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Washington Following a fall in the Capitol, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was spotted using a wheelchair, but his office reported Wednesday that he is "fine." McConnell, the senator, is all right. "His regular work schedule will not be disrupted by the residual effects of polio in his left leg," a McConnell spokesperson stated. McConnell, 82, was a youngster who contracted polio. Additionally, the spokesperson stated that McConnell is only using a wheelchair as a precaution. As McConnell was exiting the Senate chamber to attend a Republican caucus lunch, reporters saw him stumble down a short flight of steps. While heading down the stairs from the Senate floor, McConnell collapsed. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., told reporters, "I think he just slipped on the steps, I was right behind him an...

An executive order banning transgender women from participating in women's sports is anticipated to be signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday. White House officials refer to the policy as the "No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order." Wednesday is the 39th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, which was established in 1987 to honor female athletes and encourage girls to play sports. The timing doesn't seem to be coincidental. Before the November elections, the topic of transgender women playing women's sports was a recurring and contentious one. Trump promised to keep men out of women's sports and referred to trans women as men both during and after his campaign. White House officials told reporters on a call Wednesday morning that they anticipate the word "transgender" ...

LondonThe world has been shocked and incredulous by President Donald Trump's shocking revelation that he intends to take over the Gaza Strip and expel 2.2 million Palestinians, at least temporarily. According to certain officials and analysts, this would amount to ethnic cleansing. Many question if it's really feasible in practice, speculating that it might be more of a diplomatic ploy or a diversionary tactic than a real policy strategy. The purported plan to turn the war-torn Palestinian enclave on Israel's western flank into the Middle East's riviera has been denounced outside of far-right groups in both Israel and the US, regardless of its purpose or feasibility. According to Fawaz Gerges, a seasoned Middle East specialist and professor at the London School of Economics, this is the mo...

Fox News announced Wednesday that Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump, will host a show on the network over the weekend. It is anticipated that "My View with Lara Trump" will debut on February 22 at 9 p.m. ET on Saturdays, replacing "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade." According to a news release from Fox News Channel, Kilmeade's show will now air on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET. "I m thrilled to bring my voice back to FOX News, talk directly with the American people and highlight what makes this country so great," Trump stated in a press release. "As I cover the success of The Golden Age of America, I look forward to where this time will lead our country and where this opportunity will lead me in the future." The hour-long program, according to Fox News, will "focus on the ret...

President Donald Trump and his followers have praised his use of tariff threats to pressure Canada and Mexico into making concessions on border security and drug trafficking. However, some of the agreements reached by America's two biggest economic partners and key allies are not as significant as the hype suggests, according to experts. Trump predicted that the 25% tariffs on the two nations would go into effect on Tuesday when he announced them on Saturday. He claimed to have achieved a deal with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum by Monday, agreeing to send 10,000 Mexican national guard officers to the U.S. border to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the country. Sheinbaum stated that she and the Trump administration had reached an agreement to form a bilateral working group to ...

Democratic lawmakers and campaigners have criticized the Department of Government Efficiency, run by Elon Musknow, for having access to a government payment system that handles $6 trillion in federal payments annually, including Social Security and Medicare benefits. However, the Treasury Department stated in a recent letter to Congress that those benefit payments have not been postponed or redirected as a result of the recent event. According to reports last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave DOGE, an entity in the president's executive office, access to the government payment system. Finding strategies to save federal spending and boost government efficiency is the responsibility assigned to DOGE. Concerns regarding the implications for the continuation of federal funds and acce...

On Wednesday, thousands of protesters gathered outside a federal courtroom in Philadelphia and at state capitols in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, and Indiana as part of a movement to protest the early actions of President Donald Trump's administration. Protesters held signs criticizing Trump, Project 2025, a hard-right blueprint for American culture and government, and billionaire Elon Musk, who heads Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency. Democracy cannot be watched from a distance! One Philadelphia protester held a sign that read, "Do something." For live coverage, click this link. The movement behind the protests was coordinated online under the hashtags #50501 (50 protests, 50 states, one day) and #buildtheresistance. Social media profiles and websites made calls to action, sta...

According to a Reuters video, a U.S. military plane carrying scores of undocumented Indian people touched down in Northern India Wednesday morning. NBC News was informed by a defense official with firsthand knowledge of the matter that there were approximately 100 unauthorized Indian immigrants on board. The flight is one of the most recent deportations to use military aircraft. It follows an executive order that President Donald Trump signed last month allowing the military to play a part in border security and immigration enforcement. The Indian Embassy did not provide information about the deportation, but it did direct NBC News to remarks made by India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Shri. Randhir Jaiswal, at a media briefing last week. According to Jaiswal, the nation is ...

Washington Six people familiar with the plans told NBC News that the Trump administration's decision this week to detain some immigrants at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which was established after 9/11 to house prisoners accused of terrorism, is the first step in a larger plan to house more immigrants in the high-security prison rather than the low-level detention area for immigrants that was previously built. According to three people involved with the planning, the proposal is to extend the prison so that immigrants can be housed in partially constructed tent camps encircled by fencing in addition to the prison itself. A portion of the tent camps have been constructed, according to a person with knowledge of the planning. Last Wednesday, Trump declared that he would order the...

According to executives on Tuesday, Mattel may soon increase the cost of toys like Barbie and Hot Wheels in reaction to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In order to lessen the impact of tariffs, the toy giant, which produces roughly 40% of its toys in China and fewer than 10% in Mexico, told analysts it will try to reorganize its supply chain, but it is also thinking about raising prices. During the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, Anthony DiSilvestro, the finance head, stated, "We have a range of mitigating actions against the tariff." Leveraging Mattel's supply chains and possible price hikes are among such measures, he said. "We always keep consumers in mind when we consider pricing actions, and we do work closely with our retail partners to achieve the right...