Month: January 2020

First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day’s most important political stories and why they matter. The fundamental issue hanging over the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald John Trump is....

Democratic congressional leaders and presidential candidates who were unsparing in their criticism of President Trump for the escalation with Iran over the past two weeks largely have gone silent now that the protests on the streets of Tehran and beyond...

Pentagon officials believe that the more than a dozen missiles launched at two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces Tuesday night were designed to kill Americans, but the Iranian efforts were thwarted by the military’s Early Warning Systems, Defense Secreta...

Photos from old bushfires and fake maps have been shared on social media during the bushfire crisis. There has been no shortage of terrifying images showing the devastation wrought by Australia’s bushfire crisis, but some of the most widely shared...

Joaquin Phoenix drops several F-Bombs in his Golden Globes speech, blasting Hollywood hypocrisy Joaquin Phoenix took home the Golden Globe on Sunday night for his role in “Joker,” but not without some drama. After acknowledging his fellow nominees, Phoenix...