President Donald Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board has voted to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center. And today, we're already seeing crews working on the building signage, even though federal law prohibits changing the name of the Performing Arts Center without an act of Congress. ...

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The center saying the vote was unanimous. But several members of Congress who are on the board but don't typically vote say they were shut out, including Democratic Representative Joyce Batty. >> I was not allowed to vote because I was muted. I would not have supported this. >> Batty and five other Democratic lawmakers on the board call the move illegal, saying in a statement, quote, "Federal law established the center as a memorial to President Kennedy and prohibits changing its name without congressional ...

This morning, after a six-day manhunt, law enforcement announcing the suspected Brown University killer is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspected gunman identified late last night by authorities as 48-year-old Clauddio Manuel Nvesh Valente, a former Brown student and Portuguese national. Police believe he acted alone.His body found late Thursday in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire. And in a stunning twist, the US attorney in Massachusetts says the suspect is also responsible for killi ...

We are going to get my husband's friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible. May still be 2025, but the 2028 presidential race is already getting underway. In a speech last night, Erica Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vans, telling the crowd in Phoenix, quote, "We're going to get my husband's friend elected." Erica Kirk is the widow of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA co-founder who was assassinated earlier this year.She took over as head of that organization which is one of the m ...

The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanz has announced a national buyback scheme for firearms that he says will help authorities to get more guns off the streets. Now, Albanz said he expects hundreds of thousands of firearms to be collected and destroyed through the scheme. The announcement comes after the outrage caused by the shooting on Bondai Beach on Sunday that left 15 people dead and several others injured. ...

In my phone call with President Trump overnight, I pressed him on his pressure campaign against Venezuela. I did ask him if he ruled out war with the country. He told me, quote, "I don't rule it out. No." Now, look, the administration has struck 28 alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, killing more than 100 people.And this week, of course, the president announced he had ordered a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers coming and going from Venezuela. I asked him if we could expect to see more seizures of oil tan ...

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Investigation Tracking - The suspect rented a vehicle in Boston and drove to Rhode Island [1] - Security footage showed a person resembling the suspect near Brown University [1] - Financial investigations linked the suspect to the rented car and hotels [1] - The suspect used a car to drive to Rhode Island and back to Boston [1] - Security footage captured the suspect within a half mile of the professor's residence in Brooklyn [1] - Video footage showed the suspect entering an apartment building near the professor's apartment [1] Timeline of Events - The suspect was seen entering a storage unit about an hour after the murder, wearing the same clothes [2]

Rapper Tory Lanes breaking his silence in his first ever broadcast interview from behind bars. Since being found guilty of shooting Grammy winner Megan the Stallion in the foot outside a party in 2020. >> I've never been violent towards a woman. I would never hit a woman, let alone shoot a woman.Lanes, whose real name is Dayar Peterson, spoke to NBC News from California Men's Colony, a prison where he's three years into a 10-year sentence after being found guilty on three felony counts, including assault wi ...