Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros.  —  Netflix, Inc. today announced that it has declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros. Netflix had earlier received notice from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that its Board of Directors has determined Paramount Skydance's (PSKY) …

'You'll have to ask my husband:' House Republicans say Hillary Clinton punted questions on Epstein … “I don't know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein.  I never went to his island, I never went to his homes, I never went to his offices,” she told reporters after the deposition.

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency  —  Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.  —  Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination …

Timeline: Burmese refugee's arrest to death  —  Police body camera footage of confrontation between police and Nurul Amin Shah Alam in February of last year.  —  Buffalo police last year Tasered, beat and arrested the Burmese refugee who was found dead Tuesday in downtown …

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War  —  I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.  —  Anthropic has therefore worked proactively to deploy …

Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone  —  The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, according to members of Congress, and the Federal Aviation Administration responded by closing more airspace near El Paso, Texas.

Justice Department Sues Five Additional States for Failure to Produce Voter Rolls  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced it has filed federal lawsuits against five states — Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, and New Jersey …

Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor  —  Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in December  —  Three memos that describe four interviews conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Why top Senate Republicans are skeptical they can use a ‘talking filibuster’ to pass Trump's SAVE America Act  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the conference isn't “unified” on using the rarely used tool as he faces increased pressure from the right.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE

‘ICE will comply’: Top Minnesota judge threatens criminal contempt for continued defiance … “The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt — again and again and again — to force the United States government …

Manhattan DA drops assault charge in Washington Square Park snowball fight … We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026.  Donate today  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

Vance: ‘No chance’ U.S. will be in drawn-out war in Middle East  —  In an interview with The Washington Post, Vance says he remains a “skeptic of foreign military interventions.”  —  ABOARD AIR FORCE TWO — Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that while military strikes …

Noem's luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg  —  NBC News reported last week what avgeeks and ICE watchers have been talking about for months: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been flying around on a recently acquired luxury Boeing 737.

America's slipping sympathy for Israel … - But the trend over the last year shows how suddenly U.S. public opinion has soured on Israel — slipping 10 percentage points in 12 months.  — At the same time, Israel's favorable rating has declined to near its historical low in Gallup's polling.

Exclusive: US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says  —  The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property …

Trump-MAHA split complicates midterm agenda  —  The Trump administration's 2026 health care agenda is shaping up to look pretty different from last year's — and that's not going over very well with some of the “Make America Healthy Again” faithful. … - But there's still plenty …

Unions privately urge Chuck Schumer and Democratic leaders to stay out of Maine's Senate primary  —  At least three pro-Graham Platner unions are pushing Democratic leaders to stop supporting Gov. Janet Mills in the competitive Senate race.  —  Union leaders in recent days …

Trump's takeover of the GOP upends Texas Senate race  —  GOP Sen. John Cornyn is in a hotly contested primary race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, with all three pitching themselves as Trump allies.  —  MAGNOLIA, Texas — Unlike many of the Texans packed …

Why Trump got involved in a state Senate race — and why he might lose  —  Phil Berger got an unusual endorsement from Trump after helping him redraw the House map.  It might not be enough to keep his seat.  —  As North Carolina's longtime state Senate leader weighed President Donald Trump's push …

The First Couple of a Dysfunctional DHS  —  On a winter night last year, shortly after Donald Trump was sworn into office, senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security assembled discreetly at a private home in Washington, D.C., to discuss what they saw as a gathering crisis inside the agency …