As the Trump administration pushes for deep cuts in federal health agencies, Robert F Kennedy Jr. has produced a 72-page summary on the environmental toxins, chemicals and ultraprocessed foods he said are causing an “existential crisis” in the United States. In an interview Thursday afternoon with Tom Llamas, senior national …
Read More »Mahmoud Khalil and his attorneys tell judge his life, his family’s would be at risk if he’s deported
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be protected from deportation, which could put his life at risk, his attorneys argued Thursday. Ahead of a critical court hearing before an immigration judge in Louisiana that focused on whether Khalil was entitled to relief from deportation, including through asylum, Khalil met and …
Read More »57-year-old stowaway who flew from New York to Paris found guilty
A jury on Thursday convicted a woman who sneaked onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass by slipping past security and airline gate agents at John F. Kennedy International Airport last year. The short trial of Svetlana Dali concluded with a guilty finding on a …
Read More »North Dakota governor vetoes the housing budget — by mistake
When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple of line items. At least, that was his intention Monday. Instead, he accidentally vetoed $35 million for the state’s housing budget. Now the state is figuring out how to deal …
Read More »Kid Cudi testifies about car fire and ‘Marvel supervillain’ meeting at Diddy’s trial
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. Grammy-winning rapper Scott Mescudi — better known by his stage name, Kid Cudi — took the witness stand today as prosecutors continued sketching their portrait of …
Read More »Trump’s big bill has history on its side: 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 White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. It’s a “big, beautiful” edition of the newsletter today, as we break down the political …
Read More »What we know about the suspect in the Capital Jewish Museum shooting
Federal officials are reviewing writings that they say may belong to the man suspected of fatally gunning down two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., as they investigate whether the attack was motivated by antisemitism. District police identified the lone suspect as Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident in his early …
Read More »Deported immigrants, mostly Asian and Latino, will be in Djibouti for 2 weeks, White House says
A flight with eight immigrants that left Texas this week, reportedly headed for South Sudan, will now remain in the East African country of Djibouti for two weeks to comply with a court order, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. During a briefing, Leavitt placed blame on …
Read More »Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling international students
The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students amid an ongoing standoff between the government and the Ivy League school. Harvard has refused to adhere to a set of demands issued by the Trump administration’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism that included sweeping reforms to whom …
Read More »NOAA forecasts above average Atlantic hurricane season
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters are predicting an active Atlantic hurricane season with more storm activity than typical. “We’re really looking at an above normal season,” said Ken Graham, a meteorologist and the director of the National Weather Service. “We’re calling for 13 to 19 named storms.” Storms get …
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