Ceasefire deal a ‘delicate tightrope walk’ after Iran accuses U.S. and Israel of violating agreement

NBC News Correspondents Monica Alba, Keir Simmons, Matt Bradley, Courtney Kube and Allie Canal report on the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran. NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell and Ken Pollack, Middle East Institute vice president for Policy and a former CIA military analyst, offer analysis on the likelihood the … Read more

California Supreme Court halts GOP sheriff’s voter fraud investigation

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to pause his investigation into alleged fraud in the 2025 election.”To permit further consideration of this petition for review, real parties, their agents, employees, and anyone acting on their behalf are hereby ordered to pause the investigation into the November 2025 special election … Read more

Judge blocks Trump’s push to deport Abrego Garcia, rebukes DOJ for trying to ‘dictate’ court

A U.S. judge in Maryland rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, using an otherwise procedural order Tuesday to scold the Justice Department for its conduct and for attempting, in the judge’s view, to “dictate” the actions of the court. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis took umbrage at the government’s … Read more

Stormy Daniels’ disgraced ex-lawyer and anti-Trump superstar Michael Avenatti moved to halfway house

Disgraced Democratic lawyer Michael Avenatti has been moved from federal prison to a halfway house in California, according to Bureau of Prisons records, but remains in federal custody with a projected release date of September 2028. Avenatti is best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her failed 2018 defamation lawsuit against President Donald … Read more

California fraud concerns ramp up as man pleads guilty to massive scheme using taxpayers as his ‘piggy bank’

As concerns about rampant fraud continue to grow nationwide, particularly in California, federal authorities announced the guilty plea of a man charged in a scheme to defraud taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Paul Richard Randall, 66, of Orange, California, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after local authorities say … Read more