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IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.Currently playingNBC News reports that the Louisiana Republican Senate race will go to a runoff, with Cassidy losing the election.01:46to the nextSteve Kornacki talks about the Indiana and Ohio primaries.06:08Sherrod Brown wins Ohio Democratic Senate primary, NBC News Project04:37Ramaswamy wins Ohio Republican primary for governor, NBC News Project00:56Democrat Analilia Mejia is predicted to win New Jersey House of Representatives race02:37Paxton says key results show ‘Texans want new leadership’03:07Texas Supreme Court blocks extension of voting hours in Dallas County03:06Cornyn slams Paxton as ‘self-centered’ after Texas Republican…

Federal investigators are looking into whether high winds or other factors may have played a role in a small plane crash in Akron, Ohio, in which a passenger plane crashed into a house and exploded during a training flight, killing two people, officials said Friday.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Akron police received a call about the accident Thursday around 4 p.m. Both victims were aboard a Piper PA-28 aircraft when it crashed into the home.At a press conference Friday, NTSB air accident investigator Aaron McCarter confirmed that the flight was…

President Donald Trump is defending his comments earlier this week that he did not consider the financial situation of Americans amid efforts to negotiate an end to the Iran war.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.”Perfect statement. I’d say it again,” Trump said in an interview Friday after being shown a clip of his earlier remarks.President Trump told reporters Tuesday that he is not thinking “at all” about Americans’ finances as he negotiates with Iran to end the months-long conflict, adding that his sole focus is to prevent Iran from acquiring…

Elon Musk, whose Tesla company also makes humanoid robots, called Chinese robots “cool.” Musk was in Beijing this week as part of President Donald Trump’s state visit. President Trump said his meeting with President Xi Jinping went well and expressed hope for further U.S. cooperation with China.However, there is still a lot of room for improvement in what these robots can do physically and autonomously, that is, without remote instructions.”What the robot industry needs to improve is in the brains of these robots, in the software that allows these robots to actually do what we want them to do,” said…

WASHINGTON — He is the biggest draw in American politics, a sitting president who has created a movement loyal to him for more than a decade.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.He may be the most polarizing figure in American politics, now presiding over rising inflation and a war in the Middle East with no clear end in sight.Donald Trump’s ability to both attract and repel American voters creates a dilemma that Republicans are grappling with heading into November’s midterm elections. The question is: Should he campaign aggressively to maintain his…

IE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser.President Trump says the US and China have a ‘great relationship’ during summit meeting02:11Currently playing’We should be partners, not rivals’: Chinese President Xi Jinping begins bilateral talks01:20to the nextHonor guard and schoolchildren greet Trump and Xi at arrival ceremony in Beijing01:34President Trump shakes hands with President Xi at the beginning of historic US-China summit03:02President Trump arrives in China for high-stakes summit02:44President Trump arrives in China for high-stakes summit with Xi07:42Beijing residents express skepticism over President Trump’s arrival in China01:08President Trump heads for high-stakes summit in…

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder conviction and life sentence and ordered a new trial for the murders of his wife and son.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In the latest development in a tortuous legal saga, the state Supreme Court ruled that Murdaugh was denied his right to a fair trial because of Colleton County Court Clerk Rebecca “Becky” Hill’s “improper outside influence on the jury.””Mr. Hill has put his finger on the scales of justice,” the court wrote in a…

A federal appeals court ruled this week that President Donald Trump does not have to pay author E. Jean Carroll $83 million in defamation damages until the Supreme Court reconsiders the case or decides to prosecute.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order on Monday after President Trump asked to suspend an earlier ruling that denied him an opportunity to challenge the defamation ruling on appeal.The court granted Trump’s request to suspend the sentence, saying there was no objection from Carroll as long…

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SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that 27 cruise ship employees, including employees of Disney Cruise Line, have been deported for their involvement in child pornography.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The discovery was made last month after CBP officers boarded eight cruise ships between April 23 and 27 as part of an ongoing Child Sexual Exploitation Material Investigation (CSEM), a CBP spokesperson said in a statement Monday.A spokesperson said authorities determined that 27 of the 28 crew members interviewed were “involved in either receiving, possessing, transporting, distributing,…