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. In today’s edition, our team looks at Trump’s tariff agenda on the eve of his deadline for reimposing some of…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is newly flush with billions from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” spending legislation and under pressure to rapidly hire 10,000 new agents. But one tactic it recently tried to do that hiring — aggressively recruiting new agents from some of its most trusted local law enforcement partners — may have alienated…
Virginia Giuffre, the woman who survived years of Jeffery Epstein’s abuse and died by suicide earlier this year, wanted the so-called “Epstein files” released, her siblings said. “She wanted everything that happened to her … to be released, and she was still fighting for that before she left us,” Amanda Roberts, Giuffre’s sister-in-law, told NBC…
In North America, Procter & Gamble recently announced price adjustments on about 25% of its products, which will go into effect in the next few months. It said the average increase will be roughly 2.5%, broadly in line with overall inflation. “These adjustments reflect a mix of factors, including higher raw-material and supply-chain costs, investments…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted at the one-minute, 7-second mark. SpaceX’s next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday, although the weather forecast is less favorable. The U.S., Japanese and Russian…
“He has a vision to make the White House as exceptional and beautiful as possible for future presidents and administrations,” the White House official said. “He is very hands-on and involved in all of this.” Trump checks in on construction workers on the White House grounds weekly and spends 20-30 minutes with them, asking questions,…
The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose again last school year, continuing the post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. During the 2024-2025 school year, 4.1% of kindergartners — about 138,000 kids — had a vaccine exemption, surpassing the previous record high of 3.7% during the prior school year….
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President Donald Trump sent letters to more than a dozen major drugmakers Thursday demanding that they lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. within 60 days. In the letters — which Trump published on his social media platform Truth Social — the drugmakers were told to offer the “full portfolio” of their existing…
A Maine resort town is challenging the Trump administration’s criticism of its police department after a seasonal reserve officer was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week. The incident is putting renewed focus on the accuracy of E-Verify, the system the federal government created for employers to check if prospective employees have legal authorization…
