Jun 25 2020 — NBC News — A New York state judge on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit intended to block the publication of a book by President Donald Trump’s niece. The book by Mary Trump, daughter of the president’s brother Fred Trump Jr., is scheduled to be released July 28. She describes the book, titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How […]
Jun 20 2020 — NBC News — Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, plans to step down and President Donald Trump will nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to succeed him, Attorney General William Barr announced Friday evening.
Jun 18 2020 — NBC News — Beijing on Thursday lashed out after President Donald Trump signed a law Wednesday calling for sanctions to punish Chinese officials for human rights abuses against that country’s Uighur Muslim minority. The latest bout in the ongoing war of words between the world’s two largest economies comes after allegations in excerpts of a book by former […]
Jun 16 2020 — NBC News — The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former national security adviser John Bolton, hoping to delay publication of his tell-all book, due to be released next week. “The United States is not seeking to censor any legitimate aspect” of the book manuscript, the Justice Department lawsuit said. It claims instead that Bolton has not […]
Jun 13 2020 — NBC News — North Korea officially declared an end Friday to its diplomatic dalliance with the U.S. But experts say it’s been clear for some time that President Donald Trump’s bold but risky effort to sweet talk Kim Jong Un into relinquishing his nuclear weapons never really went anywhere. Two high-profile meetings with North Korea’s leader bought Trump […]
Jun 13 2020 — NBC News — President Donald Trump on Friday night tweeted that he is rescheduling a Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally that was to take place on Juneteenth, which is the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Trump wrote that the rally would be moved a day, to June 20. Juneteenth is June 19. “Many of my […]
Jun 12 2020 — NBC News — When the first lady stayed in N.Y. after inauguration, she said it was for Barron’s schooling. But there’s more to it. First lady Melania Trump favorably renegotiated her prenuptial agreement after husband Donald Trump won the White House, according to a new book by Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan. Mrs. Trump stayed in New York […]
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — President Donald Trump is set to resume his campaign rallies next week — but attendees have to agree not to hold his campaign liable if they get the coronavirus in the 19,000-seat arena. An invitation for the June 19 event in Tulsa, Oklahoma asks people to register online for the event —and waive their rights […]
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — The Pentagon’s top general discussed resigning amid criticism over his participation in President Donald Trump’s controversial photo op at a Washington church, three defense officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — Joe Biden said Wednesday night that his greatest concern is whether everyone’s votes will be counted in November as he warned that President Donald Trump may try to “steal” the presidential election. In an interview on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” host Trevor Noah asked the former vice president what the plan is to ensure […]
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — President Donald Trump was hit with strong backlash Thursday over his decision to hold a campaign rally next week on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of one of the deadliest race riots in American history, in 1921. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, […]
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — Three weeks after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order, the state has seen a big spike in the number of coronavirus cases. With nearly 1,100 dead and hospitalizations spiking rapidly, lawmakers and medical professionals are warning there might not be enough emergency room beds to handle what could be a big influx of […]
Jun 11 2020 — NBC News — Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can’t breathe” before he died at a hospital. In the May 20, 2019 footage, released this week by the Oklahoma City Police Department, three officers are seen restraining the man, Derrick Scott, 42, who can be heard […]
Jun 10 2020 — NBC News — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “not even consider” renaming Army bases that honor Confederate leaders who fought to protect slavery and uphold white supremacy despite nationwide reckoning over racial discrimination in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. “The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, […]
Jun 10 2020 — NBC News — NASCAR announced on Wednesday it would ban Confederate flags from its events, two days after the only black driver in the league’s top series called on NASCAR to make the change.