Category: news
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Two abandoned mansions owned by a Hollywood producer are covered in grafitti
Los Angeles graffiti artists and squatters seem to be drawn to the abandoned mansions of Hollywood producer John Powers Middleton. The defaced domiciles are located about five miles apart in the Hollywood Hills, and residents of the posh Los Angeles neighborhood say the buildings have become eyesores. It’s so bad that Los Angeles City Council…
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Harris calls Trump’s tariff proposals a ‘sales tax on the American people’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals “a sales tax on the American people,” in an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. President Joe Biden has also backed certain tariffs and done little to roll back ones Trump put into place while president, but Harris emphasized that tariffs should not…
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Republicans still haven’t found their footing on the abortion issue: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we examine how Republican candidates in key races are still struggling to find their message on abortion. Plus,…
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Dylan Mulvaney announces debut book ‘Paper Doll,’ documenting her transition
Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who documented her transition in her viral “Days of Girlhood” TikTok series, announced her debut book Wednesday. The book, titled “Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer,” is a collection of journal entries from the first year of her transition covering topics that Mulvaney, who has 9.4 million followers on TikTok,…
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Birth control access fell in states with abortion bans. It’s different in South Carolina, one group says.
South Carolina’s most vulnerable women are asking for and getting birth control in record numbers — even in parts of the state without any doctors who specialize in women’s reproductive health, according to a new report. The findings — from New Morning, a nonprofit organization based in Columbia, South Carolina, that works to provide free…
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Harris outlines $100 billion manufacturing plan, vowing pragmatism over ideology
PITTSBURGH — Kamala Harris vowed to govern as a pragmatist who won’t be captive to ideology in an economic speech Wednesday while outlining some $100 billion in new investments in manufacturing, a major issue in this battleground state. Harris proposed an “America Forward” agenda that calls for tax credits to boost investment and industrial job creation,…
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Two years after the end of Roe, abortion is still tripping up Republicans in key races
Republicans are still struggling to navigate the issue of abortion as they face a barrage of Democratic attacks, with Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno’s latest comments — suggesting it is not an issue, “especially for women that are, like, past 50” — underscoring the party’s continuing challenges. The GOP is confident about taking control…
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64% of Chinese Americans think tense U.S.-China relations affects how others treat them
Most Chinese Americans feel that the current relationship between the U.S. and China is a negative one, and almost two-thirds think that such contentious relations can affect how other Americans treat them, a new study shows. With the election heating up and the topic of U.S.-China relations factoring heavily in debates and candidates’ platforms, researchers…
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Trump and Harris get unprecedented levels of security after assassination attempts
Former President Donald Trump now speaks at rallies with bulletproof glass around him. When he exits his plane, a Secret Service agent closely trails him down the steps. And Trump has not golfed since an apparent assassination attempt last week. On social media Wednesday, Trump said that “Big threats on my life by Iran” have…
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Kim Ye-Ji, viral Korean sharpshooter, to star as assassin in upcoming series
After her stone-cold expression went viral at the Paris Olympics, sharpshooter Kim Ye-Ji will play the role of an actual assassin in an upcoming Korean series. Kim, 31, has been pegged by Korean entertainment company Asia Lab to star in a new multinational short-form series called “Crush.” Alongside Indian actor Anushka Sen, Kim will play…