Nov. 18, 2022, 3:30 PM UTC By Bridget Bowman Although control of Congress and most battleground races have been decided, a handful of uncalled contests still remain. Here’s a look at the races where the results are still unclear, per the NBC News Decision Desk, with their latest vote totals as of 7 a.m. ET: …
WASHINGTON — New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the fourth-ranking House Democrat, said Friday that he will run to replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the party’s leader after Republicans took back control of the chamber in last week’s midterm elections. His announcement in a letter to colleagues came a day after Pelosi said in a …
When Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves her post as the top Democrat in the House early next year, it will bring to a close one of the lower chamber’s longest leadership tenures in U.S. history. Pelosi, D-Calif., has served 10 terms as the leader of the House Democrats since 2003, including four terms as the speaker. …
“TODAY” show meteorologist and anchor Al Roker revealed on Friday that he is in the hospital after being admitted last week for a blood clot in his leg and a few in his lungs. Roker, 68, said this is the reason viewers haven’t seen him on the NBC morning show. “So many of you have …
Jayapal had also sounded out a potential leadership bid but opted against it
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos, the failed blood-testing company at the center of her downfall, will be sentenced Friday. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of fraud for misleading Theranos investors about the company’s technology and its financial health. She faces a potential maximum of 20 years in prison. The …
JACKSON, Miss. — An airport worker who flew a stolen twin-engine plane erratically over north Mississippi for hours and threatened to crash into a Walmart store has died in federal prison while awaiting trial, federal authorities said Wednesday. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, was found unresponsive Monday at …
Global climate talks approached crunch time on Friday, the final scheduled day of negotiations that are expected to go past their deadline as chances of a deal still looked unclear. A new draft cover decision from the Egyptian presidency came out Friday morning, half the size of a 20-page document released Thursday that was criticized for being …
“We can’t rest on our laurels here,” Lauren Baer, the managing partner of Arena, said on the call, to which a POLITICO reporter was granted access. “We had better than expected results this year, but 2024 starts today.” A constellation of liberal organizations flooded legislative races with money in 2022, and Democrats did not lose …
Despite sky-high interest rates, Americans are charging record amounts to their credit cards as the holiday shopping season heats up, risking hefty fees and credit score fallout that personal finance experts say can be mitigated with a little planning. Inflation, which was running at 7.7% in October, shows some signs of slowing but still hovers …
