House Republicans on Feb. 9 opened their first hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The committee is under the wing of the Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The panel heard from prominent figures like former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who contended for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, as well as Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

A U.S. official told The Epoch Times that the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States for days before being shot down could monitor communications signals, and contained “equipment was clearly for intelligence surveillance and inconsistent with the equipment onboard weather balloons.”

Meta has confirmed that former President Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram have officially been restored.

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was met with mixed reactions from lawmakers. Former President Donald Trump also gave his response on Truth Social. Meanwhile, Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Feb. 8 to tout the economy, which some see as a “soft-launch” of his 2024 reelection bid.

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing on Twitter’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story. Three former Twitter executives and one former Twitter Safety Policy team member testified.

The Pentagon responded to the Chinese Communist Party, saying the Chinese balloon shot down by the United States was definitely not a civilian balloon. And multiple congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that lawmakers will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the balloon.

President Joe Biden is expected to deliver his second State of the Union address to a divided Congress on Feb. 7. The White House says the president will outline a four-part Unity Agenda. NTD’s Stefania Cox speaks with Genevieve Wood, the Heritage Foundation’s counselor and spokesperson, for her analysis of Biden’s presidency.

Two Customs and Border Protection patrol agents testified on southern border security before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. They say the situation there is overwhelming.

Conservative figures are reacting after transgender activists staged a protest at the Oklahoma state capitol Monday.

More than 3,500 people are dead and at least 10,000 are injured in Turkey and northern Syria after a massive earthquake hit the region on Feb. 6.

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union address, a new poll shows that a majority of Democrats say Biden shouldn’t run again for president.

BlackOps Partners Corporation CEO Casey Fleming tells NTD’s Stefania Cox the United States is currently engaged in World War III, and the Chinese regime’s spy balloon marks a serious escalation in that war.

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are demanding action from the Biden administration on Feb. 3, after a Chinese spy balloon was discovered over U.S. airspace. President Joe Biden chose not to shoot the balloon down due to potential risks to civilians on the ground. China claims that the balloon, which is the size of three buses, is a research airship blown off course. But the Pentagon rejected that claim, saying it is used for intelligence gathering. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China amid rising tensions between the two countries.

As a dangerously cold weather front hits the Northeast and New England, officials put emergency plans into place.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the U.S. economy added 517,000 jobs in January. The unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent, a level the country hasn’t seen since 1969.

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and a former State Department diplomat under the Trump administration, explains how online censorship started and says it is much worse than shown in the Twitter Files.

House Republicans on Feb. 2 voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) over past comments that critics have called antisemitic.

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) wrote a letter to the heads of Apple and Google urging them to remove TikTok from their stores. In addition to national security concerns, he drew attention to the impact the platform has on children.

Former President Donald Trump is promising swift changes to gender transition laws if he makes it back into the Oval Office come 2024. In a video posted to Truth Social this week, he vowed to stop the “chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation” of the youth.

The College Board on Feb. 1 released an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. After strong criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month, there appear to be some downgrades in the curriculum.

At least six people are dead and over a quarter million are without power as an icy winter storm moves across several Southern states.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sounded hopeful after his first meeting with President Joe Biden about the debt limit, saying “at the end of the day, we can find common ground.” Meanwhile, Biden’s lawyers said no classified documents were found at his vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware, after the Justice Department conducted a search.

House Republicans on Jan. 31 moved forward with a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency immediately after President Joe Biden told Congress Monday that he will end emergency measures on May 11.

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin has formally been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021.

The Arizona secretary of state has asked the state’s attorney general to investigate Republican Kari Lake potentially violating state law by publishing voter signatures on her Twitter account.