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Justice Department seeks to unseal Trump raid search warrant

Trump attorney Ron Fischetti said the deposition involved Trump saying "same answer" over and over again, reiterating his Fifth Amendment plea.

The Pentagon is speaking out against Russia's launch of a spy satellite believed to be shadowing one of its American counterparts closely in the same orbit.

The longest-running television saga is leaving NBC and moving to a streaming platform.

Biden announced on Monday that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, was killed by a US drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend.

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the George Washington University law school received calls to drop Thomas and cancel the seminar he taught.

It has become increasingly clear that Trump faces two federal probes with largely different aims

Walgreens told NBC News it balances "the needs of our patients and customers" with "the religious and moral beliefs of our team."

World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon has announced his retirement from the company amid a misconduct investigation, according to NBC News.

Georgia was big. This one's bigger.

Solar stocks tumbled Friday after Senator Joe Manchin said he will not support increased spending to address climate change.

A new sub-variant of the omicron variant of COVID-19, known as BA.5, has been discovered in the U.S. and several other countries. Here is what you need to know about this emerging sub-variant, known as BA.5. The BA.5 sub-variant descends from the original omicron variant of COVID-19, known as BA.1. According to Yale Medicine, the BA.5 subvariant of omicron has a tendency to evade some of the antibodies made after vaccinations and infections. How do I protect myself from the BA.5 subvariant?

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone (R) waits for the beginning of a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Former President Donald Trump's White House counsel Pat Cipollone is expected to testify on Friday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News on Wednesday. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Mark Meadows, testified that Trump sought to go to the Capitol though he knew his supporters were armed.

Sen. Ron Johnson held his phone to his ear while leaving the U.S. Capitol, but reporters noticed he was not really on a call.

His lawyers argued "not one woman has come forward and said he physically hit them. You were the only one," Savannah Guthrie told Heard in an interview.

When Mason, Tennessee, faced losing its ability to govern its own finances in a fight with white state officials earlier this year, doing so brought a

Amazon Prime Day is now set for mid-July, it was announced early today. There are now pre-Prime Day sales, typically reduced Amazon Prime memberships available before the sale, and even a domino effect as Prime Day sparks online spinoff sales at competing retailers like Walmart and Target. When is Amazon Prime Day? The 48-hour event kicks off July 12 at 3 a.m. EDT and runs through July 13 for Amazon Prime members in several countries, including the U.S.What is Amazon Prime Day? Yes, Prime Day deals are for Amazon Prime members.

"I actually understand. He's a beloved character and people feel they know him," Heard tells Today co-host Savannah Guthrie in an interview clip aired Monday on NBC.

Amber Heard says she doesn’t blame the jury that awarded Johnny Depp more than $10 million after a contentious six-week libel trial in her first post-verdict interview.

Guthrie hosted a five-minute interview with Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew on the "Today" show Wednesday morning.

The percentage of Americans who say former President Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol dropped to 45 percent in an NBC News poll released on Monday. About 17 percent of respondents said the former president is solely responsible for the rioting, while 28 percent say he is mainly…

According to NBC News, the Chief of Police of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District recently completed active shooter training.

The Border Patrol agents who killed the school shooter in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday entered the school on their own accord after local law enforcement requested that they hold back, two senior federal law enforcement sources told NBC News on Friday.

A former Pentagon spokesman, Williams made the unusual move 29 years ago to return to hard-news reporting. Many historic scoops followed.

When my boss asked me if I wanted to interview Maria Shriver when she came to town to deliver the commencement speech last week at the University of Michigan, I looked at her and said, “well, that’s a no-brainer.” Of course, I would! I was ecstatic! What a fantastic assignment.

Internet blackmailers are increasingly duping young men and boys into sending them sexually explicit content online by posing as young girls on social media

Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at the same judicial conference as Thomas, called the leak of a draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade earlier this week "absolutely appalling."

Abortion clinics in Republican-led states, like Jackson Women's Health Organization in Mississippi, are scrambling to prepare for an uncertain future.

Atlanta police said a "pedal pub" went too fast and flipped over. Two passengers were critically injured and three were in a serious condition.

A nonprofit working to improve the environment and Detroit community by planting trees has joined forces with NBC’s Today Show to set a new world record this Earth Day.

