Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Ben Kamisar sifts through the fallout from Zohran Mamdani’s surge to the top of the Democratic primary … Read more
Donald Trump boasted that the US ‘took bomb out of Iran’s hands’ after his devastating strikes on key nuclear sites – but the rogue state could be hiding enriched uranium under ‘Pickaxe mountain’ Iran’s ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ complex is said to be deeper than the Fordow nuclear site(Image: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Iran’s hidden underground lair known … Read more
Canada joined its NATO allies on Wednesday in agreeing to a new defence spending target of five per cent of GDP — but the details are more complicated. Members of the alliance will have until 2035 to reach the new spending goal, for one thing. And the five per cent is being split into two … Read more
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, is seen on stage next to a small robot during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 11, 2025. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said other than artificial intelligence, robotics represents the chipmaker’s biggest … Read more
Nestle said Wednesday it will eliminate artificial colors from its U.S. food and beverages by the middle of 2026. It’s the latest big food company making that pledge. Last week, Kraft Heinz and General Mills said they would remove artificial dyes from their U.S. products by 2027. General Mills also said it plans to remove … Read more
Angela Calentano went missing in August, 1996, during a family picnic in Naples, Italy, and now nearly three decades later a judge has called for a Turkish lead to be pursued 18:20, 25 Jun 2025Updated 18:41, 25 Jun 2025 An image of how Angela might look like now(Image: Newsflash) A judge has ruled for a … Read more
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks alongside Michelle Bowman (L), Board Vice Chair for Supervision, Lisa Cook (2nd R), Board Governor, and Adriana Kugler (R), Board Governor, as he chairs a Federal Reserve Board open meeting discussing proposed revisions to the board’s supplementary leverage ratio standards at the Federal Reserve Board building … Read more
Zohran Mamdani didn’t just score more first-place votes Tuesday night in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary — he also prompted his closest rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to concede before the night was over, making the city’s ranked choice tabulation feel like a formality. While Mamdani’s supporters claim the outcome was no surprise, Cuomo … Read more
Missiles were launched by the United States to blow up Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and with tensions simmering in the middle East, a former CIA agent has said what spies are aiming to do now A drone strike on a joint US-Iraqi military base north of Baghdad An ex-CIA agent has told what … Read more
BP shares were whipsawed Wednesday as investors reacted to reports that the oil major might be acquired. BP shares jumped more than 10% to a session high of $32.94 on a report in The Wall Street Journal that Shell was in early-stage talks to acquire BP. The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said … Read more