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Gift card drives held for TSA officers amid shutdown
NBC News· 2026-03-21 19:01
Airports around the country putting out donation boxes for TSA workers as some are working a second job in order to make ends meet. The Department of Homeland Security says more than 350 officers have quit altogether. Take a look at some of the longest airport wait times this morning.Other airports not as bad. A few reporting almost no weight at all, including here at Newark. Now, lawmakers are working today on Capitol Hill, but there's no vote to reopen the Department of Homeland Security just yet. ...
Bodies of fallen service members return home
NBC News· 2026-03-21 18:57
13 US service members have been killed in action since the war began. The majority hailing from or deployed with units stationed in the Midwest, including 26-year-old Staff Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, finally back with his family in Kentucky. In Iowa, crowds lined the streets as the bodies of Major Jeffrey O'Brien and Sergeant Declan Cody were driven to local funeral homes.The feeling of loss uh that those family members are experiencing right now is what really really gets me in the. ...
Father remembers son killed in 'Operation Epic Fury'
NBC News· 2026-03-21 17:52
Tyler should have been burying me instead of the reverse. I'll never be a grandfather. I want everyone to know Tyler Simmons wasn't just an enlisted person.He was an individual. He was a great American. Not just one of the casualties, but he was my son.>> His remains were returned to the US in a dignified transfer ceremony this week. Tyler's father met with President Trump. >> We embraced and um he told me I was a strong man. I said, "No, my son was a strong man." And um he said that he could respect the ma ...
Man accused of shooting 2 landscapers, killing 1, in California
NBC News· 2026-03-21 04:50
70-year-old Michael Burke pleaded not guilty today to three things: murder, attempted murder, and firing into an occupied vehicle. All of this while one of his victim's family members watched from the gallery. San Diego Sheriff's Department says the shooting happened around 8:00 p.m. Monday night on East Mission Road in Fbrook. When deputies responded to the report of assault with a deadly weapon, they say they found two men suffering traumatic injuries.>> My dad does didn't deserve to die. My dad was leavi ...
Trump administration sues Harvard over antisemitism allegations
NBC News· 2026-03-21 04:17
Trump administration suing Harvard University with claims the school failed to address anti-semitism. They're now calling for billions in taxpayer money to be returned. Harvard saying they vow to defend the university against the suit, accusing the DOJ of retaliating against the school.Uh remember the administration tried to freeze federal grants to contracts given to the school last year. That was later overturned by a judge. ...
President Trump is weighing whether to send thousands of U.S. troops into Iran
NBC News· 2026-03-21 03:58
Tonight, the potential boots on the ground. For 21 days, the US has been hitting the Iranian regime with air strikes. >> We can have dialogue, but we don't I don't want to do a ceasefire. >> You know, you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side. >> Now, in an effort to quickly end the war, NBC News learning President Trump is weighing whether to send hundreds or even thousands of ground troops into Iran, according to five people familiar with the discussions. Several options a ...
NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls back out to launchpad
NBC News· 2026-03-21 03:53
NASA's Aremis 2 rocket is back on the launch pad in Florida. The rollout took 11 hours. Remember, it was moved back for repairs last month.The mission to launch four astronauts around the moon could now lift off as soon as April 1st. ...
How federal courts have been stepping in on Trump's second-term agenda
NBC News· 2026-03-21 02:42
Whether it's immigration, the economy, or who he can hire and fire, President Trump's second term has been marked by one battle after another with the federal courts. We've seen across the country with judges who were um appointed by Democratic presidents, Republican presidents. We've seen very broad, strong statements by the courts that many of these policies have crossed the legal line.policies in many cases going much further than his first term in office and often done all on his own with the stroke of ...
Questions arise about Iran's highly enriched uranium amid war
NBC News· 2026-03-21 02:29
As America's war against Iran ends its third week, a big question remains unanswered. How to secure Iran's highlyenriched uranium. The UN's nuclear watchdog estimates Iran has nearly a,000 lbs of highlyenriched uranium.Experts say it could take as little as a week to enrich it to weapons grade levels, and there's enough for 11 nuclear weapons. >> We've got to get that material at some point. John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser turned outspoken critic, has long been among Washingt ...
Hawaii student athletes escape a burning school bus
NBC News· 2026-03-21 02:27
Tonight, terrifying moments on a Honolulu freeway. >> Oh my god, there's a fire. >> This bus carrying members of the Cahuku High School girls flag football team goes up in smoke then flames. Mia Loes was on the bus. They spelled smoke and got off. >> Was it more like an explosion? Cuz you mentioned popping. >> Yeah, it was like more of an explosion. It almost sounded like a gunshot almost to me like but I think it was also because we were in a tunnel so it sounded much more louder and it echoed in the tunne ...