President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor. In an interview with NBC News this week, Cardona, who served in President Joe Biden’s...
SpaceX said Thursday that its Starship space vehicle broke up during a flight meant to test the megarocket’s capabilities. The rocket system’s upper stage appears to have disintegrated somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico or possibly the Caribbean Sea. Shortly after SpaceX said it lost touch with the spacecraft, videos emerged on social media that...
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate is aiming to pass a bill to crack down on illegal immigration in the coming days, with the hope of sending it to incoming President Donald Trump next week as his first legislative victory. But Senate debate on the bill has dragged on this week, with two main hurdles still...
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company looks to push development of the mammoth vehicle further, including with a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites. The company has an hour window, from 5 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET, to launch Starship...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that’s behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry. The guidance for labs to do this type of testing...
Elon Musk is among the opening speakers who will precede President-elect Donald Trump at his pre-inaugural rally in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, according to a source familiar with the planning. Musk, the world’s richest man, spent more than a quarter-billion on last year’s campaign. Soon after his victory in November, Trump tapped Musk to co-chair...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration does not plan to levy billions of dollars in fines against companies that allow access to TikTok in the U.S., as is stipulated by law if a ban of the popular app goes into effect on Sunday, according to two administration officials. The administration has decided to defer implementation of...
In a farewell speech to Justice Department staffers, outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appeared to rebuke attacks from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who have “wrongly criticized” the department as politically motivated. “The story that has been told by some outside of this building about what has happened inside of it is...
A sheriff’s office in New York defended two deputies who detained and handcuffed an 11-year-old girl this week, saying that she matched the description of a suspect. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, responding to criticism after a video of the encounter was posted online, called the deputies’ actions “reasonable” but said the office would change its policy to notify a...
Caleb Williams has shared his side of the story after he was catfished in a now-viral video by someone claiming to be Detroit Lions Offensive Coordinator Ben Johnson. The incident, which happened late last week, started when Williams received a text message. He later FaceTimed the number and the person on the other end recorded...