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The Justice Department is preparing to ask a grand jury as soon as Thursday to indict former FBI Director James Comey on allegations that he lied to Congress, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move comes just days before the five-year statute of limitations expires on Comey’s …

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a deal Thursday clearing the way for TikTok’s U.S. operations to be transferred from its China-based parent company ByteDance to a group of American investors, two senior White House officials told NBC News. The agreement, which has been in the works for months, …

The White House is escalating the stakes of a looming government shutdown by preparing plans that could lead to mass firings of federal employees, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to draft “reduction in force” (RIF) plans in …

Hundreds of federal employees purged in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to their jobs at the General Services Administration, the agency responsible for managing much of the government’s real estate portfolio. According to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, GSA has given the workers …

Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by her late father, longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva, NBC News projected Tuesday night. Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, defeated Republican Daniel Butierez in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a scheduled White House meeting with Democratic leaders, saying he will not sit down with them until they “become realistic” in the escalating fight over government funding. The move comes with a shutdown deadline of Oct. 1 looming and both parties deadlocked over …

A deadly shooting at a federal immigration facility in Dallas on Wednesday left two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees dead and one critically injured, prompting an FBI investigation into what officials described as an act of targeted violence. The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. No …

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to restore more than $500 million in federal grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, ruling that the government likely violated federal law by cutting the funds without proper justification. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin granted a preliminary …

President Donald Trump delivered a blistering address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, accusing the body of failing to solve global conflicts, dismissing international climate efforts as a “con job,” and warning U.S. allies that they risk collapse without Washington’s leadership. “All they seem to do is write …

A Florida jury on Tuesday convicted Ryan Wesley Routh of attempting to assassinate then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last year, a stunning trial that ended in chaos when the defendant stabbed himself in the neck with a pen moments after the verdict was read. …

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is stepping back into the national spotlight with a memoir that spares few of her allies, even as it dissects her own shortcomings in the bruising 2024 election that ended in defeat to Donald Trump. Published Tuesday by Simon & Schuster, 107 Days focuses on …

Oracle Corp. will spearhead U.S. oversight of TikTok’s algorithm and security under a framework deal advanced Monday by President Donald Trump’s administration, in the most significant step yet toward severing the Chinese-owned app’s ties with Beijing. The proposal calls for a consortium of U.S. investors — led by Oracle and …

President Donald Trump on Monday urged pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, saying they should “just fight like hell not to take it.” But his remarks quickly drew fire from doctors and autism researchers, who emphasized there’s no scientific proof that the pain reliever — also known as acetaminophen — …

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC on Tuesday, nearly a week after the network suspended it in response to backlash over the comedian’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But viewers across much of the U.S. may still not see the broadcast. Sinclair, which operates …

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that the Food and Drug Administration has approved leucovorin, a chemotherapy support drug, as a treatment for autism symptoms — and simultaneously issued a warning to doctors against recommending acetaminophen during pregnancy, citing concerns it may be linked to autism in children. The dual …