news2shortsUniversity’s president says activists refused to leave library despite warnings of disciplinary action and arrest Columbia University asked the New York police department to help clear pro-Palestinian activists after dozens of protesters occupied parts of the main campus library on Wednesday. Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said in a statement that protesters had refused … Read more
President taps wellness influencer after withdrawing initial pick, former Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat Donald Trump has tapped Dr Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, as nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. The US president said … Read more
The words of President Donald Trump and members of his administration undermined the government’s contention during a court hearing on Wednesday that the men deported from the country under the Alien Enemies Act and delivered to El Salvador were not in the constructive custody of the United States.
Speaking in Buffalo on Wednesday, the Supreme Court justice said judges sometimes have to “check the excesses” of the president and Congress.
We’re in the interlude between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Derby winner Sovereignty won’t run in the Preakness coming up in Baltimore. But House Republicans aren’t skipping out on trying to finish the big, beautiful bill. And if this were a horse race, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., would dare the pony players to … Read more
New emblems approved by city councils in defiance of bans on ‘unofficial flags’ on government property Earlier this year, Utah and Idaho’s Republican-controlled legislatures passed bans on flying the rainbow pride flags and other “unofficial flags” on government property. Leaders in both states’ capital cities, Salt Lake City and Boise, recently devised an inventive workaround … Read more
The U.S. and China will meet this weekend for high-stakes talks over tariffs. Meanwhile, the fed chair said the economy is in ‘solid shape’ but warned about the impact of long-lasting tariffs. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
A group of blue states joined forces Wednesday to sue the Trump administration after it halted a program that federally funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The District of Columbia joined 16 states — including California, Colorado and Washington — in a suit over the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s efforts to halt Congress’ $5 billion National … Read more
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW to defend his party’s strategy to oppose Republicans’ proposed budget bill and to block President Trump’s agenda.
Tensions are escalating after India launched missiles on Pakistan, two weeks after a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people. Ravi Agrawal, editor in chief of Foreign Policy, joins Meet the Press NOW to explain the longstanding conflict between the two nuclear powers.
