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Inside the scramble to keep FEMA alive ahead of hurricane season
As hurricane season quickly approaches, NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff exclusively reports on how the Trump administration is moving to keep key pieces of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in place, even as the administration has been moving to drastically cut or even eliminate the agency altogether. For more context and news coverage of the most…
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New report on Elon Musk’s ‘intense’ drug use
A New York Times report details Elon Musk’s heavy use of ketamine and other drugs on the campaign trail. NBC News has not been able to independently verify the New York Times reporting. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc…
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‘Huge middle finger’: MN Lt. Gov. on Trump tariff impact
Republicans are facing growing backlash from angry constituents over the Trump tax bill. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Minnesota joins The Weeknight to discuss how Democrats should be channeling the momentum. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe…
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Musk deflects question about NYT report of drug use, family drama amid WH departure
Elon Musk deflected a reporter’s effort to ask about a New York Times report detailing his alleged drug use during President Donald Trump’s campaign last year and legal drama involving some of the mothers of his children. The question came as Trump bid farewell to Musk’s tenure as a “special government employee” in an Oval…
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Bombshell new report on Musk’s ‘intense’ use of ketamine, other drugs
“It was a rough last day in government for Elon Musk who showed up to the Oval Office for a sendoff with a black eye just hours after new bombshell reporting on allegations of his voracious drug use,” says Chris Hayes on The New York Times reporting. For more context and news coverage of the…
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JD Vance botches defense of the MAGA ‘brain drain’ Trump has caused in academia
Vice President JD Vance showed some mind-numbing ignorance in a recent attempt to downplay reports that his administration has caused a “brain drain” — or an exodus of expertise leaving the United States’ scientific fields — by suspending research grants and targeting student visa programs. Reputable voices in academia have highlighted the Trump administration-fueled crisis…
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GOP senator defends Medicaid cuts: ‘We’re all going to die’
At a town hall in Iowa, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst shrugged off her constituents’ concerns about the impact of the Medicaid cuts proposed in the GOP megabill: “Well, we’re all going to die.” For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc…
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Elon Musk loses job, power and $50B! Melber on Musk’s losing bet in Trump 2nd term
MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on Elon Musk’s exit from The White House and the damage caused by President Trump’s tariffs, which have already cost companies more than $34 billion dollars, per Reuters. (Subscribe to Ari’s YouTube now: http://youtube.com/arimelber) For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/…
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Dan Bongino’s ’Fox & Friends’ interview is a whine about FBI work being hard
Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, appeared to become emotional on live national television Thursday. Not while recalling some gut-wrenching FBI child exploitation case, or a grisly mass shooting crime scene. No, Bongino, a former right-wing podcaster and conspiracy theorist, who is typically a tough-guy poser, went on the Fox News’ morning show…
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‘We all are going to die’: GOP senator defends proposed Medicaid cuts
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House’s budget bill at a town hall and pushed back on an attendee who said the cuts would lead to deaths. “People are not — well, we all are going to die, so, for heaven’s sakes,” she said, prompting resounding jeers. The…
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