Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests. “We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting,” the so-called Department of Government Efficiency said in a post on X . “If that’s you, DM this account with your CV. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants,” the post said. Musk said separately that the jobs would be unpaid but “ greatly help America .” “Indeed, this will be tedious work, make lots of enemies & compensation is zero,” he wrote . “What a great deal!” President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday tha...

Whether online or in-person, Target is a one-stop shop for groceries, pet supplies, tech, home goods, beauty products and more. To help customers save while shopping, the retailer offers a free loyalty program, Target Circle , and a paid membership, Target Circle 360. The latter typically costs $99 a year, but now through Dec. 2, you can sign up for $49 — that's 50% off your first year of an annual membership. Below, I broke down everything you need to know about Target Circle and Target Circle 360. Plus, learn about the Target RedCard . SKIP AHEAD What is Target Circle? | What is Target Circle 360? | What is the Target Circle Card? | Why trust NBC Select? What is Target Circle? Target Cir...

Acclaimed director David Lynch started smoking at age 8 and now relies on supplemental oxygen for anything more strenuous than a walk across a room, he said in an interview to People , warning people of the dangers of smoking. Lynch revealed in August that he suffers from emphysema, a chronic lung condition that causes shortness of breath. He also said that he had officially quit smoking two years prior. "I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco — the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them — but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is emphysema," he wrote on X. "Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema." He added that he is "filled with hap...

What to watch in Washington today President-elect Donald Trump continues to build out his Cabinet ahead of his inauguration, announcing three picks yesterday, including Rep. Matt Gaetz , R-Fla., to be attorney general. The selection of Gaetz, who offered his resignation after the announcement, stunned many Senate Republicans , who warned his road to confirmation is not likely to be smooth. A gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida today. Scheduled speakers include Argentine President Javier Milei ; Matt Whitaker, previously viewed as a candidate to become Trump's attorney general; and others. President Joe Biden is preparing to attend his f...

A Georgia mother was arrested and accused of allegedly endangering her son — all because the unsupervised 10-year-old walked less than a mile away from home, officials said. Brittany Patterson, 41, had taken another son to a doctor on Oct. 30 and she became mildly annoyed — but not at all worried — when the Fannin County Sheriff's Department called to say her 10-year-old boy Soren had wandered from their rural home in Mineral Bluff and into town. "It's not a super dangerous or even dangerous at all stretch of road," Patterson told NBC News, in an interview that aired Wednesday. "I wasn't terrified for him or scared for his safety." Deputies drove Soren, now 11, home and that was that, or so Patterson had thought. But then hours later, the sheriff's department came back to the...

The attorneys who've been defending Rudy Giuliani in a case seeking to force him to turn over his assets to two former election worker he defamed are asking a judge permission to drop him as a client. The exact reason for the request was redacted in a court filing late Wednesday, but the filing suggested Giuliani, who represented President-elect Donald Trump in his challenges to the 2020 election , was being an "unreasonably difficult" client. In the filing , Giuliani attorney Ken Caruso and co-counsel David Labkowski cited three provisions of the code of professional conduct allowing them to withdraw — when "the client insists upon taking action with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement;" "the client insists upon presenting a claim or defense t...

A fingerprint on a decades-old taxi application led to the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting two people and leaving their bodies along a Massachusetts roadway in 1978, officials said. Timothy Scott Joley, 71, was arrested last month at his home in Clearwater, Florida, in connection with the murders of Theresa Marcoux, 18, and Mark Harnish, 20, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni announced on Facebook Wednesday. Their bodies were found on Nov. 19, 1978, off a roadway in West Springfield. Joley was taken into custody on a two-count murder complaint and arrest warrant and faces extradition to Massachusetts. It's not clear if he has obtained an attorney. It was only in the last month that Joley was linked to the decades-long cold case. Gulluni said an unident...

Where is Roshanak Molaei? The hashtag is circulating in Iran after the 25-year-old woman disappeared in Tehran after being taken into custody by police, raising concerns about her treatment as the country continues to crack down on women who defy mandatory hijab laws. The events that led to Roshanak Molaei's arrest did not start as a protest. A surveillance video shows the woman walking along a Tehran sidewalk on Nov. 1, before a man dressed in a military uniform approaches her from behind on a motorcycle. It is not clear from the angle of the footage whether the man verbally or physically accosted her, but according to the nearly 2-minute video that Molaei later posted to her X account, she reacted by grabbing the motorcyclist in a heated exchange that drew several bystanders....