The Defense Department inspector general said Thursday it will investigate the mishandling of Lloyd Austin’s recent hospitalization, which the Pentagon chief and others close to him kept secret from the White House and Congress for days in an apparent breach of protocol after he developed serious complications from prostate cancer surgery. In a memo addressed […]Read More
A poll released Thursday of Iowa voters found that, among Republicans, former president Donald Trump maintains a dominant lead in the days ahead of the caucuses. But it is the first to find former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley opening up a clear lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Suffolk University poll of 500 likely […]Read More
After he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump applied a rather scattershot approach to his efforts to effect his promised policy changes. This was in part a function of the resistance some efforts faced from Congress (like repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare) or from the courts (like his ban on […]Read More
A top Maryland elections official resigned Thursday after his arrest this week on multiple charges that he participated in the U.S. Capitol attack, encouraging officers trying to disperse rioters to “join us.” Federal investigators allege that Carlos Ayala, 52, scaled a police barricade on Jan. 6, 2021, while carrying a black flag that said, “We […]Read More
The most revealing moment during Donald Trump’s town-hall interview that aired on Fox News on Wednesday night wasn’t about his past service as president or even his future desire to regain that position. Instead, it came when a woman named Kim stood up to ask Trump a question. “Do you know who you’re caucusing for […]Read More
Inflation climbed from 3.1% to 3.4% in December, a sign the Federal Reserve will continue to have to wrestle consumer price growth down to its desired 2% level. Forecasts had been for a reading of 3.2%. On a monthly basis, inflation hit 0.3%, while core inflation, which strips away the more volatile costs of food […]Read More
Family grocery bills have been on the rise with higher prices for some items, such as ground beef, and lower prices for others, such as eggs. But unless shoppers are taking notes, it can be hard to really see which items are seeing the biggest spikes. NBC News is monitoring the average point-of-sale prices and […]Read More
Alaska, United flight cancellations continue amid ongoing investigation of Boeing
Alaska and United airlines announced additional cancellations in the wake of the nationwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. In a statement on its website Wednesday, Alaska Airlines said all flights originally scheduled to be operated on 737 Max 9 aircraft would be canceled through Saturday while it conducts inspections and prepares for the […]Read More
Republican alarm over immigration is once again dominating the airwaves in the run-up to the first two nominating contests, emerging as growing point of contention between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. Trump’s campaign and his outside group have used images of massing migrants in New Hampshire ads attacking Haley’s record on immigration. The former U.N. […]Read More
Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, the campaign of Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) blasted out a fundraising appeal from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a member of House Republican leadership focused on electing more GOP women. Stefanik has refashioned herself from a studious conservative with policy chops into a right-wing sound-bite machine, helping her raise money for […]Read More