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Elon Musk beefs with a ‘moron’ and ‘The White Lotus’ spawns a feud: The news quiz
China looks to its past in its trade war with the United States, LeBron James picks up another accolade, and the lottery just got more expensive.
American teen was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The U.S. has said little about it.
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — To his family, Amer Rabee was just a 14-year-old American boy picking almonds with two friends.
Millennials have lived through economic uncertainty before. They’re not nostalgic for more.
Millennials have already had several recessions during formative stages of their lives. To cope with the possibility of another one, they’re using dark humor on TikTok.
Trump’s nuclear talks with Iran come at a crossroads between a deal and all-out war, experts fear
The stakes could hardly be higher for fresh nuclear talks between the United States and Iran planned for this weekend.
White House moves Obama portrait to display painting of Trump after assassination attempt
The new Trump painting takes a spot traditionally reserved for the most recent official presidential portrait.
Coachella festivalgoers complain of hourslong wait to enter campgrounds
The first weekend of Coachella got off to a rough start, with festival-goers who were planning to camp for the weekend concert complaining of hourslong waits to enter the car camping area Thursday when doors first opened.
Cast of ‘The Breakfast Club’ set to reunite for first time in 40 years
The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal are reuniting.
Stocks surge 600+ points after wild week
China hit the U.S. with a new tariff, raising the tax on American goods to 125%. It comes after the White House raised tariffs on China to 145%. All of it, fueling a wild week on Wall Street. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Luigi Mangione’s attorneys call attempt at death penalty in CEO’s killing a ‘political stunt’
Attorneys for the man accused of killing a health insurance CEO are trying to get the death penalty off the table, calling a directive to seek capital punishment “a political stunt.”
Luigi Mangione’s attorneys call attempt at death penalty in CEO’s killing a ‘political stunt’
Attorneys for the man accused of killing a health insurance CEO are trying to get the death penalty off the table, calling a directive to seek capital punishment “a political stunt.”
South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer is executed by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C.— A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks.
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
An immigration judge ruled today that the Trump administration can remove the Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. This decision comes amid escalating tensions between the White House and the courts. In a separate case, a federal judge today pressed t…
Investigation underway into fatal Hudson River helicopter crash
A family of five Spanish tourists and the pilot were killed when a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday. The NTSB says most of the helicopter has been recovered, but divers are still searching for the main rotor. NBC’s Sam B…
What aviation experts say about the doomed helicopter in the fatal New York crash
The pilot of the tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon could not have done anything to save himself or his five passengers after the aircraft’s rotor blades and its tail boom detached in the air, an aviation expert…
A wild week of tariff swings leaves consumers and Wall Street on edge
Tariffs were on, then they were off. At least temporarily, and only some of them — but not for China, which got hit with steeper duties and promptly hit back.
Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage surged 13 basis points Friday to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily.
Frontier Airlines cuts flights after travel demand fell in March
Frontier Airlines joined Delta Air Lines in pulling its full-year outlook and cutting flights due to a drop in demand and an “uncertain environment.”
Will the Menendez brothers’ resentencing effort be allowed to move forward?
Prosecutors and defense lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez argued Friday over the effort to reduce the brothers’ prison sentences for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents during a sometimes-heated hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Florida district won’t renew teacher’s contract for using student’s preferred name
A Florida school district said it won’t renew the contract of a teacher who used a student’s preferred name, instead of legal name, without parental permission, in violation of state law.
Trump’s tariffs collide with a key campaign promise: From the Politics Desk
One of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises focused on bringing down high prices and providing relief to voters who were struggling to make ends meet.
Dow jumps 600 points Friday, capping one of the most volatile weeks on Wall Street ever
Stocks climbed Friday as Wall Street wrapped up a historically wild week.
Trump legal tracker: Supreme Court jumps in on deportations and mass firings
The Supreme Court intervened this week in a number of cases involving President Donald Trump’s efforts to dramatically transform the government, maintaining legal guardrails for deportations while also allowing the administration to continue with mass …
Diddy on Trial: The fall of a hip-hop ‘Bad Boy’
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RFK Jr. calls FDA a ‘sock puppet’ for industries in private speech to agency staff
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a portion of his speech on Friday to FDA staff deriding their past decisions, at one point saying that the agency “became a sock puppet” for the industries it was meant to regulate.
Lawyer: Government playing a ‘game’ by not providing information on mistakenly deported Maryland man
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, discusses today’s court hearing and the government’s inability to provide any information about his client’s current whereabouts.