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In today’s edition, Kristen Welker wraps up President Donald Trump’s trip to China. Plus, we look ahead to next Tuesday’s key Republican Senate primary in Georgia.

The Trump administration marked a full year of “zero releases” at the southern border on Friday, a milestone officials touted as evidence that the president has effectively ended the catch-and-release policies that defined the Biden-era border crisis. “Zero releases” refers to U.S. border patrol not releasing illegal border crossers into the U.S. interior after apprehension. … Read more

The Justice Department is pushing to indict 94-year-old Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. NBC News correspondents Gabe Gutierrez and Courtney Kube join Meet the Press NOW to report on the indictment, that comes as CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana to meet with … Read more

President Trump returns to the White House following his state trip to China, touting “fantastic trade deals.” NBC News correspondents Gabe Gutierrez and Courtney Kube join Meet the Press NOW to wrap up his visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a National Garden of American Heroes in Washington, D.C.’s West Potomac Park in a Friday morning post on Truth Social. “I am proud to announce the site of the NATIONAL GARDEN OF AMERICAN HEROES. This magnificent exhibition of statues will be located in West Potomac Park, which we … Read more

Russian drone attacks on Kyiv, Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Trump in Beijing and a mural of Lamine Yamal – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

Rick Jackson, a Republican billionaire running for Georgia governor on a pledge to ban DEI in state government and public education, founded a nonprofit that promoted a 2021 workplace initiative urging Georgia CEOs to invest in DEI, measure progress, examine racial pay gaps, use race-conscious hiring practices and lead workplaces “with race in mind.” Jackson, … Read more

A House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing devolved into chaos Thursday as a North Carolina lawmaker demanded Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano “be quiet” while the prosecutor was reamed out over cases including the alleged rape of a 4-year-old girl by an illegal Guatemalan national. Descano and Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid, a fellow Democrat accused of … Read more

Though U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping “discussed almost everything,” their Beijing summit produced no sweeping agreements.

Prosecutors have described fatal shooting outside of DC’s Capital Jewish Museum last year as calculated and planned The US justice department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday. Elias … Read more