Reese Witherspoon was once made to step up while serving on a jury — all because of “Legally Blonde.” In a recent appearance on “The Graham Norton Show,” the actor recalled being mistaken for a real lawyer by her fellow jurors because of her portrayal of Elle Woods. “Listen, I did not want to do...
An inmate escaped from a North Carolina jail through a ventilation system while his cellmates stuffed a mattress to make it seem like he was asleep, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John Matthew Nigh, 37, was discovered missing from the county detention center at 4 p.m. Monday, and officials learned he had escaped...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to become the first foreign leader to meet with President Donald Trump during his second term with a trip to the White House next week. A White House official confirmed to NBC News that Trump had extended an invitation to Netanyahu and that he accepted. Netanyahu’s office said...
Trump-endorsed state Sen. Randy Fine easily won a special House primary Tuesday in northwest Florida, setting him up to fill a vacant, deep-red seat as voters picked nominees in two congressional districts in the state. The Associated Press projected the primary for Fine shortly after polls closed in the district at 7 p.m. Eastern, with...
President Donald Trump signed a broad executive order targeting transition-related medical care for minors Tuesday. The order, titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” intends to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care — including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery — for minors, which it defines as those younger than 19. It prohibits federal...
WASHINGTON — West Virginia’s new Republican senator, Jim Justice, is already unmissable in the Capitol — standing 6-feet-7, moving around the complex using a bright red mobility scooter and never far from his 62-pound bulldog, Babydog. But don’t expect him to start his time in Washington as a key swing vote like his predecessor. Justice...
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 was another wild day in Washington after President Donald Trump’s unexpected overnight move to pause federal aid spending. As Lawrence...
Phone calls from concerned tenants in an apartment complex woke up the Bronx building’s manager at around 6 a.m. Tuesday. “They were telling me that ICE was there,” the building manager, who declined to be identified, told NBC News. New York was among the latest cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids, grabbing the...
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a “deferred resignation” with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits. A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to roughly...
In a letter Tuesday urging the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health and human services secretary, Caroline Kennedy referred to her cousin as a “predator.” Caroline Kennedy, a former U.S. ambassador to Australia and the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, said RFK Jr. was unqualified to lead HHS, which oversees...