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President Donald Trump defended his allies Friday while calling for his perceived political opponents to be jailed during a speech at the headquarters of the Justice Department — an agency that was prosecuting him just months ago.

President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career, decrying in often profane terms his adversaries and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prosecutions.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday over its mass firings at the Department of Education.

NBC Washington asked government workers and contractors to weigh in on the impact of DOGE cuts. Some said they feel like “a punch in the gut.”

Tracie Strahan reporting on Department of Education to lay off 1,300 workers.

The stock market is volatile, prices have soared and massive federal layoffs have sparked economic fears — to the point that many have started to worry about a possible recession. While the word “recession” has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What exactly does a recession mean and what does it mean…for you? Here’s what you need...

President Donald Trump is warning that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on students protesting the war in Gaza.

U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019. People thought it was a joke at the time. But no one is laughing now. Trump’s interest in Greenland has been restated vigorously soon after he returned to the White House in January. It comes as part of an aggressively “America First” foreign policy platform. Increasing international tensions, global warming...

Worries about the economy and President Donald Trump’s tariffs are sending U.S. stocks further from their record set just last month. The S&P 500 was down 1.5% in early trading Monday, coming off its worst week since September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 415 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.2% lower. Stocks are on track…

Mahmoud Khalil was inside a university-owned residence Saturday night near Columbia’s Manhattan campus when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered his apartment and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told The Associated Press. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports. 

The show will be available on Prime Video for the first time, highlighting links between Trump’s time as a reality TV host and his presidential terms.

President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup at a time when his tariffs have upped tensions in the continent.

President Donald Trump had FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the White House to announce a World Cup Task Force ahead of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure  Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. The Republican-controlled body voted 224-198, including 10 Democrats in favor of approving the resolution.

Phil Goff, who is New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the U.K., made the comments at an event in London on Tuesday.

“I reject in the name of Panama and all Panamanians this new affront to the truth and our dignity as a nation,” President José Raúl Mulino wrote on X on Wednesday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders shared his thoughts on President Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress, asserting that the claim that millions of dead individuals are receiving Social Security benefits is false.

President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress of his second term Tuesday night, celebrating the big spending cuts, crackdown on migration and economic vision from the opening weeks of his administration, NBC News reported.

Trump spoke for roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes, setting a record for the longest address to a joint session of Congress.

NBC 4’s Adam Harding reports on the Tri-state’s reaction to the tariffs President Trump plans to put in place and how it will affect pricing all around.