news2shortsMerrick Garland pressed to use final days to release report on president-elect’s retention of classified documents US politics live – latest updates Democrats are pressing Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, to use his last days in office to release the second volume of the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents. … Read more
Lee Zeldin, President-elect Trump’s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, focused his opening statement on the importance of protecting the environment, human health and the U.S. economy during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department will tell senators that he supports expanding drilling on public lands, a reversal from Biden’s policy In his final days in office, Joe Biden is expected to outline steps to better protect the United States from hackers linked to rivals such as Russia and China, the Guardian’s Joseph … Read more
Nothing has challenged Silicon Valley like the Chinese app. Blocking its use in the US would be like stealing half the books in a library How many times in your life can you say that one of the culture-defining platforms of your era is being forcibly removed? This is what will happen to the one … Read more
After years of militant bravado in my art and politics, I now seek to empathise with people I used to write off as enemies When I look back at some of the opinion pieces I wrote and the art I made in the 2010s, I can’t help but cringe at the conviction with which I … Read more
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold Day 2 of the confirmation hearing for Bondi’s expected nomination for attorney general.
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby joins TODAY to talk about the Israel and Hamas ceasefire and hostage agreement while attacks continue in Gaza. He says a deal “should have happened a long, long time ago” and adds that there is “plenty of credit to go around” for the agreement.
Key nominees for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, including Pam Bondi for attorney general, Marco Rubio for secretary of state and John Ratcliffe for CIA director, faced questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill and were pressed on where their loyalties lie. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
President Joe Biden warns that an “oligarchy is taking shape in America” in his prime-time farewell address to the nation. The speech aimed to shape his legacy after 50 years in politics, offering both hope and caution for the country’s future. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.
Active duty servicemen and veterans statistically most likely demographic to be ‘mass casualty offender’ After the two men who carried out stateside terror attacks on New Year’s Day were revealed as veterans of the war on terror, public scrutiny about the role of American servicemen in such incidents came into focus. The New Orleans attacker, … Read more
