There will be five commissioners, chosen Todd Blanche, who will dole out money. The commissioners haven’t been announced. It’s not clear how the Justice Department will determine how to hand out the money, and the process will be largely shielded from public scrutiny, unlike a civil lawsuit that plays out in open court. Dunn and…
Barney Frank, the quick-witted Massachusetts congressman and liberal lion who helped overhaul Wall Street regulations after the 2008 financial crisis and made history as one of the first openly gay members of Congress, died Wednesday, his sister confirmed to NBC Boston. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive…
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The suspected death toll from the Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose again Wednesday, as two exposed Americans were arriving in Europe for treatment and the World Health Organization warned a vaccine was still months away. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. There are now more…
WASHINGTON — Opponents of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-backed “anti-weaponization” fund projected a quotation from one of the Founding Fathers onto the Justice Department building in protest. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “A government of laws, not of men,” read the quotation from John Adams, the…
Rep. Barry Moore advanced Tuesday to a Republican Senate primary runoff in Alabama as two rivals battled for the second spot in the race, NBC News projects. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Boosted by President Donald Trump, Moore leads a crowded primary field, but he…
Rivals. Neighbors. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s a storied sporting narrative, but one that has rarely carried such meaning. A North Korean women’s soccer team will take the field Wednesday in South Korea, becoming the first sports team from the isolated, nuclear-armed state to…
A Tennessee school board member who hugged a teenage girl and called her “hot” at a public meeting last month has been charged with assault, court records show. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The charge of assault — physical contact stems from an incident on…
President Donald Trump flexed the strength of his party-transforming political movement again Tuesday, continuing the successful process of eliminating political enemies within the GOP this month. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At the same time, Trump’s low approval ratings and the war with Iran have…