooms in on China’s disinformation campaign targeting Taiwan. With the U.S. 2024 election just around the corner, what can America learn from the democratic island?

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Senate Republicans ask Speaker Johnson to delay sending articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

A new Arizona court ruling makes nearly all abortions illegal in the presidential battleground state. What impact could it have on the 2024 elections, and how is it testing former President Donald Trump’s new position on abortion?

The parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley will be spending time in prison. We have more about their sentencing in this landmark case.

Republicans on a House panel are planning to subpoena the Justice Department. This comes as the committee’s chairman demanded a probe into TikTok and Qatar-based news outlet Al Jazeera.

Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot will have a new job. Find out how it’s connected to a corruption investigation in a small town in Illinois.

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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled to uphold a law from 1864, banning nearly all abortions from the moment of conception. The decision is on hold for 14 days while a lower court considers its constitutionality. The Arizona Attorney General said she wouldn’t enforce the law.

The parents of Michigan high school shooter Ethan Crumbley were sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. In a landmark case, Jennifer and James Crumbley became the first parents sentenced over a school shooting committed by their child in the United States.

Senate Republicans asked House Speaker Mike Johnson to delay sending impeachment articles against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. They said they’re concerned the Senate Democrats will move quickly to dismiss the case. Mr. Johnson agreed to send them next week instead of Wednesday, as previously scheduled.

Former President Donald Trump’s trial in the “hush-money” case is set to begin with jury selection next Monday, despite repeated attempts to delay it. Meanwhile, the judge also denied President Trump’s challenge to the gag order against him.

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Norfolk Southern Corp. announced on April 9 that it had reached a $600-million agreement to resolve a class action lawsuit related to a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The settlement comes in the wake of the Feb. 3, 2023 incident in which a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train carrying 151 cars derailed, spilling hazardous chemicals—including vinyl chloride—onto the ground and into the air, with the chemicals catching fire and burning for days. Upon combustion, vinyl chloride produces a small amount of phosgene gas, which was used as a chemical weapon on World War I battlefields.

The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money case released a questionnaire on April 8 for jury selection, and stated that prospective jurors will not be asked about their voting preferences. Justice Juan Merchan also rejected President Trump’s attorneys’ argument that asking about political affiliation is relevant to the jury selection process. He said that “the purpose of jury selection is not to determine whether a prospective juror does or does not like one of the parties.” Jury selection will begin on April 15.

The FBI announced that it has arrested an 18-year-old Idaho man for concocting a “violent plot” on local churches on behalf of the ISIS terrorist group. Alexander Mercurio is facing a federal charge of attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release. The DOJ added that the suspect was plotting to incapacitate his father, restrain him, steal his guns and other weapons, and carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, a city in northwestern Idaho, last Sunday.

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Former President Donald Trump has declared that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states. In a social media video, the former president also stressed there should be exceptions in which abortion would be permitted.

Details of a proposed hostage cease-fire deal have emerged in the Israel–Hamas war. The United States has warned Israel against carrying out a full-scale military operation in Gaza’s crowded city of Rafah, but Israel’s Prime Minister has declared that a date has been set.

A judge has denied President Trump’s motion to shift his so-called hush money trial from Manhattan, where his lawyers say a majority of residents already believe President Trump is guilty. NTD has the latest on the former president’s legal cases.

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A virus unleashed, hoards of spy balloons, rounds of disinformation attacks, and theft of American jobs. These are just some of the covert weapons the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has used against the United States. How has the Beacon of Freedom helped the communist adversary grow strong enough to take on the West?

We spoke with Capt. James Fanell, government fellow of the Global Fellowship Initiative, and Bradley Thayer, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, to find out more. They’re also the authors of “Embracing Communist China,” a new book that explores the threat our nation faces from the CCP.

Bradley Thayer: “Never in history has one country funded the rise of its enemy, which is what the United States has done.”

James Fanell: “It’s an existential threat, where the Chinese Communist Party is seeking to, essentially, destroy the United States, who they believe is the one country that can stand in their way of achieving this great rejuvenation of China.”

“Across the board, you can pick a topic, and you can see the pernicious influence of the Chinese Communist Party,” he said.

Bradley Thayer: “We’re in this ‘Cold-War’ situation, this period of intense security competition, that we must now resolve.”

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