US President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 8, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end by August 31, and he called on the country’s leaders
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman attends the 14th Islamic summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 1, 2019. Waleed Ali | Reuters Saudi Arabia is funding a yet-to-be-announced digital news platform, which will have a studio in Washington, D.C., as the kingdom begins a new lobbying
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response and the US vaccination program in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, July 6, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Nearly six months into President Joe Biden’s administration, Wall Street remains divided over the likelihood, and impact of, one of the Democrat’s
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the administration’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program during brief remarks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters President Joe Biden on Tuesday will again push for all eligible Americans to get Covid vaccinations, stressing the
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, D.C., May 20, 2021. Ken Cedeno | Reuters A group of Democratic and Republican House members on Tuesday endorsed the bipartisan infrastructure framework crafted by senators and the White House, but potentially complicated its path to passage along
Author Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks on stage during the 137th Commencement at Morehouse College on May 16, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Marcus Ingram | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said Tuesday that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the
NBA player LeBron James and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles, California. Chelsea Lauren | FilmMagic | Getty Images The longtime white advisor to Black NBA superstar LeBron James was caught on tape telling a white ESPN reporter, “I’m exhausted. Between Me Too and Black Lives Matter, I got nothing left,” a report
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rides an electric surfboard holding the American flag. July 4, 2021. Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram Make America Weird Again. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday posted a wacky American-flag waving, surfboard-riding video on Instagram to celebrate Independence Day. “Happy July 4th!” Zuckerberg wrote on the post of the video. It features him
Residents line up with chairs on the side of the street as they watch an Independence Day celebration parade on July 4, 2021 in Brighton, Michigan. Emily Elconin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Americans are set to celebrate the Fourth of July after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of most events last
An aerial view of the site during a rescue operation of the Champlain Tower partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida, on July 1, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava signed an emergency order Friday authorizing the demolition of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside, Florida, that partially
Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of Bagram U.S. air base, on the day the last of American troops vacated it, Parwan province, Afghanistan July 2, 2021. Mohammad Ismail | Reuters WASHINGTON — The U.S. military quietly departed Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Friday, a historic milestone following President Joe Biden’s order to
Michael Cohen exits the Manhattan district attorney’s office on March 19, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for ex-President Donald Trump, has moved to sue the U.S. government for $20 million on a claim that he was illegally returned to prison last
US President Joe Biden speaks on the June jobs report in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC on July 2, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden responded to the June jobs numbers on Friday, saying the
Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of Trump Organization Inc., center, walks towards a courtroom at criminal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump Organization’s long-time chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg pleaded not guilty Thursday to tax-related crimes that include scheme to defraud and
US President Joe Biden speaks about the collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building last week in Surfside, Florida, following a meeting with families of victims in Miami, Florida, July 1, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited with victims’ families and first
The offices of the Manhattan District Attorney and New York Attorney General have obtained indictments against the Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. The indictments against the organization and Weisselberg, handed up by a New York grand jury, are expected to be unsealed
Signage is seen outside of The Trump Building in New York City, New York, U.S., June 28, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Trump Organization has been told to expect that criminal charges will be filed by Manhattan prosecutors against the company belonging to former President Donald Trump as early as Thursday afternoon, NBC News
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks highlighting the benefits of Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, at La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S., June 29, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters A bipartisan infrastructure deal reached by President Joe Biden and a group of senators would not only add to economic growth, but also lower