Author: Grace Thompson

Vice President Kamala Harris couldn’t win Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada or Arizona. But her party still did: Democratic Senate candidates in each of those battlegrounds emerged victorious, even as voters rejected Harris. Long before Election Day, the winning candidates’ messages diverged from that of the top of the ticket. In more than a half-billion dollars in ad spending over just three months, Harris painted a picture of what she would do as president, but she spent little airtime selling what she and the Biden administration achieved. That dynamic was core to the paid media strategy of both the official Harris campaign and the main super PAC supporting her, which sought to make a subtle break with President Joe Biden and offer voters two competing economic visions for the future, b...

A " Wheel of Fortune " contestant has gone viral for his hilariously wrong answer on Monday’s episode. The correct answer to the puzzle in question was "Give yourself a round of applause." With only a few tiles missing, the board read "___E _OURSE_F A ROUN_ OF A___AUSE" when contestant Will Jordan gave his answer. "Treat yourself a round of sausage," he guessed — which, clearly, was wrong for a number of reasons. A clip now viewed over a half a million times on X shows Jordan's comical "missolve." After Jordan's fellow contestant Kitina Thomas solved the puzzle correctly, host Ryan Seacrest joined in the fun. "Will, I kind of like yours better," he joked. "That sounds better than just clapping right now." Following the silly sausage solve, the game show's social co...

A Los Angeles-area man who officials say killed a couple and burned their bodies and vehicles has been charged with murder, kidnapping, arson and burglary. Huangting Gong, 30, of Glendale, is accused of killing Jing Li and Kuanlun Wang, both 37, whom he was said to owe $80,000, in the Southern California desert on Oct. 12 and then stealing nearly $250,000 worth of luxury watches, handbags and clothing from their home. Gong was arrested Nov. 5 at Los Angeles International Airport upon his return from Seattle. He was booked into the Orange County Jail, where he was held without bail, police and prosecutors said. “No one deserves the fate of being executed and then set on fire in the middle of the desert,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement Tuesday. S...

People has officially decreed this year’s choice for Sexiest Man Alive, and it’s John Krasinski. The news was announced on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tuesday night with the 45-year-old actor making an appearance in the CBS studio. “Look at him, I get it,” Colbert said after announcing the actor as the newest receiver of the title, extending his congratulations just as Krasinski surprised Colbert in the studio. Krasinski, who is an actor, writer, director behind films such as “A Quiet Place,” “If” and more, is also married to actor Emily Blunt and the father of two: Hazel, 10, and Violet, 8. “There was so much laughter on the other end of the phone,” Krasinski told Colbert of the moment he told Blunt that he would be named People’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive, adding that a...

By Opening Day 2025, one Major League Baseball team will have superstar slugger Juan Soto in tow , threatening to fill up box scores with home runs and RBIs — all while adding a series of zeros to his checking account. Soto, 26, is hands down this winter’s most highly sought-after free agent, valued as much for his elite baseball skills as for his birth date. And his workplace choice could very well tip the balance of MLB power for years. If he stays with the Yankees, the defending American League champ ion s , or ventures to Los Angeles to join the World Series-winning Dodgers , Soto might cement those big-market, star-laden clubs as perennial October players. He could also land with recent playoff contenders like the New Yor...

Coverage on this live blog has ended. What to watch in Washington today President-elect Donald Trump named multiple people he intends to nominate for Cabinet positions today, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to be secretary of state; controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz , R-Fla., to be attorney general; and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence. The Gaetz pick in particular stunned many Senate Republicans , who warned his road to confirmation is not likely to be smooth. Republicans will maintain control of the House, NBC News projected. The victory gives Republicans all elements of power in Washington and will allow Trump to quickly fill his Cabinet and advan...

Donald Trump will meet with Joe Biden at the White House. The latest consumer price index is expected to show a slight increase for October. And a test that uses DNA to help diagnose medical mysteries was deemed a “breakthrough device.” Here’s what to know today. Trump returns to White House for symbolic meeting President-elect Donald Trump will meet with President Joe Biden today in a symbolic White House ceremony meant to signal the peaceful transfer of power. It’s a meeting Trump denied to Biden in 2020 when he refused to concede the election results and worked to delay Biden’s taking office. It’s also Trump’s first time back in the White House since he was voted out of office. There are still a few unknowns for the day, including whether Vice President-elect JD Va...

Indonesia ’s President Prabowo Subianto met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday and offered his congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump by phone during an official visit to Washington. “I will work very hard to strengthen Indonesian-United States relationship, and I would like to work towards this end that we have a strong cooperation,” Prabowo said. Prabowo, who has said he will pursue a nonaligned foreign policy, met with Biden in the Oval Office after posting a video of his call to Trump. He arrived in Washington straight from China , where he had met with President Xi Jinping on his first overseas trip since taking office last month. Washington sees Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, as an...

Former President Donald Trump has clinched a second term in the White House, and his Republican Party has won control of the Senate and the House. But several races remain uncalled. While Republicans will control both chambers, with nine House races and one Senate race still uncalled, it remains to be seen how large their majorities will be — and therefore how easily they can move to implement Trump's agenda. With votes still being counted, here's a look at the key races that remain uncalled by the NBC News Decision Desk (read more about how those races are called ). Presidential battlegrounds With Trump's victory in Michigan projected by NBC News Wednesday afternoon, a win in Nevada called early Thursday morning and a victory for Trump declared in Arizona on Saturday ev...