Progress toward ending the Ukraine war appears to have slowed after Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin, with no planned meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading ‘We’ll see what happens’: Trump ends week of Ukraine-Russia talks on a more tentative note
President Donald Trump held an unhinged Oval Office press conference on Friday where he lied about the success of his authoritarian takeover of Washington. Then he upped the ante by targeting Chicago for his next military invasion, calling it a “mess” and claiming that Black women are begging him to turn their city into a police state. “The people in Chicago,” Trump said, as Vice … Continue reading Watch Trump get creepy as he fantasizes about invading Chicago next
At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered with thick legal books about immigration law, recruits learn about how the Fourth Amendment governs their work. And on a firing range littered with shell casings, new recruits for Immigration and Customs Enforcement practice shooting their handguns. “Instructors, give … Continue reading Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump’s deportation goals
NBC News Law Enforcement and Intelligence Correspondent Tim Winter joins Meet the Press NOW with the latest on the Department of Justice releasing transcripts and tapes from their interviews with Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Continue reading Ghislaine Maxwell says she ‘never witnessed’ Trump in any inappropriate setting in DOJ tapes
Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister, sat down with Meet the Press to discuss the latest in the peace process between his country and Russia, and his reaction to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov telling her there is no meeting planned between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading Zelenskyy ready to discuss ‘territorial issue’ with Putin: Ukrainian first deputy foreign minister
The Trump administration said Friday that it had taken a 10% stake in Intel, President Donald Trump’s latest extraordinary move to exert federal government control over private business. Continue reading U.S. takes 10% stake in Intel, Trump administration says
NBC News Correspondents Garrett Haake and Kelly O’Donnell report on the FBI search of former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton’s home. Continue reading FBI search of fmr. Trump Advisor John Bolton’s home related to ‘classified information’
The firing follows the agency’s June initial assessment indicating strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities had more limited effect than Trump said. Continue reading Pete Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency
The Department of Justice has released transcripts and audio files of from a recent interview with Jeffery Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The transcripts show Maxwell denied the existence of a client list, claims she never witnessed wrongdoing by Donald Trump, and does not believe Epstein died by suicide. Continue reading Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts released by Justice Department
In a sort of “Al Capone goes down for tax evasion” moment, a federal judge has ordered Alligator Alcatraz, the hastily constructed immigrant detention center in the Everglades, shut down. It wasn’t shuttered for its gruesome conditions, but because in their zeal to build a wetland black site as quickly as possible, Florida officials and the federal government skipped out on the required environmental review. … Continue reading Alligator Alcatraz 0, Environment 1—for now
