Congressional hearings prompt longer investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Rep. Crow will ‘fiercely oppose’ GOP bill that forces Biden to continue weapons transfers to Israel 07:36 Chuck Todd: Biden, Trump need ‘super bowl’ debate ‘to shake up the race’ 05:52 Now Playing Congressional hearings prompt longer investigation into Baltimore […]

How Biden came around to debating Trump: 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, White House correspondent Mike Memoli reports on how Joe Biden came around to challenging Donald Trump to two debates. […]

Biden administration advances potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel

The Biden administration informally notified Congress on Tuesday that it is continuing to advance a potential $1 billion weapons sale to Israel through the State Department review process, a U.S. official familiar with the process told NBC News. If the sale is approved, the weapons transfer wouldn’t happen for several years but it is the […]

Parker accused of shoving advocate at Capitol

With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Michael Carey, an advocate for disabled patients and a regular presence at the state Capitol, said he was pushed by state Sen. Kevin Parker. Labor chairs of the state Legislature want to do more to protect retail workers. Efforts to move migrants upstate to […]

Speaker Mike Johnson defends joining Trump at his New York trial

WASHINGTON — On the car ride from Trump Tower to the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was venting to Speaker Mike Johnson about the first 16 days of his hush money trial and how it’s kept him off the campaign trail. “He’s clearly frustrated that he’s been tied up now for the fifth […]

U.S. removes Cuba from list of countries not cooperating fully against terrorism

WASHINGTON — The U.S. removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are “not cooperating fully” in its fight against terrorism, a State Department official said on Wednesday. The official cited the resumption of law enforcement cooperation between Cuba and the U.S. as one the reasons why the previous designation was […]

‘I’m really curious about the dog’

Donald Trump told a room of wealthy donors in Manhattan on Tuesday night that he had questions about Cricket, the 14-month-old wirehaired pointer who was shot and killed by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, an account that has haunted Noem as the race to be Trump’s running mate heats up.  During a private fundraiser, Trump […]

Biden and Trump agree to debates in June and September

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GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, argued that President Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump after the Justice Department brought indictments against the former president and pressured New York prosecutors not to pursue Trump’s ongoing hush money trial. In an exclusive interview on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle,” Romney expressed his dismay in response […]