The world will have its first digital saint in a few months. On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed that a young web designer who utilized his technological expertise to manage websites for regional Catholic organizations and documented miracles online would be canonized in April. According to Vatican News, Carlo Acutis, who passed away from leukemia in 2006 in Italy when he was 15 years old, will be canonized at the Jubilee for Adolescents on April 25–27. Acutis, who was born to Italian parents in London and was known as God's influencer informally, has been credited by the church with two miracles. The teenager, who is expected to become the youngest contemporary saint in the church, was credited by the pope with a second miracle in May. Four years had passed since he was beatified in 2020 ...

The calculus for Republican senators already evaluating their professional qualifications as they choose whether to accompany their party leader on important government positions has been complicated by the serious sexual impropriety allegations against three of President-elect Donald Trump's high-profile Cabinet picks. Former Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., his choice for attorney general, is charged with paying two other women for sex and having sex with a 17-year-old. Pete Hegseth, Trump's choice for defense secretary, was charged with sexual assault. Additionally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his choice for secretary of health and human services, was charged this summer with groping a former family babysitter. The accusations have been refuted by Gaetz and Hegseth. "I have so many skeleto...

The Kremlin might have been let down Wednesday if it had hoped to lower the bar for its use of nuclear weapons in order to frighten its adversaries in the West. The United States and its allies' increased support for Ukraine seemed to be a thinly veiled threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin's expanded nuclear strategy. The revised pact now permits Moscow to strike with nuclear weapons in the event that a non-nuclear nation, like Ukraine, that is backed by a nuclear state, like the United States, launches an attack. On the same day that Kyiv launched its first long-range ATACMS missiles against Russia, it was officially approved. However, foreign leaders and analysts expressed concerns that the shift amounted to much more than a new and more concentrated effort to discourage the West, ...

Welcome to the online edition of From the Politics Desk, an evening email that provides you with the most recent coverage and commentary from the campaign trail, Capitol Hill, and the White House by the NBC News Politics team. Senior national politics reporters Natasha Korecki and Alex Seitz-Wald analyze the current status of the contest for the position of next head of the Democratic National Committee in today's edition. Chuck Todd, chief political commentator, also examines how Donald Trump is rapidly depleting his political capital. Register here to get this newsletter delivered to your inbox each daily. After a stinging election defeat, the race to lead the DNC kicks off By Natasha Korecki and Alex Seitz-Wald Two weeks after losing badly to Donald Trump once more, Democrats ...

In a case that dominated the immigration discussion earlier this year, before of the presidential election, the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra was found guilty on three charges of felony murder as well as counts of malice murder, aggravated assault with intent to rape, kidnapping with bodily damage, and peeping Tom. Prosecutors requested that he be sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of release. On the fourth day of the bench trial, Judge H. Patrick Haggard of the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court rendered the verdict. Ibarra did not testify in his own defense and gave up his right to a jury trial. After closing arguments, Haggard took a 20-minute pause before deliverin...

According to Donald Trump's lawyers, it would be "uniquely destabilizing to the country" if the judge who oversaw his hush money trial and conviction in New York did not quickly dismiss the case. In a letter to state Judge Juan Merchan released on Wednesday, attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove contended that "immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests of justice, in order to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power following President Trump's overwhelming victory in the 2024 Presidential election." Additionally, the letter claimed that Trump is already covered by presidential immunity and used that as justification to dismiss the case. Before moving on to the lawyers' own original legal a...

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Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday as his choice to serve as the next ambassador to NATO, a crucial organization that Trump has often disparaged. "Matt is a devoted Patriot and a formidable warrior who will make sure that American interests are protected and furthered. Matt will fortify ties with our NATO allies and maintain his resolve when peace and stability are threatened. Trump declared in a statement that he will prioritize America. In his professional history, Whitaker seems to have little experience with international policy, and the Senate must ratify his appointment. During Trump's first term, Whitaker initially assumed an interim position at the Justice Department in November 2018, just after the midterm electio...

In a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, a homeless man from Florida was accused of planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange in order to compel a "reboot" or "reset" of the American government. According to the complaint, the FBI began investigating Harun Abdul-Malik Yener in February after receiving a tip that he was keeping bomb-making plans in a Coral Springs storage unit. According to the complaint, FBI investigators inspected the storage facility in early March with Yener's consent and discovered spiral-bound notebooks containing drawings of land mines, explosives, missiles, and other improvised explosive devices. According to the complaint, Yener admitted to agents at the time that he was making rockets using extremely volatile chemical mixes that might blow up if they were mixed...

According to a recent survey, 82% of transgender workers said they had at some time in their lives encountered harassment or discrimination at work due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. The LGBTQ research think tank, the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, conducted the study. It characterized harassment and discrimination as being verbally, sexually, or physically harassed, being fired, not hired, or not promoted. Compared to cisgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer employees (45%) and nonbinary employees (59%), trans employees were more likely to report such experiences. Brad Sears, the report's principal author and founding executive director of the Williams Institute, said in a statement that transgender persons are a particularly marginalized and vulnerable...