Tag: News
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Gaza girl, 6, who carried sister in viral video speaks to NBC News
“I carried her because she couldn’t walk.” Still barefoot but no longer wearily hauling her younger sister over her shoulders, 6-year-old Qamar Subuh has a straightforward explanation for an act that many felt underscored the impact felt by Palestinian children amid Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. Video of Qamar carrying her injured sister to…
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Rudy Giuliani’s prized possessions and treasure hunters cash in: The weekly news quiz
A week of treasures lost and found. Rudy Giuliani was ordered to hand over a number of prized possessions and amateur treasure hunters in the U.K. made millions from their discovery. Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here.
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Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed by NBC News’ Hallie Jackson
Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed Tuesday by NBC News’ Hallie Jackson at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Read the full transcript: JACKSON: Thank you, Madam Vice President, for your time today. HARRIS: I’m glad to be with you. Thank you. JACKSON: We were just talking about the campaign trail yesterday, and these key…
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A journey through the past and to outer space: The weekly news quiz
A journey through the past and to outer space: The weekly news quiz
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How votes get counted and reported on election night — and how NBC News gathers and checks the data
The task of counting and announcing vote results from over 100,000 precincts across the country — mostly within a few hours — requires a massive operation that involves hundreds of thousands of poll workers, election officials and observers. We may think of a presidential election as a single nationwide contest, but how elections are administered…
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From Fox News to ‘The Daily Show,’ Walz charts a more aggressive path: 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, campaign embed Katherine Koretski explores how Tim Walz has started to emerge from his shell on the campaign…
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Amazon makes first foray into live news with election night special hosted by Brian Williams
Amazon said Thursday it plans to host an election night special anchored by Brian Williams, marking the company’s first foray into live news coverage. The one-night special will provide election results and analysis on Prime Video starting at 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 5, the company said. Amazon emphasized it will be a “non-partisan presentation” pulling…
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Harris spars with Fox News host and says she would not be a ‘continuation’ of Biden
WASHINGTON — In a combative interview with Fox News, Kamala Harris said in the most emphatic terms to date that, if she wins the election, she would pursue an independent presidency that would not be a repeat of President Joe Biden’s nearly four years in office. “My presidency would not be a continuation of Joe…
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How different turnout models change the NBC News poll results
Close elections always come down to turnout. And while there remain a lot of unknowns ahead of November’s presidential election, one thing seems almost certain: It’s going to be close, at least in many of the key states that will decide the election. So the bipartisan polling team behind the NBC News poll, Public Opinion…
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Trump pulls even with Harris in NBC News poll
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in the latest national NBC News poll, with Trump bolstered by Republicans coming back home to support him after last month’s rough debate and a subsequent polling deficit, as well as by a favorable voter assessment of Trump’s term as president. These are among…