David Weiss, the federal attorney who investigated and prosecuted Hunter Biden, quietly resigned in January, NBC News has learned. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware and a spokesperson for the Justice Department confirmed that Weiss stepped down as both U.S. attorney and special counsel on Jan. 17 — three days before President…
In one of his first in-depth interviews since joining the U.S. government, Elon Musk pushed a variety of claims about waste and fraud but offered little new information or insight into the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a wide-ranging, three-hour discussion with podcaster Joe Rogan published Friday, Musk revisited well-trodden grievances about…
The U.S. Mint has removed from its website the gold medals honoring police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot — another instance of President Donald Trump’s administration moving to take down material related to the violent episode stemming from his falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election results. Bronze duplicates…
In a first, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, commuted the death sentence of an intellectually disabled man convicted of murder on Friday. She said there wasn’t enough evidence to support killing Robin “Rocky” Myers but there wasn’t enough evidence to free him, either. “I am not convinced that Mr….
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker gathered most of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s hospital Friday to lay out in stark terms the damage that would be brought on vulnerable populations if President Donald Trump’s administration slashes Medicaid funding. “Red alert, everybody,” Pritzker said. “It is time to wake…
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. Happy Friday! Somehow it is already the last day of February. In today’s edition, we break down the fallout at home…
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday that strikes gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, making Iowa the first state to remove civil rights from a previously protected class. The bill passed the Republican-majority state Senate, 33-15, along party lines Thursday. Less than an hour later, the House passed its version of…
The West Texas measles outbreak continues to grow, now possibly spreading into the central part of the state and neighboring New Mexico, health officials said Friday. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed there have been 146 cases of the highly contagious virus since the outbreak, centered in Gaines County, began in late January….
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia police sergeant was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after he fatally shot a man accused of stealing sunglasses from a shopping center. Wesley Shifflett, 36, was convicted by a northern Virginia jury in October of reckless handling…
Copenhagen may be a compact city — you can cycle from one side to the other in about 15 minutes — but it’s built upon a vibrant patchwork of distinct, characterful neighbourhoods. Depending on where you stay, you may find yourself surrounded by innovative new builds, trendy brewpubs or contemporary art spaces, each one offering a different…
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