Washington The White House wants Congress to enact legislation that would give the federal, state, and local governments more ability to deal with drones that fly in U.S. airspace, as public anxiety over drones operating in the skies over New Jersey and other East Coast states has grown. In an interview with NBC's "TODAY" program on Tuesday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby stated, "We do need better authorities to deal with that growing ecosystem of drones in U.S. airspace." According to Kirby, there are gaps in the federal, state, and municipal government's ability to handle drones. "Congress needs to help us get through this," he stated. Kirby said the federal government has done some analysis on the drones over the past several days in an effort to convince the publi...

A day after expressing optimism that a ceasefire and hostage agreement were approaching, Israel's defense minister pledged that it will retain complete freedom of action in the Gaza Strip after combat in the Palestinian enclave stops. During a closed-door parliamentary committee session on Monday, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel was closer to a ceasefire agreement than it has ever been. An Israeli legislator in attendance confirmed the remark to NBC News. Despite the fact that ceasefire negotiations have failed several times in the past, two American and Israeli officials told NBC News this week that Hamas had given up important principles in order to reach an agreement. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Hamas agreed to submit a complete list of ...

Washington According to a copy of the complaint seen by NBC News, Donald Trump is suing Ann Selzer, her polling company, The Des Moines Register, and the parent company of the newspaper, Gannett, alleging consumer fraud. According to the lawsuit, which was filed Monday night in Polk County, Iowa, it aims to hold people accountable for blatantly interfering with an election that showed Kamala Harris leading by three percentage points in Iowa on November 2. Trump's attorneys claim in the lawsuit that the fact that he won the state by double digits is election-interfering fiction. The assertion is being made by the president-elect in accordance with the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, which forbids misleading advertising. This is what I'm doing because I feel obligated to. Speaking about the laws...

The office of Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., told NBC News that 14 Democratic senators will introduce an amendment Monday night to remove language from Congress' mammoth defense funding bill that aims to exclude coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender children of service members. Last week, the House passed the 1,800-page National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, by a vote of 281-140, with 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans voting against it and 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats voting in favor. The $895 billion bill establishes defense plans for the next year and authorizes the Defense Department's yearly budget. A clause in the bill that would forbid medical treatment for military dependents under the age of 18 who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria under the military's he...

Three people were killed in a school shooting in Wisconsin, and the suspect is a female student, age 15.Officials attempt to allay concerns about drone sightings. After discovering that her father's remains were taken for medical research before she even knew he was gone, a daughter also speaks out. What to know today is as follows. Teacher and teen student killed in Wisconsin school shooting At Wisconsin's Abundant Life Christian School, a 15-year-old girl was found to be the shooter of a teacher and one of her classmates. The teen has also passed away. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes reported last evening that six people were hurt, including two teenagers who were critically injured and in danger of dying. A weekday newsletter to start your day, here is Morning Rundown. To receive it...

Authorities claimed that 12 people, including 11 Indian nationals, were discovered dead at a ski resort in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains, perhaps from carbon monoxide poisoning. According to a statement released by Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs, all worked at a restaurant in Gudauri, a well-known ski resort close to the Russian border. The 12th individual was a citizen of Georgia. They were discovered in a second-floor resting section of the restaurant, where it is thought that a power generator that was installed within the beds was activated following a disruption in the power supply. According to the ministry, no indications of violence or bodily harm were found during the initial examination. The ministry stated that a forensic team was trying to ascertain the precise cause of ...

In an effort to draw in more foreign tourists, China announced on Tuesday that it was extending its visa-free transit policy, enabling Americans and other qualified foreign visitors to remain in some areas of the nation for up to 240 hours, or 10 days. On its WeChat account, China's National Immigration Agency declared that passport holders from 54 nations are eligible for the policy, which takes effect immediately. They comprise the United States and Canada, as well as nations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. As long as they traveled on to a third nation or region, visitors could previously remain in China for up to 72 to 144 hours without a visa, depending on where they went. Those who have tickets to leave China within 10 days can enter the nation at 60 locations in 24 provinces, inc...

In a letter, six Democratic senators urged the U.S. Agriculture Department to act immediately to safeguard the benefits cards that are being used to steal grocery money from low-income families. Over $150 million in stolen benefits have been returned to SNAP participants by the federal government since the previous fiscal year, according to data. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the senators stated that a proposed rule regarding modernizing the cards, which the Agriculture Department has not yet released, would stop the thefts from spreading, but the actual amount taken from needy households is probably much higher than that. The letter, which was received Monday evening and initially published by NBC News, stated that the USDA should move quickly to mandate that state-iss...

According to recent study, at least 37 persons may have been systematically dismembered and devoured in the wake of an extraordinarily violent attack in early Bronze Age England. The study, which was published Monday in the journal Antiquity, claims that the attack, which occurred approximately 4,000 years ago, exposes a case of cannibalism and the darker side of human prehistory. A 50-foot dig in Charterhouse Warren, southwest England, some 20 miles south of Bristol, yielded more than 3,000 bones. According to researchers, cavers initially found the bones in the 1970s, and they were selected for examination because to the large number of cutmarks. The study's lead scientist, Rick Schulting, told NBC News via email on Monday that they had been subjected to greater violence than would often...