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House Democrats largely voted in lockstep to continue the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown Thursday despite growing fallout over air travel nationwide.  Democrats’ opposition to ending the funding lapse — the second-longest in history — comes as lawmakers could leave for recess before striking a deal. The DHS funding measure still passed the House … Read more

Vice President JD Vance will convene the first meeting of a new White House anti-fraud task force Friday, an administration official told NBC News

President’s popularity top of mind at another weird and wild cabinet meeting – riff on merits of Sharpies included They have become so notorious for displays of flattery and obsequiousness that critics have drawn comparisons with North Korea. Thursday’s cabinet meeting at the White House was no different. Doug Burgum, the US interior secretary, outflanked … Read more

NBC News Correspondents Monica Alba and Courtney Kube report on President Trump’s latest comments on the war with Iran. Iranian political activist Masih Alinejad weighs in on the ongoing negotiations.

Airlines for America CEO Chris Sununu joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the ramifications of the partial government shutdown on TSA workers as security screening wait times at airports continue to climb. NBC News correspondent Melanie Zanona reports from Capitol Hill as Democrats and Republicans reach an impasse on DHS funding.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is pausing planned strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for 10 days as negotiations continue, setting a new deadline of April 6. “As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that I am pausing the period of Energy Plant destruction by 10 Days to Monday, April … Read more

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., pushed back against the prospect of imposing a moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S., blasting the policy proposal as “China First.” “The emerging chassis of AI must be built by America. We can put appropriate guardrails in place without handing the win on AI to China. A moratorium … Read more

President Donald Trump confirmed he voted by mail in Florida’s special election Tuesday, but he pivoted from the media attack point to note his mail-in ballot reform agenda provides for “exceptions” — and not only because he has the privilege of being president. “Yeah, I did,” Trump shot back at a reporter Thursday at his … Read more

Nearly a month since the U.S. and Israel launched military attacks on Iran, a slew of new national polls indicate that most Americans give the military strikes a thumbs down. But the surveys point to a continued broad partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans over the ongoing fighting in the volatile Middle East. Forty-two percent … Read more

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is returning next month to New Hampshire, the state that for a century has held the first primary in the race for the White House. But that doesn’t mean the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nominee is looking to make a comeback in 2028. While a growing number of potential … Read more