Biden evokes D-Day heroes in speech about threats to democracy

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New Jersey businessman says he bribed Sen. Menendez with a Mercedes

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New Jersey businessman admits to bribing Sen. Bob Menendez with a Mercedes-Benz

A New Jersey businessman testified on Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez, telling a jury in the New Jersey Democrat’s bribery trial that he gave the lawmaker’s wife a Mercedes in exchange for his influence. Jose Uribe, who pleaded guilty in March and is cooperating with prosecutors, was asked on the witness stand whom […]

Two months after the strike on World Central Kitchen workers, U.S. still reviewing Israel’s investigation

WASHINGTON — More than two months after an Israeli airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, the Biden administration still has not provided an assessment of the preliminary investigation by Israel that determined the incident was a “grave mistake.” White House officials have privately said for weeks that they are waiting on […]

Transgender teen hospitalized after alleged attack in high school bathroom

A transgender girl was hospitalized and left with a broken jaw after allegedly being attacked by one of her classmates at a Minnesota high school.  Cobalt Sovereign, 17, told NBC affiliate KARE 11 this week that she was assaulted on May 30 by a male student while leaving the men’s bathroom at Hopkins High School […]

Nonprofit connected to Leonard Leo sent millions to his firm

A key advocacy group in conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo’s network paid millions to his consulting firm, a new filing shows, the latest example of Leo’s web of nonprofits sending money to his business amid government scrutiny of his dealings. The Concord Fund, a Virginia-based nonprofit, paid $6 million to Leo’s firm CRC Advisors between […]

When third-party ballot access meets partisan meddling: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior politics reporter Alex Seitz-Wald uncovers an effort by operatives linked to a GOP consulting firm to help put […]