Washington As part of an unprecedented purge of top executives at FBI headquarters and leadership in FBI field offices across the nation, two senior law enforcement sources say that David Sundberg, the assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, was informed Thursday that he would lose his job and is getting ready to leave the bureau. During Trump's second term, Sundberg became the highest-ranking field agent to be dismissed from the FBI. In December 2022, then-FBI Director Christopher Wray appointed Sundberg, who had joined the agency in 2002, to lead the Washington Field Office. It is among the most prestigious roles an agent may hold inside the FBI. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigations into now-President Donald Trump and the extensive investigation i...

Washington According to numerous current and former FBI officials, a number of senior executives who were elevated by previous Director Christopher Wray were informed on Thursday that they will either be fired or compelled to retire or quit. A half-dozen executive assistant directors, some of the bureau's top administrators in charge of criminal, national security, and cyber investigations, are among the senior personnel being purged. They cannot be fired without cause because they are career civil workers. Go here to watch live political coverage. At least two heads of field offices in Miami and Las Vegas were also targeted, according to the sources. In a note obtained by NBC News, Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas field office, stated, "I was informed by...

Louisiana's Baton Rouge. A Louisiana grand jury on Friday indicted a New York physician for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the nation's most stringent near-total abortion prohibitions. Dr. Margaret Carpenter, her company, Nightingale Medical, PC, and a third party were indicted by grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge. A felony charge of criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing medications was brought against all three. At least since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022 and allowed states to enact stringent anti-abortion legislation, the case seems to be the first time a doctor has been charged with a crime for allegedly shipping abortion pills to another state. In December, th...

Following a cyberattack, the New York Blood Center, one of the biggest nonprofit blood donation and distribution facilities in the nation, has canceled blood drives and appointments. The blood center claimed in a statement put to its website on Wednesday that ransomware was used by hackers to assault it on Sunday, severely impairing its ability to operate. Although donors are being warned to anticipate longer wait times, the organization is still taking blood donations. There is no projected timeline for when it will resume full operations. According to America's Blood Centers, a nonprofit organization that advocates for blood donation facilities nationwide, 60% of the nation's blood supply comes from independent blood suppliers like the blood center, which is the biggest in the New York C...

Although the cause of Wednesday night's catastrophic collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines airliner over the Potomac River is still unknown, some issues are starting to surface, such as the military chopper's height. Investigators continue to gather evidence from the Potomac, examining everything from recently recovered flight data to material from the cockpit voice recorder. The deadliest U.S. air crash since 2001 claimed the lives of all 64 passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342 as well as the three personnel on the helicopter in a firestorm impact near Reagan National Airport in Washington. Just before 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ-700 crashed with the helicopter while making its final approach into Reagan National's Runw...

Why is purchasing a home so difficult? The salaries of the middle class have not kept up with prices. For the first time since 2002, mortgage rates are higher than 7%. Also, three out of ten houses are sold for more than their listing price. However, none of those elements really reflects the range of difficulties that consumers across the country encounter in the present marketplace. On the ground, situations might differ significantly between states and even counties. We are launching a new monthly indicator, the NBC News Home Buyer Index, to more accurately and closely reflect changes in the local housing market. The Home Buyer Index is a score on a range of 0 to 100 that indicates the difficulties a prospective buyer encounters while attempting to purchase a home. It was created by NBC...

I particularly enjoy the warm, inside pleasures that come with snowy days, such as cuddling up with a puzzle or binge-watching my favorite television series, having endured more than 20 years of Canadian winters. But for those who love snow sports, winter is also the greatest—and sometimes the only—time of year to grab your snowboard or skis and head to the slopes. Make sure you have the greatest gear before you glide down a mountain, and ski goggles are a great way to achieve so. Ski goggles shield your eyes from debris, wind, UV rays, snow, and ice, among other things. According to experts, they are also a must for any snowboarder or skier. Continue reading to learn all you need to know about choosing the best ski goggles for your upcoming day on the slopes, including suggestions and sho...

Hospitals in the nation's capital, Colorado, and Virginia said on Thursday that they have put a halt to gender-affirming care for youth while they assess President Donald Trump's executive order that would reduce federal funding for such care. In order to comply with the executive order and maintain federal funds, Denver Health in Colorado has ceased performing gender-affirming procedures on patients under the age of 19, a spokeswoman said Thursday. It's unclear if the hospital will keep offering puberty blockers and hormone therapy, among other gender-affirming treatments, to young people. VCU Health and Children's Hospital of Richmond in Virginia announced that they had stopped providing gender-affirming drugs and surgeries to anyone younger than 19. Children's National Hospital in Washi...

The Women's National Basketball Association secretly submitted a trademark application this week for the name Detroit Shock as communities all around the nation compete for the next club. According to the petition, which was dated Thursday, the proposed purpose is for a basketball team, jerseys, merchandise, and in-arena signage that might be shown on radio or television. It might provide hints about the league's final choice regarding where to locate a new club. Tom Gores, the owner of the Detroit Pistons, made a proposal on Friday to have a new franchise move to the Motor City. Gores would lead the ownership group, which also includes Sheila Ford Hamp, the major owner and chair of the Detroit Lions; former Detroit Pistons players Chris Webber and Grant Hill; Mary Barra, the CEO of Genera...