Man pleads guilty after crashing U-Haul truck near White House

A Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday after crashing a U-Haul truck into metal barriers near the White House last year in connection with what he said was a bid to overthrow the government. Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty to willful injury or depredation of property of the United States, according to court documents. […]

Arizona Supreme Court pushes back enforcement of 1864 abortion ban

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday granted a request to delay enforcement of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. The court granted Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes’ request for an additional 90 days before the Civil War-era ban can be enforced. Even though Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a repeal of the ban […]

Mississippi enacts transgender bathroom ban in public schools

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Monday that would bar transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identities in the state’s public schools.  The legislation, titled the Securing Areas for Females Effectively and Responsibly Act, or the “SAFER Act,” mandates that the state’s schools have single-sex restrooms, changing rooms […]

Longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen testifies. What you missed on Day 16.

Donald Trump’s longtime fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified Monday that he was acting at Trump’s behest when he made hush money payments to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. For weeks in Manhattan criminal court in New York City, Trump’s defense attorneys have sought to puncture Cohen’s credibility with the jury, and even […]

Hochul heads to the Vatican

With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: First the New York City mayor, and now Gov. Kathy Hochul is headed to Rome. A ‘Big’ Hall of Famer visited the state Capitol. The Adams administration was in Albany today to push for procurement changes. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis showed up outside the trial […]

White House sends official to Morehouse to address concerns ahead of Biden’s speech

WASHINGTON — A senior White House official met with a small group of students and faculty at Morehouse College on Friday, amid some objections on campus to having President Joe Biden deliver the commencement address there this weekend, according to a White House official and a Morehouse administration official.  During the meeting with Steve Benjamin, […]

Trump turns to his allies to ramp up trial attacks: 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 Jonathan Allen looks at how Donald Trump, who is under a gag order, is leaning on […]

Trump restricted legal immigration in his first term. Will it happen again?

Former President Donald Trump’s focus on the border and his ongoing vow to launch the biggest “domestic deportation operation” have dominated the political discourse on immigration this election cycle. But legal immigration is also in play in a potential second Trump term, with the announcement of some drastic cuts to foreign workers. Trump’s record on […]

Jury selection begins in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery case

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