Rudy Giuliani butt-dialed an NBC News reporter — twice — leaving long voicemail messages in which he's heard discussing Joe Biden, business in Bahrain and his need for cash. By
@richschapiro
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The House Oversight Committee is launching a probe into how certain White House officials, including Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn, gained security clearances.
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The Democratic and GOP chairs of the Senate Intel Committee made criminal referrals of Kushner, Bannon, Donald Trump Jr. and two others to federal prosecutors because of suspicions the men misled the committee.
Exclusive: The Capitol cop who shot Trump backer Ashli Babbitt told
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he's been in hiding after death threats — but knows he did the right thing. "I know I saved countless lives," said Lt. Michael Byrd. For more watch
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tonight.
Exclusive: President Biden lost his temper on a phone call with Zelenskyy when the Ukraine president asked for more aid right after Biden told him he'd greenlit $1 billion in aid.
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@dandeluce
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Experts believe Osama bin Laden's son was being groomed for a leadership role in al Qaeda. His last public statement was in 2018.
A federal judge on Monday sharply rejected Michael Flynn's argument that he was targeted by politically motivated federal agents — and set a sentencing date of next month. By
@Tom_Winter
@richschapiro
A U.S. official says Ukraine has made “terrific” use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, which can loiter over tanks and artillery and destroy them with missiles.
By
@KenDilanianNBC
A review launched by AG William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis.
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@JuliaEAinsley
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Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, the CIA's general counsel, meant her Aug. 14 call with lawyers from the NSC and DOJ to be a criminal referral.
Exclusive: While the Trump admin was saying it would reunite thousands of migrant families, internal emails show officials could only link about 60 parents to their kids. Watch
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on
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EXCLUSIVE: President Trump has for months urged his administration to reinstate large-scale separation of migrant families crossing the border, three U.S. officials told NBC News.
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Mississippi's auditor says $70 million in federal welfare funds went to Brett Favre, a sports complex and an ex-wrestler in a scandal that has rocked the nation's poorest state.
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EXCLUSIVE: A draft plan for an immigration crackdown obtained by NBC News shows officials considered denying separated kids asylum hearings to deport them more quickly.
From
@JuliaEAinsley
and
@jacobsoboroff
Lawyers under court order to identify migrant families separated by the Trump administration say they have yet to track down the parents of 545 children.
From
@tvkatesnow
and
@annaschecter
As Chuck Grassley accuses Julie Swetnick of misleading Congress, new questions are being raised about Michael Avenatti's claims regarding Brett Kavanaugh.
In a statement, Stormy Daniels told NBC News that she and her lawyer Michael Avenatti "are vindicated and we look forward to the apologies from the people who claimed we were wrong."
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During a 2019 trip to Walter Reed, Trump demanded NDAs from physicians and non-medical staff, say 4 sources. It's not known if he repeated the demand last week.
Exclusive: Every U.S. military branch is struggling to meet its 2022 recruiting goals, and internal data shows only 9 percent of eligible Americans would even consider serving.
By
@ckubeNBC
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@Tom_Winter
Watch
@maddow
tonight for more. Federal prosecutors in New York have discussed making a legal request for Rudy Giuliani's electronic communications, say two sources familiar with the probe.
EXCLUSIVE: FBI agents swarmed the home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in Washington D.C. Tuesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. By
@Tom_Winter
Mike Kosnar
@strickdc
We collected more than 250 stories from healthcare providers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly all who responded said there were shortages of PPE in the hospitals, outpatient clinics and offices where they worked.
The number of hate crimes in New York City jumped by 64 percent this year, officials said Tuesday, fueled by a major spike in attacks on Jews.
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@dandeluce
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The Biden admin is considering providing Ukraine with U.S.-made killer drones, guided missiles called Switchblades that can hit tanks, artillery from miles away.
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and
@KenDilanianNBC
"This signals to me that there has been a political infestation," said NBC News legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg. "And that is the single most dangerous thing that you can do to the Department of Justice."
A renowned female commander of Kurdish opposition forces in Syria, credited by the U.S. military with saving American lives in the battle against ISIS, has been killed by a Turkish drone strike. By
@ckubeNBC
From
@carolelee
and
@ckubeNBC
Trump has told aides he'd like an in-person meeting with Putin before the election, say people familiar with the discussions. "He wants it to show his deal-maker abilities," said one of the people. "It's just a big stage."
