ICE deports family, including deaf boy who wasn’t given his assistive devices

California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia California’s superintendent is calling for the return of a hearing-impaired six-year-old after he, his mother and his five-year-old sibling were detained on Tuesday while reporting for their check-in at an ICE office in San Francisco and deported to Colombia. Lesly … Read more

Russia Is Providing Intelligence to Iran on Location of US Forces

Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces in the Middle East, according to four sources with knowledge. In a new interview, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not deny Russian help to Iran, but downplayed its significance in a “60 Minutes” interview. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports for Saturday TODAY.

One Week Into Iran War: Will There Be US Troops on the Ground?

Retired Col. Steve Warren, an NBC News military analyst and former Pentagon spokesperson, joins Saturday TODAY to break down the war in Iran as it marks one week since the conflict began. He also talks about what to make of President Donald Trump privately suggesting a small contingent of U.S. ground troops in the region.

US Crude Oil Sees Largest Weekly Price Jump on Record

Gas prices have steadily been on the rise since the conflict in Iran began a week ago. U.S. crude oil prices topped $90 a barrel on Friday and surged 35% this week which is the biggest weekly jump on record. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for Saturday TODAY.

WATCH: Capitol Hill debate erupts over whether Trump’s Iran strikes amount to ‘war’

Debate on Capitol Hill continues to rage over whether President Donald Trump started a “war” with the strikes he carried out against Iran last weekend, a key consideration for whether the president must look to Congress for authority to continue Operation Epic Fury. Where Republicans see a narrowly-tailored attack designed to prevent a U.S. adversary … Read more

What’s next for Kristi Noem? 2026 Senate chatter grows after DHS exit

President Donald Trump cut short Kristi Noem’s tenure at the Department of Homeland Security after weeks of internal turmoil. Now headed to a new envoy post, the onetime conservative star faces a pressing question: Can she stage a political comeback? Noem was fired as the nation’s immigration chief after a turbulent stretch marked by internal … Read more

Texas fracker turned escort says repression allowed business to flourish

Mickey says his stint as a handyman transformed into a lucrative sex business due to the region’s ‘self-denial’ A western Texas fracker starring in a podcast about how his attempted moonlighting as a handyman turned into lucrative sex work largely solicited by distracted oil industry professionals’ housewives says he believes his region’s repressive sexual attitudes … Read more

‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience

White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men Rap and EDM. Clips from action movies. Heads-up displays from video games. As the war with Iran approaches its second week, the White House has leaned into an online propaganda campaign that seems less about intimidating Iran … Read more

Nancy Pelosi doubles down on defending Obama’s strikes on Libya while attacking Trump: ‘Read the law’

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to argue that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran and former President Barack Obama’s strikes on Libya were “two completely different things” despite many shared similarities between the two incidents.  Pelosi has condemned Trump’s strikes while defending President Barack Obama back in 2011. “They’re not at all alike,” … Read more