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Following U.S. and U.K. strikes that the Pentagon says destroyed over 60 targets inside Yemen, the Iranian-backed Houthi militia says they will not be deterred from striking more ships. Plus, President Joe Biden criticized Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for keeping his hospitalization secret from the commander-in-chief and the public for days. NBC News’ Courtney Kube … Read more
Voters in Taiwan will pick a new president this weekend. The key issue: the looming threat that China could invade the self-governing island. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer spoke to the candidates and previewed the race.
A Wisconsin judge ruled Friday that the state’s top elections official is legally holding her position and that the commission that appoints her is under no obligation to name a new leader, handing yet another defeat to Republicans who have tried to oust her. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked in June on a vote … Read more
Letter accuses ex-president of intending to ‘sow chaos’ next week, while Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400,000 Donald Trump’s legal woes continued to mount as a lawyer in an upcoming defamation case asked a judge to ensure the former president does not disrupt imminent legal proceedings – and, in a separate issue, … Read more
Senior fellow at the Middle East Institute Bilal Saab joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the lead up to and effects of the U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
The temperatures were in the mid-teens, the winds were howling, and eight inches of snow had already covered the roads, with more coming down on Friday morning. But the blast of winter weather didn’t stop Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from holding an early morning campaign event in suburban Des Moines, with three days to go … Read more
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said the strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen “didn’t go far enough.” He joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the upcoming presidential elections in Taiwan and the state of the Republican party.
President’s son switches gears and says he will speak to Congress members seeking to impeach his father Hunter Biden offered on Friday to comply with any new subpoena and testify in private before House Republicans seeking to impeach his father over alleged but unproven corruption, an attorney for Joe Biden’s son said. “If you issue … Read more
A pro-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. super PAC is hiring paid signature gatherers to qualify him for the 2024 presidential campaign ballot in key battleground states.
The prospect — albeit still dim — that Georgia could fully expand Medicaid has prompted Democrats and patient advocates to turn up the pressure on Republicans in the state legislature to act. But political experts, advocates and policy analysts say GOP lawmakers face significant headwinds to approving a plan they have long derided as wasteful, … Read more
