Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily 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, Jonathan Allen shares what he learned after spending a day talking to voters at a Pennsylvania gas station. Plus, our Capitol...
Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in connection with a wide-ranging investigation being run by a Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Florida, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News Thursday. The probe, which focuses on an earlier investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other prosecutions related to President...
A new video released on Thursday shows Taylor Frankie Paul attacking her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, in front of her daughter three years ago. Shortly after the video was published, a Disney spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that they had pulled Taylor’s season of “The Bachelorette,” which was set to premiere on Sunday. “In light of the...
ABC has pulled Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” just days before its Sunday premiere, a Disney Entertainment Television spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. The move comes amid reports that “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen, are involved in an ongoing domestic violence investigation. A new video...
A divisive Bollywood thriller about an Indian spy working undercover in Pakistan has captivated audiences in the rival South Asian nations for months, drawing viewers worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing Hindi-language film ever in both India and North America. Now audiences are bracing for the sequel. “Dhurandhar,” which translates to “Stalwart,” became India’s highest-grossing film...
An Ohio-based company that initially balked at granting a mom’s request to work from home during a high-risk pregnancy has been found liable for the newborn’s death and ordered on Wednesday to pay $22.5 million in damages. Chelsea Walsh, according to her lawsuit, made the work-from-home request with Total Quality Logistics on Feb. 15, 2021,...
In a musty, multipurpose auditorium at the top of a winding staircase, close to 75 New Yorkers of many political stripes, from MAGA conservatives to progressive environmentalists, gathered Tuesday night to share their worries about the concentrated wealth and power steering today’s rapid AI development. “Artificial intelligence is not a problem of the future. It’s...
WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Homeland Security Department shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding...
MINNEAPOLIS — An immigration judge has denied the asylum claim of the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy photographed in a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack as he was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that shook Minneapolis earlier this year, a family lawyer said. They were ordered deported to Ecuador,...
Barcelona police searching for a missing University of Alabama student who vanished from a nightclub early Tuesday morning said they found a body at Somorrostro Beach. Catalan Police told NBC News that the body was found Thursday around 6 p.m. local time. An identity has not been confirmed. James Paul Gracey, a junior accounting major,...