On McKayla Maroney's birthday,
@USAGym
praised her for coming forward with her story of sex abuse. But last year, they pressed her to sign a confidentiality agreement, a lawsuit says.
House Democrats are using their new oversight authority to investigate HUD's management of the shutdown, as questions have been mounting about the failure to renew low-income housing contracts. From
@SuzyKhimm
and
@strickdc
Two-thirds of the Internet Research Agency's Facebook ads were focused on race, the report found, adding that black voters were targeted with messages such as: "Don't Vote for Hillary Clinton" and "Don't Vote At All."
A federal investigation tied to President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is still ongoing, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
@adielkaplan
@Tom_Winter
From
@KenDilanianNBC
At the Soufan Center's global security forum, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said it looks like Biden has won and predicted a "professional transition."
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he plans to speak with his members about scheduling a vote to hold Kline in contempt for defying the subpoena.
The Secret Service said on Friday it has recovered $286 million in Covid relief funds that were diverted by fraudsters using stolen and fake identities. By
@JuliaEAinsley
@S_Fitzpatrick
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, and also plans to help Congress strip bases of Confederate names, which could rankle Trump. By
@ckubeNBC
@carolelee
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A senior Secret Service official said agency employees got emails in 2020 and 2021 reminding them to preserve texts on their phones before their devices were “restored to factory settings” and texts were lost.
From
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and
@oneunderscore__
A new report and a separate NBC News review found hundreds of social media posts about plans to attack the Capitol. Why aren't we seeing this evidence in court?
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@jacobsoboroff
The internal watchdog at DHS said conditions at an El Paso border station were so poor in May that agents armed themselves against possible riots by migrants.
The U.S. military vowed to determine if Russia paid the Taliban to kill Americans, but a top U.S. commander says an intel review hasn't corroborated "bounties." From
@ckubeNBC
@KenDilanianNBC
So far this year, the intelligence agency chiefs have not agreed to release a public worldwide threats assessment or testify in public, because, officials tell NBC News, they are reluctant to discuss intelligence that might displease President Trump.
The documents paint a disturbing portrait of a system where ICE detainees are sometimes forced into extended periods of solitary confinement for reasons that have nothing to do with violating any rules.
An ex-FBI official said when Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort gave poll data to a person believed tied to Russian intel, Russian intel was "tasking" Manafort. By
@KenDilanianNBC
The Trump admin's decision to let states chart their own responses to coronavirus rather than imposing a national strategy will cost many lives, say experts. From
@KenDilanianNBC
@dandeluce
NEW: Gyunduz Mamedov was a key go-between in Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine adventure. Last Friday he was named Ukraine's deputy prosecutor general. A collaboration with
@BuzzFeedNews
and
@OCCRP
.
Two armed men who were en route to the Philadelphia Convention Center, where votes are being counted, were taken into custody Thursday night after police learned of a possible threat.
@Tom_Winter
Joint defense agreements are for people with common legal interests. Once Manafort began cooperating with Mueller, he and Trump no longer had a common interest. By
@KenDilanianNBC
From
@annaschecter
and
@JuliaEAinsley
During Donald Trump’s presidency, Trump hotels charged the Secret Service nightly rates as high as $1,185 per room, more than five times the government rate.
An arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association sent out robocalls encouraging people to march to the U.S. Capitol the day before the riot.
By
@strickdc
@lcavazuti
From
@KenDilanianNBC
: Prosecutors presented phone records and testimony suggesting Trump didn't tell the truth when he told Mueller he didn't recall discussing WikiLeaks with Stone.
Exclusive from
@strickdc
A federal agency run by a pal of Jared Kushner and given $100 million to fix the Covid supply chain crunch hasn’t invested a dime, says a new watchdog report.
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@jacobsoboroff
In a tense 2018 White House meeting of many top Trump advisers, Stephen Miller demanded a show-of-hands vote to allow separation of migrant kids and parents, officials say.
The chief executive of a Seattle company partnering with GM to produce ventilators says they were already moving forward with plans to roll out the equipment before President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act.
From
@KenDilanianNBC
Trump defenders say put up or shut up, but legal experts argue that what Mueller has already established is damning and hints at shocking revelations to come.
From
@JuliaEAinsley
FBI Director Wray told Congress the FBI sees Antifa as more "an ideology than an organization," undercutting statements by other Trump administration officials.
BREAKING: Rakim Mayers, better known as A$AP Rocky, was detained on Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport in connection to a November 2021 shooting.
By
@JuliaEAinsley
@anblanx
@LeonardFiles
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@KenDilanianNBC
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, ranking Dem on the Intelligence Committee, said Barr's outreach to foreign governments threatens decades of intel sharing.
The House Jan. 6 committee has asked the Secret Service for an account of all contacts between the agency and the Oath Keepers up to and on Jan. 6, 2021.
Exclusive from
@JuliaEAinsley
and
@alivitali
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@jacobsoboroff
The Biden administration's task force has reunited 400 children with their parents after they were separated as migrants crossing the border during the Trump administration.
From
@ckubeNBC
and
@carolelee
Pentagon chief of staff Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist, is controlling the Biden transition's access to Defense officials, even blocking some from sharing info.
From
@ckubeNBC
Defense Secretary Mattis said troops would not be carrying firearms. "You've seen the picture of the guys down there not carrying guns, so relax."
EXCLUSIVE: Tricia Newbold was suspended for defying her supervisor a week after NBC reported he approved Jared Kushner for top secret clearance over staff objections.
@strickdc
@PeterAlexander
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Rights advocates are outraged about a new choice ICE is giving to migrant parents: Separate from your child or stay together in detention indefinitely.
House Democrats announced that they will investigate the role of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in what they characterized as efforts to influence the government of Ukraine to help the Trump reelection campaign. By
@KenDilanianNBC
BREAKING: Capt. Brett Crozier raised the alarm earlier this week that sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt needed to be quarantined to stop the spread of the virus. He is expected to be relieved of his post today. From
@ckubeNBC
Navy veteran Mark Frerichs is free after two and a half years of captivity in Afghanistan under a prisoner swap personally approved by President Joe Biden, a senior administration official told NBC News. By
@KenDilanianNBC
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Lawyers for migrants say U.S. border agents keep writing the same wrong address on migrants' papers, hurting their ability to show up to court and win asylum.
As he shot up a California bar, former Marine Ian David Long posted messages on social media saying he was bored but sane, law enforcement officials said.
From
@KenDilanianNBC
Peter Strzok, a decorated counterintelligence agent who was fired by the bureau he loved when his texts emerged, is telling his story in a new book.
From
@JuliaEAinsley
and
@jacobsoboroff
A new report says Trump DOJ officials were the driving force behind separating migrant families. One ex-top official now tells NBC News he regrets the policy.
BREAKING: Rakim Mayers, better known as A$AP Rocky, was detained on Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport in connection to a November 2021 shooting.
By
@JuliaEAinsley
@anblanx
@LeonardFiles
Exclusive from
@ckubeNBC
: Trump's plan to pay for his border wall by taking funds from Air Force military construction projects poses various national security risks, per a new report.
A tiny Texas company has drawn huge interest from hospitals and foreign countries seeking alternatives in treating COVID-19 patients amid a ventilator shortage. By
@lcavazuti
@CynthiaMcFadden
@richschapiro
Exclusive: House Dems are interested in Treasury Secretary Mnuchin because of his Trump campaign role and because he lifted sanctions on firms tied to a Russian oligarch. By
@HeidiNBC
During Trump’s presidency, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., Qatar, Turkey, China and Malaysia spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump hotel in Washington.
From
@annaschecter
Brett Favre's texts show he may have been more involved than previously known in pushing for millions in welfare money to pay for a volleyball facility at his daughter's school.
By
@strickdc
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@KenDilanianNBC
For more, watch Ken on
@NBCNightlyNews
tonight
From
@JuliaEAinsley
A DHS official pushed NBC News to retract a story giving the accurate number of suspected terrorists caught at the border. She claimed the total was far higher.
From
@KenDilanianNBC
In a letter to intel chief Grenell on Thursday, Sen. Mark Warner said Trump's firing of intel watchdog Atkinson signals a purge. House intel chair Schiff sent a similar letter Tuesday.
From
@JuliaEAinsley
and
@JoshNBCNews
DHS Acting Inspector General John Kelly announced his early retirement on Monday after press reports on how DHS auditors evaluated FEMA's response to disasters.
The executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association has resigned amid backlash over a decision to send out robocalls urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol. From
@strickdc
From
@JuliaEAinsley
and
@PeteWilliamsNBC
Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision said it came from high levels of the DOJ rather than from FBI Director Wray.