Nov 21 2019 — NBC News — Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday that he was indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a politically orchestrated “witch hunt” by the media and the left.
Nov 20 2019 — NBC News — Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland is pointing the finger at President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton in explosive public testimony on Wednesday in which he says explicitly there was a “quid quo pro” linking a White House visit for Ukraine’s president to investigations into Trump’s […]
Nov 17 2019 — NBC News — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said Sunday that the administration officials who provided the whistleblower with information on President Donald Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine “exposed things that didn’t need to be exposed.”
Nov 17 2019 — NBC News — President Donald Trump on Sunday blasted an adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who told House impeachment investigators earlier this month that Trump’s asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to probe the Bidens and Democrats in a July 25 call was “unusual and inappropriate.”
Nov 15 2019 — NBC News — Republican operative Roger Stone was found guilty on Friday of all seven counts against him, including witness tampering and making false statements. Prosecutors portrayed Stone, 67, as a serial liar who tried to bully witnesses into not cooperating with authorities. They charged him with making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering in a case tjat […]
Nov 5 2019 — NBC News — U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators this week he now remembers telling a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine would not receive military assistance until it committed to launching investigations into the 2016 election and former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a person with knowledge […]
Nov 4 2019 — NBC News — Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators last month that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told her she should tweet out support or praise for President Donald Trump if she wanted to save her job, according to a transcript of her testimony made public Monday. The three […]
Nov 4 2019 — NBC News — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s tax returns must be turned over to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, who had subpoenaed the documents from Trump’s accounting firm as part of an investigation into the pre-election payoffs to two women who alleged affairs with Trump. Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said he would […]
Nov 1 2019 — NBC News — More than 9,000 barrels of oil are estimated to have spilled from a leak in the Keystone Pipeline in northeastern North Dakota, the company said. It’s the second significant spill in two years in the pipeline that runs from Canada’s tar sands region and through seven U.S. states. Crews shut down the pipeline after the […]
Oct 31 2019 — NBC News — The fast-moving impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, stemming from the president’s dealings with Ukraine, involves numerous hearings, depositions and subpoenas of present and former top administration officials and other figures — and more than a few presidential tweets. Follow us here for all of the latest breaking news and analysis from NBC News’ political […]
Oct 30 2019 — NBC News — Actor and comedian John Witherspoon, a notable figure in the “Friday” franchise and voice actor in the animated series “The Boondocks,” died at his home Los Angeles Tuesday at the age of 77, his family said. Manager Alex Goodman confirmed the news. “It is with deepest sorrow that we can confirm our beloved husband and […]
Oct 28 2019 — NBC News — President Donald Trump painted a vivid picture for the world of the deadly U.S. military raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a raid that only a small number of people witnessed in real time. A “beautiful” and “talented” dog got injured. A robot had been on standby to aid in the hunt for al-Baghdadi […]
Oct 23 2019 — NBC News — The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate in Georgia will have four moderators, MSNBC announced on Wednesday — and all of them are women. Moderating the Nov. 20 event, which is being co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, will be Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC; Andrea Mitchell, host of “Andrea […]
Oct 21 2019 — NBC News — Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, confirmed late Sunday that he is behind an anonymous Twitter account under the pseudonym “Pierre Delecto” that he’s used to be a “lurker” on social media for most of the past decade. The account was first revealed by Slate’s Ashley Feinberg, who was also responsible in 2017 for revealing former FBI […]
Oct 18 2019 — NBC News — Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as the long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur’s unyielding feminist on the daring 1970s sitcom “Maude,” has died. He was 97. Macy died Thursday night in Los Angeles, his friend Matt Beckoff said Friday. Further details weren’t immediately available from Beckoff […]