Jan 18 2019 — NBC News — Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday addressed news coverage and criticism regarding his wife’s decision to return to teaching at a Virginia elementary school that explicitly bars LGBTQ employees and students. “My wife and I have been in the public eye for quite a while, we’re used to the criticism,” Pence said in an interview […]
Jan 14 2019 — NBC News — President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the next attorney general, William Barr, plans to tell Congress this week at his confirmation hearings that Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign should continue unimpeded — and that the public should be informed of the results of that probe. “I believe it is […]
Jan 9 2019 — NBC News — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday he and his wife are seeking a divorce. The powerful business executive said on Twitter he and his wife, MacKenzie, have already separated. The two were married in 1993 and have four children. “We want to make people aware o
Jan 7 2019 — NBC News — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not at the Supreme Court on Monday, missing a courtroom argument for the first time since she became a justice 25 years ago. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg, who is 85, was working from home while recuperating from surgery. Doctors removed a portion of her lung on December 21 […]
Jan 7 2019 — NBC News — U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered only six immigrants on the U.S-Mexico border in the first half of fiscal year 2018 whose names were on a federal government list of known or suspected terrorists, according to CBP data as of May 2018 obtained by NBC News. The low number contradicts statements by Trump administration officials, […]
Jan 7 2019 — NBC News — President Donald Trump’s planned prime-time address on immigration Tuesday night has put the broadcast networks in a difficult — and familiar — position as they debate whether to carry the address live. The White House has asked the broadcast networks to set aside at least eight minutes at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday for an […]
Jan 3 2019 — NBC News — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was elected speaker of the House Thursday for a second time, as Democrats took control of the lower chamber. Pelosi, 78 — who retook the speaker’s gavel around 1:48 p.m., after a formal floor vote that lasted about 50 minutes— reclaimed the House’s top leadership post amid a congressional face-off with […]
Dec 30 2018 — NBC News — Russian leader Vladimir Putin sent a holiday letter to President Donald Trump in which he said Moscow is ready for dialogue on a wide-ranging agenda, the Kremlin said in a statement on Sunday. Putin “stressed that Russia-U.S. relations are the most important factor behind ensuring strategic stability and international security,” the statement added.
Dec 21 2018 — NBC News — The federal government partially shut down early Saturday morning after Democrats and Republicans failed to break their impasse over funding the wall that President Donald Trump wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border. Congress was unable to send a government funding bill to the president’s desk by the midnight deadline after Republicans decided to rally […]
Dec 20 2018 — NBC News — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that the world is underestimating the threat of nuclear war and blamed the U.S. for risking a collapse in global arms controls.
Dec 18 2018 — NBC News — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump might be willing to accept less than $5 billion for his promised border wall in a year-end spending bill, provided that other funds could be used to close the gap. “At the end of the day we don’t want to shut down […]
Dec 18 2018 — NBC News — Fox News host Tucker Carlson faced an escalating backlash on Monday from advertisers as they continued ditching his show over a segment about immigration. Among the latest to bail on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was the personal finance website NerdWallet, which said in a statement to NBC News that it had “pulled its advertising and will […]
Dec 17 2018 — NBC News — Two former associates of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn have been charged with “covertly and unlawfully” trying to influence U.S. politicians to extradite a Turkish cleric from the U.S. Bijan Kian, 66, and Kamil Ekim Alptekin, 41, were charged Monday with conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government. Alptekin, a Dutch-Turkish businessman, is […]
Dec 17 2018 — NBC News — Russian agents who favored Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy harnessed the major players of America’s tech industry in a sophisticated propaganda effort that was far more extensive that originally understood, according to a detailed analysis prepared for the Senate intelligence committee. The Russian efforts included an attempt to suppress the votes of African-Americans.
Dec 13 2018 — NBC News — Russian operative Maria Butina admitted Thursday to conspiring to infiltrate influential conservative organizations, including the National Rifle Association, in an effort to push Moscow’s agenda.