President Trump said he would not drop his blockade of Iran’s ports designed to pressure Iran to make a nuclear deal. Plus, Democrats grilled Pentagon leaders over the war. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., traded barbs with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in a fiery Senate hearing on Wednesday over cost-benefit analysis of coal plants — and whether the EPA, under Trump’s leadership, had enough to weigh whether hospital bills and insurance claims should factor into the calculus. The heated back-and-forth left Zeldin taking … Read more
The New York City mayor said in a press conference that, if he ever spoke with King Charles III on another occasion, separate from a meeting at the 9/11 memorial on Wednesday, he would suggest he ‘return’ the Koh-i-Noor diamond. The diamond, one of the most famous in the world, has been part of the … Read more
The astronauts joined president in Oval Office for a press conference, and it wasn’t long before he praised himself Donald Trump hosted the crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission at the White House on Wednesday. The four astronauts – commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy … Read more
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) joins Meet the Press NOW to react to the latest indictment of former FBI Director James Comey over an image he posted of seashells spelling out “86 47.” The Trump administration previously tried and failed to indict Rep. Crow over a video telling soldiers to disobey illegal orders.
Investigators believe that the man charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump shot a Secret Service officer who was wearing a ballistic vest, according to three law enforcement officials familiar with the case
Congressional Republicans are racing to extend a controversial spying program before it is scheduled to lapse Friday at midnight. House lawmakers voted 235 to 191 in a bipartisan manner to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term. The vote split Republicans with more than … Read more
First lady Melania Trump’s senior adviser is opening up about how the first lady reacted the night an armed suspect stormed the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in an alleged effort to assassinate President Donald Trump and administration officials. “She was not frightened. She was in full control. She knew what had to be done,” … Read more
Decision gives mapmakers in Republican states power to crack districts into pieces and dilute votes into oblivion The Voting Rights Act was a political peace compact written in John Lewis’s blood. The Callais v Landry decision by the US supreme court, which set aside much of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, whitewashed that … Read more
The U.S. military is racing to boost missile production after years of output that lagged behind current demand left key weapons in short supply, according to an analysis of Pentagon procurement data. At current production rates, some of the Pentagon’s most critical munitions would take years — and in some cases decades — to replenish, … Read more
