WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance got a new assignment Tuesday night: fighting a “war on fraud” that President Donald Trump declared in his State of the Union address. It’s the latest addition to a portfolio that has included saving TikTok from extinction in the U.S. and selling Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — and […]
Team USA women’s hockey players respond to Trump’s joke
Scamurra said she wanted to focus on the positives, such as how dominant the women’s team was at the Olympics — not only did Team USA’s women’s hockey team win gold, but they did so by setting a record of 331 minutes and 23 seconds in consecutive shutouts at the Games. The majority of Team […]
What you need to know about Trump Accounts
During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Donald Trump promoted Trump Accounts — new savings accounts for children, which are set to launch this summer. Babies born from 2025 to 2028 will get a huge perk: The federal government will put $1,000 in their accounts. Major companies are also pledging contributions. “This […]
Democrats are spoiling for a fight in Texas: From the Politics Desk
This is the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Bridget Bowman files a dispatch from Texas on how the final stretch of the Democratic primary for […]
DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein and also made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump, according to an NBC News analysis of the Epstein files […]
DHS official tells state election chiefs there won’t be ICE agents at polling places
A senior Department of Homeland Security official said on a call with state election officials Wednesday that immigration agents will not show up at polling places this year, according to three call participants. “Any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation. There will be no ICE presence at […]
Multiple killed after armed confrontation in Cuba’s waters
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Cuba says four killed after U.S. boat violates territorial waters
Cuban officials said a U.S. registered speedboat violated their territorial waters, kicking off an armed confrontation with Cuban border guard troops in which four people on the vessel were killed. Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior posted the statement on Facebook. U.S. officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A commander of the Cuban […]
Oliver ‘Power’ Grant, a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, dead at 52
Oliver “Power” Grant, an original member of the seminal early 1990s hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan, has died, the New York City-based group said Wednesday. Grant was 52. “Rest in Power, Power,” the group said in an X post on Wednesday. Hot 97, an iconic New York radio station that played a notable role in […]
Trump said he ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear program. Now he says the U.S. may have to bomb Iran again.
President Donald Trump said that Iran’s nuclear program was “obliterated” last summer, but he now says the U.S. may have to bomb Iran again over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. As American forces mass in the region, he and his administration have offered varying assessments of Iran’s military capabilities and intentions. In the latest turn after many […]