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The war of words — and trade — between Washington and Beijing took a fresh turn Thursday when a Chinese diplomat declared that her compatriots “don’t back down,” sharing a video of Mao Zedong condemning the U.S. to underscore her point. China, the world’s second-biggest economy and one of the …

Gretchen Whitmer became governor after promising to “fix the damn roads” in Michigan.  Whether she goes any further depends on how well she can navigate some of the early bumps surfacing as she positions herself for a possible White House bid. On Wednesday, during a trip to Washington, D.C., that …

The mother of New Orleans Pelican Zion Williamson’s child was arrested in a home invasion case involving an unidentified woman who she may have viewed as her romantic rival. Ahkeema Love, 31, was arrested Sunday and charged with home invasion, aggravated battery and stalking, according to a probable cause affidavit …

A bipartisan team of freshman senators who went through some of 2024’s biggest battleground races are introducing a bill Wednesday to give President Donald Trump’s administration the power to stop investments from Chinese companies in the U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., are sponsoring …

HARTFORD, Conn. — A 20-year-old Connecticut man accused of causing a car crash that killed a Hartford police officer and seriously wounded that officer’s partner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges, including manslaughter. Richard Barrington, an 18-year-old high school junior at the time of the 2023 crash, will next …

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs on global imports into the United States take effect Wednesday, reshuffling a global economic order that has largely stood for generations.  The mere announcement of the duties last week sent shock waves through global markets and caused trillions of dollars in paper losses. Now, consumers …

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 White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we examine Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest effort to get House Republicans in line …

YouTube baby whisperer Ms. Rachel has welcomed her second child — a baby girl. Rachel Griffin Accurso announced on Instagram that she and her husband, Aron, had welcomed a baby girl named Susannah via surrogate.  “We are so in love!” she wrote in a post on Tuesday. “Sometimes timing isn’t …

Global stocks on Tuesday clawed back a fraction of their enormous recent losses, with the turmoil from the Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping global tariffs last week calming in financial markets if not in the political arena. Most major indexes in Europe and Asia climbed and pre-market trading in the …

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species. The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, …