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Early this morning in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin held his marathon year-end news conference. The Russian leader took questions for more than four hours with the war in Ukraine dominating the event. Meanwhile, US negotiators are set to meet with officials from both sides, Ukraine and Russia, in the coming days in Miami.President Trump is looking to end the conflict, he says, by Christmas. NBC News chief international correspondent Kier Simmons joins us now from Moscow. Kier, you were there. You ...

Watch live coverage as NBC News' reporters and analysts work through the Department of Justices' release of files on Jeffrey Epstein. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast Every day, NBC News helps people understand what’s happening and why it matters — through fact-based reporting, ...

On June 4, 1995, Rob Reiner joined Meet the Press to defend Hollywood from charges that it had been “consumed by mindless violence and loveless sex.” Reiner returned on March 31, 2013, as the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. ...

A jury has found a Wisconsin judge guilty of felony obstruction after she allegedly helped a Mexican immigrant evade federal immigration agents at her courthouse. It was a split verdict, though, and jurors found Hannah Dugan not guilty of a lesser misdemeanor concealment charge. The judge is facing 5 years in prison.A sentencing date has not been. ...

>>> A GOOD FRIDAY MORNING TO YOU. A DRAMATIC BREAK IN THE BROWN UNIVERSITY MANHUNT OVERNIGHT. >> THE SUSPECT FOUND DEAD AND NOW ACCUSED IN ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE MURDER. >>> IT IS DECEMBER 19th. THIS IS "TODAY. " >>> STUNNING END. POLICE TRACK DOWN THE BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTER, FINDING THE ALLEGED GUNMAN'S BODY INSIDE A STORAGE UNIT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> HE WAS SOPHISTICATED IN HIDING HIS TRACKS. >> THIS MORNING, WHY AUTHORITIES NOW SUSPECT HE WAS ALSO BEHIND THE KILLING OF AN MIT PROFESSOR NEAR BOSTON. HIS CO ...

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 ...