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An Arizona congressman who earlier tweeted a coded conspiracy theory about Jeffrey Epstein appears to have no shame over posting a fake photo of former President Barack Obama to make a point about Iran. Republican Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a 2011 photo of Obama shaking hands with a former prime minister of India that was doctored to show him instead…

The Secret Service is purchasing Jet Skis, in part to protect President Donald Trump’s family as they participate in water sports.

Fear of ending one’s career is the main reason officers don’t come forward with issues of mental health, which the NYPD Commissioner has acknowledged

Former vice president and current Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and President Donald Trump held dueling events in Iowa on Thursday.

The Trump administration is moving to undercut a landmark agreement enabling Cuban baseball players to play on Major League Baseball teams, a senior administration official tells NBC News, by overturning an Obama-era decision that said Cuba’s baseball league is not part of the Cuban government. The administration has discretion to decide whether the Cuban Baseball Federation is too closely aligned...

Text of the Democratic response to the State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams and provided by the office of the House speaker

Days after an immigration judge denied Layidua Salazar’s petition to remain in the United States in 2015 because she was not living with her spouse, she learned at an annual visit to Planned Parenthood that she was pregnant. The possibility that she would not be allowed to remain in the country made her realize “within five minutes” that she couldn’t...

George W. Bush appeared to slip something into Michelle Obama’s hands as he welcomed her to his father’s funeral. It continues a tradition: During John McCain’s funeral, Bush handed her a cough drop.

While departing the White House Friday for a rally in North Carolina, President Trump said that he knows suspected mail bomber Cesar Sayoc Jr. was a supporter of his but that he bears “no blame” for the suspect’s actions.

A Florida man with an extensive criminal background and a fervent admiration for President Trump is in custody in connection with the pipe bombs mailed nationwide this week.

The Florida man in custody in connection with the series of pipe bombs mailed nationwide this week allegedly left a politically menacing social media trail that predates the packages by months, in some cases.

Florida resident Cesar Sayoc Jr. was arrested Friday in connection with mail bombs sent to several prominent Democrats and others who have been critical of President Donald Trump.

Three officials identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc, currently of Florida and formerly of New York. They said he has past arrests, including for assault, but little more was immediately known of him.

Four more suspected mail explosives were discovered in New York City, Florida and California early Friday, one addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, one to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, one to California Sen. Kamala Harris and one to businessman Tom Steyer.

The man suspected of mailing more than a dozen crude package explosives to top Democrats and others nationwide in recent days faces five federal charges that could land the 56-year-old in prison for the rest of his life, authorities said Friday.

A nationwide search is underway for the culprit or culprits responsible for targeting critics of President Donald Trump with crudely made mail bombs and investigators now say some if not all of the packages were mailed from the South Florida region.

Some of the 10 suspected mail bombs addressed to high-profile Democrats and others over the last few days were flawed and not capable of exploding, while others have yet to be analyzed, several investigators said.

Investigators seized three more suspected package explosives — two addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden in Delaware and one addressed to Robert De Niro in New York — early Thursday, bringing the total number of confiscated devices sent to high-profile Democrats and others to 10 in 72 hours.

At a campaign-style rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump called on the country to come together after packages containing explosive devices were sent to prominent Democrats and CNN’s NYC offices.

Over the last 72 hours, nine suspected or confirmed pipe bombs have been sent to high-profile Democrats and supporters in five states, mostly in New York.