Justice Department ends criminal probe of Powell
The Justice Department announced it would end its criminal investigation into outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
Mamdani in the hot seat after first veto derails bipartisan effort to combat antisemitism: ‘Disappointed’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sparking backlash after using his first veto to derail a bipartisan bill aimed at combating antisemitism by expanding protest security safeguards for places of education. “This could impact workers protesting ICE, or college students demanding their school divest from fossil fuels or demonstrating in support of Palestinian rights,” … Read more
FDA moves to fast-track three psychedelic drugs for review
A day after the DOJ said it would ease restrictions on medical marijuana, the FDA moves to fast-track some experimental psychedelic drugs for review. They’re looking at three drugs for treatment-resistant depression, major depressive disorder, and PTSD. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.
UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo
Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran war UK politics live – latest updates Downing Street has been forced to insist that Britain will not yield sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, after a leaked Pentagon email proposed the US should reassess its support … Read more
Hakeem Jeffries left scrambling after child reporter asks why voters view Democrats so negatively
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared caught off guard Thursday as children of the Capitol Hill press corps questioned him during an event. The exchange came during a Capitol Hill event marking “Take Your Child to Work Day,” where children of journalists were invited to ask lawmakers questions. The moment quickly stood out as … Read more
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High school senior identified as person killed in shooting at Lousiana mall
Martha Odom, 16, died from a gunshot wound to the chest according to the local coroner’s statement A high school senior has been identified as the person killed in a mass shooting that also wounded five others when two groups exchanged gunfire inside the food court at a mall in Louisiana’s capital city on Thursday … Read more
Tips generated by true-crime podcast lead to arrests in unsolved 1982 killing in Louisiana
Four men face murder charges in case of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp, whose body was found in a wooded area Four people have been arrested in connection to the 1982 killing of a Louisiana teenager, investigators announced on Friday. State police troopers said tips generated by a true-crime podcast they were involved in making – along … Read more
Democratic Maine governor vetoes first US state freeze on new datacenters
Janet Mills says moratorium would’ve been ‘appropriate’ if it didn’t interfere with ongoing datacenter project in Maine The Democratic governor of Maine on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first US state to impose a moratorium on large new datacenters, even as local opposition to the electricity-hungry facilities grows. The decision … Read more
Trump embraced the gambling industry for decades. Now he’s hedging his bet on prediction markets.
President Donald Trump on Thursday bemoaned to reporters the surge of interest in gambling and prediction markets in recent years, but he and his administration have been all in on the phenomenon, an NBC News review shows.”You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino.