• NBC's Lester Holt to step down as 'Nightly News' anchor after a decade

    NBC's Lester Holt to step down as 'Nightly News' anchor after a decade

    Feb 25, 2025 04:18 PM EST

    ... Nightly News" for a decade, won't be leaving NBC altogether, however. In a memo to staff Monday, he said he would be expanding his work on NBC's "Dateline," taking on a full-time role. The transition is expected to take place early this summer. No firm date or ...

  • Ukraine marks 3 years since start of Russia's invasion as Trump's stance raises concerns

    Ukraine marks 3 years since start of Russia's invasion as Trump's stance raises concerns

    Feb 24, 2025 11:55 PM EST

    ... third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. Notably not present was a representative from the U.S. It was a symbol of a dramatic shift in U.S. policy since President Trump took office again. Mr. Trump has promised to end the war, but has so far largely left ...

  • Why a former IRS commissioner says Musk's mass layoffs are a huge mistake

    Why a former IRS commissioner says Musk's mass layoffs are a huge mistake

    Feb 24, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... Amna Nawaz: The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of terminating more than 6,000 employees, around 6 percent of the agency's overall work force. It comes as Elon Musk's team, known as the Department of Government Efficiency, continues its efforts to cut the federal work force ...

  • New film highlights fear in Estonia, Finland and Sweden of Putin’s aims beyond Ukraine

    New film highlights fear in Estonia, Finland and Sweden of Putin’s aims beyond Ukraine

    Feb 23, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year on Monday, has raised alarms in Kyiv and in capitals across Europe. A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia’s neighbors on the Baltic Sea ...

  • Zelenskyy says he'd give up presidency if it brought Ukraine peace and NATO membership

    Zelenskyy says he'd give up presidency if it brought Ukraine peace and NATO membership

    Feb 23, 2025 06:55 PM EST

    He said Ukraine’s mineral resources represent “a very important element that can work in the general structure of security guarantees — military guarantees and others.” Zelenskyy says he'd give up presidency for NATO membership In response to a pointed question from a reporter on whether he would give up ...

  • News Wrap: Trump touts his administration’s achievements at CPAC

    News Wrap: Trump touts his administration’s achievements at CPAC

    Feb 22, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... States has given $350 billion. So we're asking for rare earth and oil, anything we can get. John Yang: Mr. Trump also praised the work of the DOGE team and said it's already found billions of dollars in wasteful spending. New FBI Director Kash Patel is quickly making ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Republicans facing backlash over federal cuts

    Brooks and Capehart on Republicans facing backlash over federal cuts

    Feb 21, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... inflation could sink Republicans. ... Geoff Bennett: From fresh tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine, to town hall backlash, to major cuts to the federal work force, we turn now to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart. That's New York Times columnist David Brooks, and Jonathan Capehart, associate editor ...

  • Looking to slash Medicaid funding, Republicans consider cutting billions of dollars

    Looking to slash Medicaid funding, Republicans consider cutting billions of dollars

    Feb 18, 2025 05:17 PM EST

    “It’s common sense,” Johnson said. “Little things like that make a big difference not only in the budgeting process but in the morale of the people. You know, work is good for you. You find dignity in work.” But about 92% of Medicaid enrollees are already working, attending ...

  • How the start of Trump’s second term looks like some autocracies

    How the start of Trump’s second term looks like some autocracies

    Feb 17, 2025 11:45 PM EST

    ... going out saying the president has commanded this in law. And so he's going after the civil service, for example. And civil servants who work from one government to another, from Republican to a Democratic administration, and back again, are used to having somebody say, this is now the ...

  • Trump has vowed to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling. Workers in Oklahoma hope for a boom

    Trump has vowed to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling. Workers in Oklahoma hope for a boom

    Feb 17, 2025 06:02 PM EST

    ... Trump’s orders. "The previous administration's priorities were almost nonsensical. Now, we have some return to pragmatism." Oklahoma-based Continental Resources has welcomed the shift from the Trump administration. Harold Hamm, the company’s founder and chair, called Trump’s new policies a "game-changer for America," bringing renewed ...