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Netanyahu to meet with Trump at the White House next week
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Netanyahu to meet with Trump at the White House next week

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 signs sweeping order to further restrict trans care for minors nationwide
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Trump signs sweeping order to further restrict trans care for minors nationwide

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...

Jim Justice sees backing Trump as his Senate mandate
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Jim Justice sees backing Trump as his Senate mandate

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...

The constitutional battle at the center of Trump’s funding freeze: From the Politics Desk
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The constitutional battle at the center of Trump’s funding freeze: 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 was another wild day in Washington after President Donald Trump’s unexpected overnight move to pause federal aid spending. As Lawrence...

Immigration raids surprise New York City residents
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Immigration raids surprise New York City residents

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...

Trump administration to offer federal workers a buyout to resign
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Trump administration to offer federal workers a buyout to resign

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...

Caroline Kennedy calls RFK Jr. a ‘predator’ and urges Senate to reject his nomination
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Caroline Kennedy calls RFK Jr. a ‘predator’ and urges Senate to reject his nomination

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...