Mario Tama/GettyIn Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, a character is asked how he went bankrupt. “Gradually, then suddenly” is the reply.This formulation might also help explain how it feels to lose an election. President Joe Biden’s collapse of popular support has been so long coming that a new Quinnipiac poll showing him with just a 33 percent approval rating (!) was greeted mostly with yawns.Dig a little deeper, though, and things are even scarier for Democrats.The Backlash Over Trump’s D

A major storm system is moving across the middle of the country with threats of thunderstorms, damaging winds and tornadoes. Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the forecast.

CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney and MSNBC's discussions about bringing on White House press secretary Jen Psaki after she's left the Biden administration have troubled some journalists at the networks.

Far less common is seeing pushback to such decisions from journalists working there, as has happened recently at CBS and NBC News. Discontent emerged over CBS' hiring of former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a commentator and discussions about current White House press secretary Jen Psaki working at MSNBC when her time in the Biden administration is through. In both cases, journalists have been quiet publicly about their concerns over the decisions.

Some NBC News hosts are branching out into the theater.

NBC News staffers reportedly miffed about MSNBC's planned Psaki hire

President Biden's approval rating has reached a new low, according to an NBC News poll released Sunday. Biden's overall approval rating declined to 40 percent in the survey, which found that 55 percent of respondents did not approve of how he is doing as president.In a January NBC News poll, Biden's job approval stood at 43 percent, while 54 percent did not approve of his performance.Seven out of 10 Americans questioned in the new poll expressed...

Melania Trump has reportedly 'let the president know' she likes Senate candidate Dr. Oz

The U.S. is expected to announce as early as today that it will ban imports of Russian oil, NBC News reported.

PEMBROKE PINES, Florida — An elementary school teacher was left “weak and dazed” and had to be taken to a hospital for treatment after an attack by a 5-year-old student, reports say. Despite the attack last week at Pines Lakes Elementary School, the young student will not face charges, the Pembroke Pines Police Department tells NBC Miami on Monday. It was there the student then attacked the teacher, hitting her with hands, fists and feet, NBC Miami reports. The 5-year-old involved in the attack is a special needs student, NBC Miami reports. In a previous attack, Fusco says the student pinned the teacher under a bookcase, causing her to lose consciousness.

"It's par for the course," Barr said of Trump. "When he's told something he doesn't want to hear, he immediately throws a tantrum."

CBS2's Jim Smith reports from Chopper 2.

Dramatic video shows the man dangling the 2-year-old out of a second-floor window before dropping him into the waiting arms of first responders blow.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is assuring Lithuania and Latvia of NATO protection and American support. Blinken made quick visits Monday to two of the three Baltic states increasingly on edge as Russia's invasion of Ukraine moves forward. (March 7)

Experts say restrictions on freedoms of assembly and speech are likely to escalate in Russia as the war in Ukraine continues.

NBC News anchor and host of the "Today" show Savannah Guthrie on Monday pressed former Attorney General William Barr why he decided, in his 2020 resignation letter to include positive remarks about former President Trump, who he has called "dangerous" to the country in a new book. "You say in your book you were worried about the peaceful transition of power. You even had national security concerns," Guthrie said to Barr during his first live...

Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr said then-President Donald Trump became furious after Barr told him there was no evidence that the 2020 election was fraudulent.

NBC’s Lviv correspondent said people are a bit preoccupied because "Russians are invading their country and trying to take it over.”

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent television viewers to the cable news networks for updates, with Fox News Channel gaining the largest audience and CNN the most dramatic increase.

Projects on Title IX, British Royalty and internet conspiracy theories are coming up in the next few months as part of NBC News' aggressive moves into podcasts.

Foreign correspondent Richard Engel came under fire after questioning if West would "watch in silence" rather than hit Russia -- even with nuclear war as a risk.

Follow live coverage of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine with live streaming NBC News coverage.

Follow live coverage of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine with live streaming NBC News coverage.

For the first time in decades, foreign correspondents find themselves covering a European conflict.

Oil prices leaped by 3% on Thursday after Russia announced it would launch a military action in Ukraine and reports surfaced of explosions in Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to recognize the independence of two breakaway regions of Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday.

Russians are being 'barraged with claims of looming Ukrainian attacks' by state media, NBC reporter says

The “truck convoy” protests that have overtaken Ottawa and Windsor this week are gaining similar momentum with U.S. anti-vaccination groups, but many of the social media accounts associated are from overseas and are not real, according to a report from NBC News.

President Joe Biden warned that “things could go crazy quickly” in Ukraine, as tensions with Moscow over its military presence at the border increase.

Secret Service asked to remove Pence from the US Capitol on multiple occasions, but he refused to leave, according to his former chief of staff.

