WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Senate on Friday voted overwhelmingly to confirm the first Black secretary of defense, retired four-star Army General Lloyd Austin. Lawmakers voted 93 to 2 in a final floor vote with two Republicans, Josh Hawley of ...
(NBC News) As the Biden administration encourages Americans to come together in the wake of a divisive election season, political discourse on social media remains divisive. The January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol showed that misleading messages can be ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) — President Biden is offering hope, along with a warning as his administration tackles the COVID-19 pandemic. “Help is on the way,” Mr. Biden promised Thursday. At the same time, he’s predicting the U.S. death toll ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – On his first full day in office, President Biden is tackling the COVID crisis, signing a series of executive orders, and pulling together a huge stimulus package that is already facing partisan pushback on Capitol Hill. ...
Oregon Governor Kate Brown is scheduled to give the State of the State address at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2021. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – The Biden administration ordered a pause on some deportations. The hold comes with a review of immigration enforcement practices and policies at the direction of acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske. It will last 100 days, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – After four years in the Oval Office, the former president is spending his first full day as a private citizen in Florida. But his shadow still looms large in Washington as he ponders his next moves ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – The Biden administration is kicking off an aggressive agenda on its first full day. Ten new executive orders on COVID-19 will be signed, part of a national strategy to expand emergency relief, vaccinations, testing, reopen ...
TEHRAN, Iran (NBC) – Iran’s president said the ball “is in the court of the U.S.” on the future of the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran promised Wednesday it would fulfill its commitments under the nuclear deal if the new U.S. ...