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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Washington Monday morning for a high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump, aiming to finalize a long-sought ceasefire deal to pause the near two-year-long conflict in Gaza. The visit comes amid intensifying negotiations between Israeli officials and Hamas intermediaries and follows a weekend of …

Billionaire Elon Musk announced Saturday that he is founding a new political party, citing deep frustration with both major parties and his sharp break with President Donald Trump over a multitrillion-dollar domestic spending bill that Musk says will plunge the nation into “debt slavery.” “When it comes to bankrupting our …

The Trump administration is ramping up its military involvement in immigration enforcement, with the U.S. Marine Corps deploying 200 service members to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Florida, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. The Marines, from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 stationed in North Carolina, are being dispatched as …

The official death toll jumped to 43 following the catastrophic floods that hit the Texas Hill Country as of Saturday evening, local officials announced during a news conference. Among the 43 dead were 15 children and 28 adults. Twelve adults and 5 children are still unidentified. [In Texas region prone …

The UFC plans to host a fight card on the grounds of the White House as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of American independence, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to NBC News on Friday. Details remain scarce, but President Donald Trump, speaking at a campaign stop in Des …

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is under fire after sending out an official email and posting a public message falsely claiming that President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending law eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for nearly 90% of recipients. The misleading statement, included in a mass …

President Donald Trump signed into law Friday evening his massive spending cut and tax break package to fulfill his domestic policy agenda on immigration and defense and overhaul American energy production. The “big, beautiful bill,” which Trump signed on Republicans’ self-imposed Fourth of July deadline, will make permanent the 2017 …

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light for the Trump administration to proceed with the deportation of eight convicted noncitizens to South Sudan, overriding a lower court order that had blocked the move over concerns the men could face torture or death. In an unsigned opinion, the high …

President Donald Trump took a victory lap celebrating the passage of the “big, beautiful bill” through Congress during an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday evening while sharing plans for the upcoming year of celebrations for the nation’s 250th anniversary. “There could be no better birthday present for America …

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending cut bill cleared early Thursday has as its centerpiece $170 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown, helping fulfill the president’s 2024 campaign promise of mass deportations of people without permanent legal status. The measure, passed by the House 218-214, would fulfill several of …

In a razor-thin vote on Thursday, House Republicans passed a sprawling tax and spending package that enshrines much of President Donald Trump’s second-term domestic agenda, sending the legislation to the president’s desk just in time for his July 4 deadline. The bill passed 218-214, with every Democrat voting no and …

Edward Kelley, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter who orchestrated a plot to murder FBI agents, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, following a federal judge’s ruling that President Donald Trump’s pardon did not apply to his post-insurrection conspiracy to assassinate law enforcement officers. Kelley, who was found guilty …

Nearly 12 million Americans, including children, could lose their health insurance under a Republican-backed plan that dramatically reshapes federal health programs like Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The sweeping proposal, officially named the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” aims to strip nearly …

A federal judge on Wednesday dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, blocking his administration’s effort to severely restrict access to asylum for migrants entering the United States — a move the judge said exceeded the president’s legal authority. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the …

Private sector hiring unexpectedly contracted in June, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday, marking the first monthly decline in job growth since March 2023 and raising questions about the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. In a sharp contrast to Wall Street expectations, private payrolls shrank by 33,000, well below …