A Navy SEAL candidate died on Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego at the end of what is known as Hell Week, an intense training phase for the military unit, NBC News reports.Driving the news: The candidates were taken to the hospital Friday "several hours after their Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class successfully completed Hell Week, part of the first phase of the Navy SEAL assessment and selection pathway," Naval Special Warfare command said in a statement, per NBC.Sta

Watch live coverage Thursday of the events marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol, including remarks from President Biden, lawmaker testimonials, and a prayer vigil.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to expand eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots to children ages 12 to 15 in the coming days, NBC News reports.

Here are this morning's top stories.

NBC News is reporting that President Joe Biden will address the nation on Tuesday on the country’s fight against COVID-19.

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan.

Watch live as MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki breaks down election night results at the big board.

Watch live as NBC News’ Chuck Todd and Kristen Welker host special election night coverage, following key races across the nation and what the results mean for the direction of the country.

Strengthening off of the Gulf Coast Monday, Tropical Storm Nicholas is threatening to soon make landfall in Texas, possibly as a hurricane.

Tropical Storm Ida was downgraded from a hurricane overnight Sunday and was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in the mainland U.S.

Tropical Storm Fred is strengthening off of the northwest Florida coast, and could make landfall by Monday evening.

A new podcast series revisits how broadcast journalists covered some of the biggest stories, and tells some fascinating behind-the-scenes details.

The next book from MSNBC anchor Katy Tur will combine the personal and the professional.

The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all issued similar corrections to stories about former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani and his dealings in Ukraine.

First lady Jill Biden has commemorated Arbor Day by planting a linden tree on the White House's north lawn.

NBC News' Kristen Welker is revealing her struggles with infertility.

The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death.

The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death.

Watch NBC News special coverage of the funeral for Prince Philip, as the Royal Family gathers to mourn Queen Elizabeth II's husband, who passed away April 9, 2021, at the age of 99.

Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow on this Groundhog Day 2021. However, the tradition of Groundhog Day lived on as Americans watched from home. Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Not snow nor pandemic keeps Punxsutawney Phil from his job (AP):Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor pandemic stays Punxsutawney Phil from emerging from his burrow to forecast whether there will be six more weeks of winter or an early spring. There are two other high-profile “imposters,” as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club calls them, in the region. Also without fanfare, Chuckles, Connecticut’s official state groundhog, will make a prediction from home: the Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester.

Brokaw says he is retiring from NBC News after working at the network for 55 years. Brokaw, who turns 81 next month, announced last week that he's retiring from NBC News, where he worked for 55 years. He's been away from the power centers himself, and hasn't been to New York since before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Brokaw said he's impressed with the work of young journalists at NBC News and elsewhere, and is invested in seeing them succeed. “It was bang, bang, bang, just like that,” he said, “and it frankly astonished me, astonished my parents and my friends back in South Dakota.

FILE - "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw delivers his closing remarks during his final broadcast, in New York on Dec. 1, 2004. Brokaw says he is retiring from NBC News after working at the network for 55 years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK – Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news' most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Friday that he's retiring from television. In 2013, Brokaw was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that affects the bone marrow. Brokaw said the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 400,000 Americans in the past year, was the country's greatest test since the Civil War.

NEW YORK – Phil Griffin is stepping down as the longtime president of MSNBC, to be replaced early next year by rising NBC News executive Rashida Jones. Griffin, 64, has worked at NBC News for 35 years and has been president of MSNBC since 2008. Jones, who has been with NBC News for the past seven years, is currently chief of breaking news and major events at the network. She just led the network's coverage of the 2020 presidential election and the team preparing Kristen Welker as moderator of the third presidential debate. Cesar Conde, the new chairman of the NBC Universal News Group, has made diversity one of his top priorities.

Trebek made no secret of the fight with pancreatic cancer that claimed his life on Nov. 8. Here are a selection of the defining moments of 2020 from the perspective of The Associated Press' media and television writers. ALEX TREBEKThe “Jeopardy!” host made no secret of the fight with pancreatic cancer that ultimately claimed his life on Nov. 8. Millions of viewers will see the story resolved on their own time, creating countless individual moments rather than a communal one. The actors were conciliatory toward each other about what occurred during a marital separation, but Will Smith couldn’t resist revising his wife’s description.

