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HONG KONG Former Georgia Senator David Perdue consented to be named as the next U.S. ambassador to China, according to President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday. According to Trump's post on his Truth Social platform, Perdue has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong and has worked in China and other Asian countries for a large portion of his career. As a Fortune 500 CEO with a 40-year international business career and a stint in the U.S. Senate, David brings invaluable expertise to help build our relationship with China. He will play a key role in carrying out my plan to keep the peace in the area and foster a fruitful working relationship with the leaders of China, Trump stated. The two biggest economies in the world, the United States and China, have what is frequently referred to as the most ...

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic legislators said NBC News they have spoken with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who has started telling her fellow members of the House that she is vying to be the leading Democrat on the powerful Oversight Committee. During voting on the House floor Thursday night, Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive celebrity known by her nickname AOC, informed at least two of those lawmakers that she is putting herself forward to lead Democrats on the committee. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, informed a third Democratic member this week that she was certain she was running. As the leading Oversight Democrat, she enters the campaign against Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., 74, a senior member of the committee. Whether the Democratic caucus still favors seniority or genuinely wants generati...

Hong Kong Former Georgia Senator David Perdue had consented to become the next U.S. ambassador to China, according to President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday. According to Trump's post on his Truth Social platform, Perdue has lived in Singapore and Hong Kong and has worked in China and other Asian countries for a large portion of his career. As a Fortune 500 CEO with a 40-year international business career and a stint in the U.S. Senate, David brings invaluable expertise to help build our relationship with China. He will play a key role in carrying out my plan to keep the peace in the area and foster a fruitful working relationship with the leaders of China, Trump stated. The two biggest economies in the world, the United States and China, have what is frequently referred to as the most...

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic legislators said NBC News they have spoken with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who has started telling her fellow members of the House that she is vying to be the leading Democrat on the powerful Oversight Committee. During voting on the House floor Thursday night, Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive celebrity known by her nickname AOC, informed at least two of those lawmakers that she is putting herself forward to lead Democrats on the committee. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, informed a third Democratic member this week that she was certain she was running. As the leading Oversight Democrat, she enters the campaign against Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., 74, a senior member of the committee. Whether the Democratic caucus still favors seniority or genuinely wants generati...

According to the Butte County sheriff on Thursday, the man who shot two kindergarteners at a Christian school in Northern California had a history of mental illness and had entered the building by pretending to be interested in enrolling a relative. Around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Glenn Litton, 56, shot and murdered the two boys, ages 5 and 6, at the Feather River Adventist School near Palermo, according to authorities. On Thursday, their condition remained critical. At a news conference on Thursday, Sheriff Kory Honea stated that the 5-year-old had one gunshot wound to the abdomen and the 6-year-old had two bullet wounds. "It's likely that they will require additional surgeries," he stated. According to Honea, they have a very long road to rehabilitation ahead of them. According to Honea, in...

A senior New York City law enforcement official informed on the investigation confirmed to NBC News Thursday that round shells discovered at the scene where a masked shooter killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO in front of a bustling hotel in New York City had the words "deny, defend, and depose" scribbled on them. According to police, a deliberate, preplanned targeted attack outside the New York Hilton Midtown in the center of Manhattan killed 50-year-old Brian Thompson. The gunman is still at large, and police say they don't yet know his motivation. "Shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved Brian," Thompson's family wrote in a statement. In a statement received by NBC station KARE of Minneapolis, the family stated, "Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man wh...

According to fresh campaign finance filings, billionaire Elon Musk invested over $20 million in an enigmatic super PAC at the conclusion of the 2024 campaign, as part of his overall expenditure of nearly $250 million to support President-elect Donald Trump. According to the group's filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Thursday night, Musk provided funding for RBG PAC. Ads claiming that Trump opposed a federal abortion ban were released by the super PAC, which did not reveal its funders prior to the election. The entire $20.5 million raised by the organization came from a single gift from the Austin, Texas-based Elon Musk Revocable Trust. The campaign financial report, which covered the period from October 17 to November 25, shows that RBG PAC spent nearly all of its mone...

A policy change that will restrict reimbursements for anesthesia during surgery and other medical procedures was announced by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Thursday. Under the new arrangement, doctors would have received reimbursement according to deadlines that the insurance imposed. The new payment policy for Connecticut, New York, and Missouri, which will take effect in February, was quietly disclosed last month by Anthem BCBS, one of the biggest health insurers in the United States. The American Society of Anesthesiologists expressed outrage about the policy change. After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in New York City on Wednesday, the policy change gained attention after first going unreported.Anthem BCBS's decision erupted into the online hatred that the deaths...

The woman has been charged with stowaway after authorities claim she boarded a flight in New York over Thanksgiving without a ticket and was arrested when she landed in Paris. On Thursday afternoon, Svetlana Dali showed up for her arraignment in federal court in Brooklyn. She appeared to be in agony and was limping when she arrived. Later, she sat between a Russian interpreter and her lawyer, Michael Schneider of the Brooklyn Federal Defenders. She passed through metal detectors at airport security, according to her lawyer, who also argued that her acts were comparable to stealing services or jumping a turnstile. Dali can be fined, imprisoned for up to five years, or both if found guilty. Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation filed the complaint that led to the accusation, she did not ...