Weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results.
Manhattan businessman Joseph Hernandez launched an independent NYC mayoral campaign, promising to hire 10,000 police officers and convert unused office space into housing.
The Republican Party’s redistricting efforts are heating up as the Texas legislature pushes for new congressional maps. President Trump has said that Republicans are “entitled” to gain five additional House seats before the 2026 midterms, as the GOP hopes to retain its slim majority in the lower chamber. In response, dozens of Texas statehouse Democrats...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday urged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to end its new map feature on Instagram. In a letter, first obtained by NBC News, the bipartisan lawmakers argued that the new tool, which shares Instagram users' last active location with followers, could endanger children. "For years, we...
Rescheduling cannabis from its current Schedule I classification to Schedule III would allow for expanded medical research, restore common sense to federal drug policy, and support economic growth.
Police identified a 30-year-old man as the suspected gunman in a Friday shooting outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta. Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Ga. was named as the alleged shooter by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Saturday. Local law enforcement is still investigating for White's motive. Here’s what we know...
North Carolina is on the verge of becoming the first state to opt in to President Trump's signature school choice initiative, the "Educational Choice for Children Act", which would provide a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for contributions to organizations offering scholarships to students who wish to attend a private school.
After more than four months aboard the International Space Station, four astronauts safely returned to Earth Saturday morning with a splashdown off the coast of San Diego, wrapping up NASA and SpaceX's Crew-10 mission.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) weighed in on the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump, suggesting it shows Putin may be ready to enter peace talks. Burchett, in a Friday evening appearance on NewsNation's "The Hill," pointed to a pressing timeline for Moscow to act on ceasefire negotiations to back up his...
The intelligence community reacted to the death of William H. Webster, the first and only official to lead both the FBI and CIA, commending him for his public service. Webster, according to a statement from his family, died Friday at the age of 101. "The proud and loving family of the Honorable William H. Webster...
Vinay Prasad, a top vaccine regulator ousted from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last month, is set to return to his post, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "At the FDA’s request, Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research," HHS spokesperson Andrew...
President Trump has moved to increase the number of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington D.C. — a decision he casts as necessary to combat crime. It’s a move widely seen as a rebuke to the District’s leadership, including Mayor Muriel Bowser (D). A lot of specifics are as yet undecided, including the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a major proponent of increased sanctions on Moscow and its allies, signaled Saturday that he supported President Trump's decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Invoking former President Ronald Reagan's summit with former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev before the end of the Cold War and subsequent fall of the Soviet...