The U.S House voted Friday to pass a bill that would decriminalize cannabis and clear the way to erasing nonviolent federal marijuana convictions. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, is aimed at decriminalizing cannabis (marijuana) and making it possible to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions. BREAKING: US House votes 228-164 to pass historic bill that would decriminalize cannabis and clear the way to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions; bill moves to US Senate. Related: UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug categoryThis comes after more states voted to legalize recreational marijuana this past month. Friday’s vote would mark the first time a full chamber of Congress has taken up the issue of federally decriminalizing cannabis, NBC reports.

The federal lawsuit in Michigan over votes in Wayne County has been withdrawn. The Trump Campaign said it achieved what it wanted when the Wayne County Board of Canvassers refused to certify the results. Hours later, the board did vote to certify them, but now the two Republican members said they want to rescind their votes. He said he didn’t agree to certification and that he believes there were more than clerical errors in Wayne County. She said the election has been certified in Wayne County and has already been sent to the state board of canvassers.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Watch live coverage of Election 2020 from NBC News -- coverage as Joe Biden is projected winner of U.S. Presidential Election. Watch live 2020 Election coverage below:

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A man stops to watch election returns on electronic billboards in Times Square, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in New York. Cable and broadcast news divisions followed the story closely, even as they learned that election night coverage was a relative dud with viewers. An estimated 56.9 million people watched coverage over 21 networks during primetime hours Tuesday, down sharply from the 71.4 million viewers on election night 2016, the Nielsen company said. For weeks, media outlets had warned that Americans would need patience on election night and beyond, and that turned out to be their most accurate prediction. Even if Biden won the presidency, Democrats were sure to face questions about why the race was so close and why predicted gains in Congress didn't materialize.

Watch live election results and analysis of the 2020 presidential race between President Trump and Joe Biden, as well as results of key state and local races. Watch live Election Night coverage starting at 7 p.m. below:

Watch live coverage of Election Day 2020 from NBC News -- coverage of races from around the country all day long, which started Tuesday morning. Watch live 2020 Election Day coverage below:

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Who is winning the 2020 presidential election? Watch live winner projections, electoral votes for Trump and Biden, and key races in each state from NBC News' Decision Desk. Watch live Election Night coverage starting at 6 p.m. below:

While millions have already voted in the 2020 General Election, millions of other will still be voting in person on Tuesday. Today Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris will campaign in Detroit, the Biden-Harris campaign announced Monday. Watch live coverage of Election Day 2020 from NBC News -- coverage of races from around the country all day long, starting Tuesday morning. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 184,889 as of Monday, including 7,357 deaths, state officials report. Monday’s update represents 6,709 new cases and 17 additional deaths over the past two days.

Television networks are adding experts in election law to their election night coverage teams. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)NEW YORK – Television networks are adding experts in election law to their election night coverage teams so they're prepared to explain legal challenges or irregularities that may come up during the vote. ABC and NBC have made similar arrangements, although some of those experts will have more offscreen roles. “I think everyone recognizes that.”NBC News has hired a firm that specializes in election law for advice and to provide lawyers who can appear on the air if they need to, said division president Noah Oppenheim. Marc Burstein, the network's top elections producer, said ABC believes it's best for viewers to see faces they're familiar with.

From the NBC News report:"The complaints from President Donald Trump and his allies have been growing louder as the election approaches: Why isn’t the mainstream media covering the Hunter Biden laptop story? Trump and his allies say there is evidence of corruption in emails and documents allegedly found on a laptop belonging to Democrat Joe Biden’s son. Trump and his allies alleged that means Joe Biden has lied when he said he never discussed his son’s business roles. Among others: Most mainstream news organizations, including NBC News, have not been granted access to the documents. Read more: How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge

Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News listens as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, Welker is scheduled to moderate the second and last Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. The NBC News White House correspondent is scheduled to moderate Thursday's second and last session between Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. While Welker was one of four questioners at a Democratic presidential debate last fall, this is by far the 44-year-old journalist's biggest stage. She's the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. Andrea Mitchell, the NBC News correspondent who moderated last fall's Democratic debate with Welker, Rachel Maddow and Ashley Parker, doubted her colleague would be intimidated.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)NEW YORK – It's not the tally that really matters, but Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump. In their dueling town halls, the Democratic presidential candidate reached more viewers on ABC than Trump did for NBC News Thursday night. The Biden town hall reached 14.1 million people on ABC between 8 and 9 p.m. and Trump had 13.5 million combined on NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said. “Well, that just happened,” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said as soon as Trump's town hall with Savannah Guthrie ended, proceeding to launch into a lengthy fact-check. The Biden town hall, with questions from the audience and moderator George Stephanopoulos, lasted 90 minutes.