LIVE: Secretary Kennedy testifies at House hearing | NBC News
NBC News· 2026-04-21 12:43
Watch live coverage as the House Energy and Commerce Committee holds a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. 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 report ...
Congress briefed on missing U.S. scientists
NBC News· 2026-04-21 12:36
Members of Congress are set to take on a deepening mystery after at least 10 American scientists, all with ties to US nuclear or space research programs, have died or disappeared. The House Oversight Committee saying it will investigate the string of incidents, writing, "If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to US national security." President Trump even said he was briefed on the matter last week. I hope it's random, but we're going to know in the next we ...
This Morning’s Top Headlines – April 21 | Morning News NOW
NBC News· 2026-04-21 12:34
Good morning. Thank you so much for kicking off your week with us. Actually, I guess it's Tuesday.I'm Savannah Sers. Joe is off today. We're going to begin this morning with the latest out of the Middle East as that short-term ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is set to end tomorrow.Vice President JD Vance is expected to travel to Pakistan today for a new round of peace talks with Iran, but Thrron's participation is still unclear. Iran's foreign ministry says no decision has been made on whether they w ...
Small Georgia town turns on planned 10,000 bed ICE facility
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 12:22
Department of Homeland Security's plan to convert 11 former retail distribution warehouses into ice detention megacenters is facing a big challenge, sewage. Specifically issues regarding water supply, wastewater processing or both, and some of those issues will cost tens of millions of dollars to fix, that is, if they're fixable at all. Warehousing detainees is the next phase of the DHS effort to make TO MAKE GOOD ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLEDGE OF MASS DEPORTATIONS.TO MAKE THAT HAPN, THE AGENCY HAS HU ...
MS NOW Highlights - April 20
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 12:12
Watch highlights and must-see interviews from your favorite MS NOW shows. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Subscribe to MS NOW’s We the People Newsletter for exclusive content from your favorite MS NOW anchors. Sign up now for free at https://ms.now/joinus MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories ...
The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition | The Vergecast
The Verge· 2026-04-21 12:01
Welcome to the roadcast, the flagship podcast of podcasts. I'm your friend, David Pierce. It's like 10:25 at night and I'm out for a walk. So, I work in my house and I work in the basement of my house, which means there are a lot of days I get to like bedtime about now and realize I haven't really been outside all day. Plus, I've been doing all this research into the incredible effects of walking on your creativity, on your health, on your brain, on your problem solving ability. One of the best things you c ...
Senate GOP hopes Supreme Court 'surprise' can save the majority: The Hill
MSNBC· 2026-04-21 11:52
Republicans in the Senate are reportedly hoping for a Supreme Court surprise that could help save their majority in this November's midterms. The Hill reports some in the Senate GOP are welcoming the retirement of conservative justice Samuel Alito as an October surprise that would then rally Republican-leaning voters to the polls since President Trump would select his replacement. The Hill reveals, quote, GOP senators are being careful not to prod Alito but privately hope HOPE THAT A RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ...
US Export-Import Bank boosts energy lending during Iran conflict | FT #shorts
Financial Times· 2026-04-21 11:44
We're very grateful to be a part of the president's global AI export plan, but it's far beyond AI. It's dual use technology. It's all of the ways in which we're seeing the the world reshaped before our eyes.And so, um, very grateful to have had that opportunity. And I'll say one thing as well. In addition to putting out the most loans over the past 12 months and any year in 92 years, we're also bringing the bank back to profitability.So, the first time in over a decade, we'll be delivering a big dividend ch ...
Productive Money: The Most Bullish Case for Ethereum
Bankless· 2026-04-21 11:36
📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ Ethereum may be one of the most underappreciated assets. In this conversation, Michael McGuiness and Vivek Raman lay out the case for ETH as “productive money”, a monetary asset with the store-of-value properties of gold and Bitcoin, plus the ability to compound through network activity. We unpack the $250K ETH thesis, why traditional DCF models miss the bigger picture, and why Ethereum’s role as the settlement layer ...
Police search for suspect in attempted gas station robbery
NBC News· 2026-04-21 11:31
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, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories. From its leading news broadcasts — TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Dateli ...