Politics

Iran sent a written message via Swiss diplomats in mid-October saying that it would not seek to kill Donald Trump, a U.S. official told NBC News.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.

Kennedy is Trump’s pick for health secretary, but he has a history of spreading misinformation about a range of issues.

They lost limbs in battle, led security convoys and survived several combat tours.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins is planning to run for a sixth term in two years, NBC affiliate News Center Maine reported. The senator made the announcement of her 2026 campaign at a stop Friday in Vassalboro. Collins has been in office since 1997 and has staked out a moderate position in the Republican Party. Earlier this week, she voiced skepticis...

Some caution that putting South Carolina to the back of the line-up could alienate Black voters.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who Donald Trump wants to be the next attorney general of the United States, has spread lies about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and championed the cause of Jan. 6 defendants whose cases he would oversee if confirmed to the job.

With President-elect Donald Trump announcing Matt Gaetz as his pick to be attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, political analyst Sue O’Connell reviews previous presidents’ controversial Cabinet choices. Plus, what will become of the House Ethics Committee’s report on Gaetz? 

Hegseth, a former Fox News host, was not charged with a crime in connection with the reported 2017 incident.

Johnson said that it would be a “terrible breach of protocol” if the committee released the report on Gaetz, who resigned from the House this week.

The “Department of Government Efficiency” won’t be a real government agency. In fact, it won’t even be part of the federal government.

Former Georgia congressman Doug Collins is a former member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command who fought in the Iraq War.

Here are five things to know about North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.