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A Biden administration alum running for Congress is facing sharp Republican criticism over her role in the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Cait Conley, a Democrat seeking to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in a battleground district, previously served in a senior position on former President Joe Biden’s National Security Council focusing on counterterrorism in … Read more

Biologists had guessed coyote paddled a shorter distance to former prison in the San Francisco Bay earlier this year A lone coyote stunned biologists and others when earlier this year it paddled its way to the remote Alcatraz Island, a former federal prison in the San Francisco Bay surrounded by swift, choppy waters notorious for … Read more

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Attorneys criticize closure and say it sows ‘a lot of chaos’ as Trump administration claims shuttering is ‘cost effective’ The Department of Justice shuttered a major San Francisco immigration court last week, a decision attorneys say could exacerbate the Bay Area’s immigration case backlog. Early in the year, news reports emerged of the closure of … Read more

Former President Barack Obama sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager for an exclusive interview about his new Presidential Library in Chicago, Illinois, and shares a first look inside. President Obama also discusses the mission to help the community shape their collective future and educate the next generation with an auditorium for public speakers, recording … Read more

President Donald Trump says “Project Freedom,” his newly minted military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz and break an Iranian blockade, is suspended one day after it began. Trump said the pause will help diplomatic talks to end the war brokered by Pakistan. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan finished third in her Ohio Republican congressional primary Tuesday night, handing ICE critics a talking point but leaving Republican officials convinced they have the right candidate to flip a battleground seat. Sheahan’s loss to former state Rep. Derek Merrin brings relief to Republicans concerned about her … Read more

Howard Lutnick has acknowledged he visited Epstein’s island with his family in 2012 after earlier claiming he severed ties in 2005 Sign up for the Breaking News US email The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, will appear before the House oversight and reform committee on Wednesday to answer questions over his past ties to Jeffrey … Read more

Senate Republican lawmakers are adding $1 billion in public funds to a new spending bill to support President Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom, a project that was first billed as a privately funded endeavor. The White House says “Private donations are paying for the ballroom,” but that the bill, “gives much needed security and hardening … Read more

The Cal State Northridge player has attracted millions of views for his hair flicks and dismissive waves. He says navigating the fallout has been a career of its own “I think people are really enamored with me because you don’t often see someone like me – animated, flamboyant – but still able to back it … Read more