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Eyes on 2024: Trump indictment watch continues
nbcnews.com > meet-the-press...Department on Monday, when they met with special counsel Jack Smith amid the investigation into Trump"s handling of classified documents, NBC News... ..." Ken Dilanian and Ryan J.... ...Scott stops by The View: NBC News" Ali Vitali reports that South Carolina Republican Sen.... ...Pence papers: Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president ahead of his expected announcement...

U.S. judge blocks Florida ban on care for trans minors in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’...
nbcnews.com > nbc-out...that the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction, saying three transgender... ...children can continue receiving treatment The lawsuit challenges the law Republican Gov Ron DeSantis signed shortly before he announced a run...

Blinken to embark on high-stakes trip to China
nbcnews.com > politics > national-security...WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks for talks, two U.S. officials told NBC News on... ...The news comes after a previously planned trip was postponed following the the discovery of a Chinese spy balloon over the United States.... ...President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping previously met in November 2022 in Singapore, where they agreed that Blinken would visit China... ...international law that undermined the purpose of the trip," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said....

Parallel reparations efforts gain momentum in California and Capitol Hill
nbcnews.com > news > nbcblk...Cori Bush, D-Mo., introduced the latest federal effort to support reparations last month with H.R. 414, the Reparations Now Resolution, which seeks... ...Rep.... ...“I have, for the better part of two years, stated that reparations is more than just a check,” California Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a task... ...Barbara Lee, a California Democrat who has been in Congress since 1998, is a longtime supporter of reparations....

California allots $5 million to help displaced Half Moon Bay shooting victims
nbcnews.com > news > asian-america...Gavin Newsom has allotted $5 million to support those displaced by the January shootings at two farms in Half Moon Bay, some 25 miles south of San... ...California Gov.... ...The shooter at both Half Moon Bay farms was identified by authorities as Chunli Zhao, 66, himself a laborer at one of the farms.... ...of advocacy group Chinese for Affirmative Action, told NBC News in January after meeting with survivors....

Trump seeks to stop second E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
nbcnews.com > politics > donald-trump...Lawyers for Donald Trump are attempting to block a long-stalled defamation suit by writer E.... ...Jean Carroll by using her successful $5 million verdict in a different case she won against the former president.... ...The battery claim included different elements, including one for rape and one for sexual abuse.... ...The proposed amended suit also changed mentions of "rape" to sexual abuse or sexual assault....

SEC sues Coinbase over exchange and staking programs
nbcnews.com > tech > crypto...Coinbase stock had already fallen 9% on Monday, after the SEC unveiled charges against rival crypto exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao... ...The Securities and Exchange Commission sued crypto exchange Coinbase in New York federal court on Tuesday morning, alleging that the company was... ...functions,” said SEC chair Gary Gensler said in a statement.... ...“We allege that Coinbase, despite being subject to the securities laws, commingled and unlawfully offered exchange, broker-dealer, and clearinghouse...

Christie, Sununu take different paths to same goal: Beating Trump
nbcnews.com > meet-the-press...up major dam… President Biden meets with his cabinet at 2:15 pm ET… Chris Christie announces presidential bid in New Hampshire… Mike Pence files... ...But FIRST… A former Republican governor (Chris Christie of New Jersey) believes the best way to stop Donald Trump from being president again is running... ...leadership in the White House,” NBC"s Allan Smith writes, referring to the bids by Christie and Trump"s former vice president, Mike Pence.... ...A current Republican governor (Chris Sununu of New Hampshire) decided NOT to run for president to prevent Trump from being the party"s nominee....

Lawyer for Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect is challenging his extradition to the U.S.
nbcnews.com > news > us-news...In an interview with NBC News, attorney Máximo Altez said that neither he nor Joran van der Sloot were notified of the extradition order to Alabama... ...A lawyer for the Dutch man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway is challenging his extradition to the United States on fraud charges... ...Van der Sloot was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of extortion.... ...Van der Sloot is serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 killing of a Peruvian business student, Stephany Flores....

Microsoft to pay $20 million FTC fine over storage of Xbox information
nbcnews.com > tech > security...Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million for collecting personal information on Xbox players younger than 13 and not... ...The United States has few meaningful digital privacy regulations.... ...But in the years that the FTC alleges the company violated the order, the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant only prompted players under the age... ...A Microsoft spokesperson indicated that the issue was unintentional, and referred to the storing of information on users who didn't complete the...