Sec. Scott Bessent says tariffs are not a tax on the American people
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent responds to concerns from major companies over the cost of President Trump’s impending tariffs.
Sen. Cory Booker says engagement is ‘biggest blessing I’ve received in my life’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) talks about his engagement to girlfriend Alexis Lewis in an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
South Korea reaches deal with US to release workers detained after immigration raid
The South Korean government has reached a deal with the U.S. to secure the release of hundreds of migrant workers detained at a Hyundai automobile factory in Georgia. Homeland Security Investigations said 475 people who were in the country illegally, primarily from South Korea, were arrested as part of the operation at the under-construction battery … Read more
The ‘bizarre’ referral of the US housing finance agency chief to oust Lisa Cook
Former officials and experts say Bill Pulte’s request for inquiry into Fed governor’s alleged fraud is ‘unusual’ The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency embraced a highly unusual process to accuse Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, of committing mortgage fraud, former officials and experts have said. One former high-ranking official called the director’s … Read more
Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine
Sources say Prince, whose firm’s contractors committed 2007 Iraq massacre, eager to get into valuable drone sector Amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is considering using US private military contractors in a postwar Ukraine, multiple sources tell the Guardian one high-profile and controversial American from the “war on terror” era is already circling for business. … Read more
Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school – unless they’re Muslim
Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord’s Prayer as a Republican law goes into effect Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for US Senate, has long believed in school prayer. Now, he’s prescribing precisely what type of prayer he wants the state’s 6 million public school … Read more
Trump nominees pile up as GOP weighs rule shift once floated by Democrats
Senate Republicans are getting closer to changing the upper chamber’s rules to allow for a slew of President Donald Trump’s lower-level nominees to be confirmed, and they’re closing in on a revived proposal from Democrats to do it. The hope among Republicans is that using a tool that Senate Democrats once considered would allow them … Read more
The USTA’s censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American | Bryan Armen Graham
By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday’s final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle When the dust finally settles in the days after Sunday’s eagerly awaited US Open men’s final, the United States Tennis Association will issue its annual victory-lap press … Read more
Bill Belichick gets first UNC win and confirms he has banned Patriots scouts
Tar Heels beat Charlotte 20-3 on rainy afternoon Scout ban shows decaying of relations with former team Bill Belichick won six Super Bowls during nearly a quarter of a century coaching the New England Patriots, but it’s clear that relationship has deteriorated since his departure in January of 2024 leading to plenty of animosity and … Read more
Chicago Protests in Response to Trump’s Threat of Federal Troops
The Chicago community is on alert as President Donald Trump claims he’ll send federal forces into the city. Using what appeared to be an AI-generated image with a reference to the Vietnam War movie “Apocalypse Now,” Trump suggested he’d go to “war” with the city. NBC’s Adrienne Broaddus reports for Sunday TODAY.