news2shortsVice President JD Vance says the Trump administration is putting nearly $260 million in Medicaid funding for Minnesota on hold over fraud concerns. NBC News’ Monica Alba explains what this means for residents currently enrolled in Medicaid.
FBI Director Kash Patel has fired at least six agents tied to the 2022 search of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports on the firings of agents and other employees.
A Texas-based career criminal with a lengthy rap sheet is behind bars in Travis County after he was charged with murdering a father of five outside a 7-Eleven in Austin, reviving scrutiny of Travis County District Attorney José Garza and what critics call his controversial prosecutorial record and “soft on crime” approach. Caleb Anthony Jenkins, … Read more
Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings Transgender Kansas residents have begun receiving letters from the state’s department of motor vehicles notifying them that their driver’s licenses will be invalid beginning Thursday, as a new law goes into effect that demands that forms of … Read more
Oregon Senate Democrats unanimously voted to kill an effort to require that federal authorities be notified when an illegal immigrant convicted of a violent felony is about to be released from prison, leading the chamber’s top Republican to say the majority is choosing ideology over common sense. In Oregon’s legislature, the minority caucus is permitted … Read more
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) joins Meet the Press NOW after the House Oversight Committee interviews former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of its Epstein investigation. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles and Monica Alba report on what took place during the hearing and the reaction from lawmakers from both parties.
About 30 seals had died as of Thursday, nearly all of them weaned pups, amid the rise of avian influenza An outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has killed more than two dozen elephant seal pups in California, leading to the temporary closure of seal-viewing areas at a popular Bay Area park. … Read more
Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston announced an executive order Thursday directing city authorities to detain ICE agents who are considered to have used excessive force against or “assaults or shoots or kills” civilians in the Mile High City. The announcement comes weeks after Philadelphia’s top prosecutor made headlines by likening ICE agents to Adolf Hitler’s … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: China is expanding a network of space facilities across Latin America that could strengthen Beijing’s military surveillance and war-fighting capabilities in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new report. A new report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party identifies at least 11 PRC-linked ground stations, radio telescopes and … Read more
Lawsuit against the Trump administration says penalties against Francesca Albanese violate the first amendment US politics live – latest updates The family of independent UN investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over US sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies during the war with Hamas in Gaza, saying … Read more
