Trump-Netanyahu Tensions Flare Over Israel’s Strikes on Lebanon

Israel’s intensifying war in Lebanon has become the main sticking point blocking a peace deal with Iran. In a phone conversation with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump reportedly exploded on the call, cursing, calling him “crazy” and accusing the prime minister of “ingratitude.” NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

‘They want the country to be what it was in 1776’: anger in Memphis after Republicans redraw voting maps

Tennessee Republicans eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district after the supreme court gutted part of the Voting Rights Act From the bridge on Poplar Avenue, above the railroad tracks that cut through the Memphis neighborhood of Binghampton, you can’t see the rupture at the heart of the city. You can’t see the people … Read more

From reality TV to city hall? Trump-backed Spencer Pratt soars in LA mayor race as Californians vote

Republicans are aiming to break longtime losing streaks by taking first steps toward winning elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as voters in Democrat-dominated California head to the polls on Tuesday. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump‘s clout over the GOP will once again face a ballot box test, in a gubernatorial showdown in Iowa, while … Read more