Apple and Google have made TikTok available on their U.S. app stores again, the companies said Thursday evening. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, disappeared from both stores in the U.S. on Jan. 18, hours before a ban on the social media app was set to go into effect. It had remained...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration began a mass firing of federal workers on Thursday. Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees, according to a person familiar with the matter. Hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be affected, according to data from the Office of...
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. In today’s edition, we dive into the political futures of three senators: one who wants to stick around Washington, one who...
An 18-year-old Indiana student has been accused of plotting a mass shooting at their high school on Valentine’s Day, a plan that he allegedly wrote was inspired by the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. Jamie Shockley has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, intimidation: threat to commit terrorism, and...
Helter-skelter week Less than a month into Trump’s second term, this helter-skelter week for Ukraine policy has signalled a departure from former President Joe Biden’s pro-Ukraine agenda, stunning even seasoned observers. The president has dispatched Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg to Europe for a...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans on Thursday passed legislation they called the “strongest” immigration enforcement bill in any state in the country, after a fight that amplified political tensions within the party as they aimed to help President Donald Trump. Over the past two weeks, Republican leaders in the state have feuded with Florida Gov....
A group of 14 states sued Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Thursday, arguing that the authority the White House granted the tech billionaire and his advisory Department of Government Efficiency is unconstitutional. The suit, filed by Democratic attorneys general from states like Arizona, Michigan and Rhode Island, takes aim at the magnitude and...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the recently confirmed health and human services secretary, will chair a new commission focused on addressing chronic disease. President Donald Trump established the commission Thursday with an executive order he issued just hours after the Senate confirmed Kennedy. The Make America Healthy Again Commission, as it’s called, will consist of several...
Many public health experts said their fears were realized Thursday when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as health and human services secretary. Kennedy, who has a background in environmental law, is the founder of a prominent anti-vaccine activist group that has bought numerous lawsuits against federal health agencies. He has also written several books...