David Hogg, a prominent anti-violence activist and survivor of the 2018 shooting at his Parkland, Florida, high school, has entered a bid to lead the Democratic prominent Committee. The 24-year-old Hogg declared his intention to compete for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee on Monday, claiming he would concentrate on regaining the support of young voters who had defected from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. According to NBC News exit polling, that change occurred suddenly and dramatically in November when young people who had overwhelmingly supported President Joe Biden only four years prior voted Donald Trump in greater percentages than any other Republican presidential candidate since 2008. In order to rebuild our coalition following the significant shift to t...

WASHINGTON — TikTok, a video-based social networking app with millions of users in the United States, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to prevent a bill that would ban the service. In question is a bipartisan bill that was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden. If the justices don't step in, it will take effect on January 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would force ByteDance, the Chinese corporation that owns TikTok, to sell the platform to an American business or risk being banned. The law has been contested by TikTok, which claims it infringes on the company's First Amendment rights to free speech. In the filing, TikTok's attorneys stated, "The Act will shu...

Following a string of enigmatic drones that have disrupted the sky in recent weeks, including causing a temporary shutdown at an airport over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has asked that a drone detection device be brought to New York and New Jersey. Two days after New York Stewart International Airport closed due to numerous drone sightings near it, Schumer made the request to the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday. He promoted Robin Radar Systems because of its "360-degree technology," which he said has a higher probability of spotting drones than linear systems. Numerous unidentifiable drones have been observed above New Jersey and throughout the Northeast. For live coverage, follow along. Despite the number of sightings, Schumer made it "remarkable" ...

New Jersey's Maplewood. Due to numerous drone sightings in the area, President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he had postponed a planned visit to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump attacked the Biden administration for not providing more details on the drones, which were initially seen in New Jersey in November and have since become a national source of worry and conspiracy theories, during his first press conference since winning the presidency. The statement, "Something strange is going on," was his. "For some reason, they don t want to tell the people." Adding, "They're very close to Bedminster," "I may decide not to stay in Bedminster for the weekend. I have made the decision to postpone my trip. A request for comment was not immediately answered by the White Ho...

At his first post-election press conference on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump expressed optimism, stating that there was a significant difference between now and when he took office in 2016: Some of his erstwhile enemies are now showing him kindness. Regarding his treatment by CEOs of large technology companies, whom he has previously characterized as enemies, he remarked, "Everyone wants to be my friend." I'm not sure; perhaps my personality has altered. "One of the main contrasts over the last four years is that "everyone was fighting me," Trump stated during the extensive press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago club. "The biggest difference is that people want to get along with me this time," he stated. The comments were the first time Trump has hosted an event since November and...

The goal of this tracker is to continuously identify and contextualize shootings in all kinds of schools across the United States, from kindergarten to college. The part of planned school shootings where an active shooter intentionally kills, maims, or injures at least one student or faculty member during class or at a school function is the focus of the tracker.See below for the FBI's definition of an active shooter as well as the complete NBC News criteria for school shootings. Why we are doing this In the immediate aftermath of any significant school shooting in the United States, the national discourse recounts the number of similar instances that had occurred in the same year. Depending on the news outlet and how it defines a school shooting, the terrifying figures that are dissemi...

At his first post-election press conference on Monday, President-elect Donald Trump expressed optimism, stating that there was a significant difference between now and when he took office in 2016: Some of his erstwhile enemies are now showing him kindness. Regarding his treatment by CEOs of large technology companies, whom he has previously characterized as enemies, he remarked, "Everyone wants to be my friend." I'm not sure; perhaps my personality has altered. "One of the main contrasts over the last four years is that "everyone was fighting me," Trump stated during the extensive press conference held at his Mar-a-Lago club. "The biggest difference is that people want to get along with me this time," he stated. The comments were the first time Trump has hosted an event since November and...

The goal of this tracker is to continuously identify and contextualize shootings in all kinds of schools across the United States, from kindergarten to college. The part of planned school shootings where an active shooter intentionally kills, maims, or injures at least one student or faculty member during class or at a school function is the focus of the tracker.See below for the FBI's definition of an active shooter as well as the complete NBC News criteria for school shootings. Why we are doing this In the immediate aftermath of any significant school shooting in the United States, the national discourse recounts the number of similar instances that had occurred in the same year. Depending on the news outlet and how it defines a school shooting, the terrifying figures that are dissemi...