WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – After 22 months in the making and causing deep political division around the country, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s much-anticipated Russia election interference report has been handed over to the Justice Department. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump signed an executive order to withhold government money from colleges that don’t promise to protect free speech. The order affects at least $40 billion in grant and research money that federal agencies oversee. Pres. Trump ...
(NBCNC) – Three Americans detained in North Korea have been released and are on their way back home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. This is viewed as a goodwill gesture ahead of a historic summit between President Trump and ...
WASHINTON, D.C. (NBC News) – The first state dinner of the Trump presidency comes Tuesday evening at the White House, when President Trump and the first lady host French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, along with approximately 150 other ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – For embattled EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, it appeared to be business as usual as he announced plans to roll back Obama-era greenhouse gas and fuel emissions standards. “What was done in 2011 and 2012 as ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) plans to be the first senator to officially join Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as a cosponsor of the Marijuana Justice Act. The act, if passed, would end the federal prohibition of marijuana. “The ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – Embattled Senator Al Franken announced Wednesday his plan to resign in the face of sexual harassment allegations. The decision came after a former Congressional aide told Politico that Franken tried to forcibly kiss her in ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation to improve background checks for gun sales was unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators Thursday. A description of the bill offers solutions to “fix” the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS.) The “Fix NICS ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBCNC) – Congress is back this week with a Thanksgiving deadline to overhaul how America pays taxes – something that hasn’t been done in over 30 years. “The goal here is to get middle-class taxes down, to get ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stood together Monday as a show of solidarity during an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters. The two have publicly feuded in recent weeks, but now, as ...