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Hunter Biden received more than $6.5 million in five separate loans over a two-year period from entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris, according to a letter sent this week to one of the congressional committees involved in the GOP impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. A copy of Morris’ letter, obtained by …

ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Friday vowed to continue using nitrogen gas in executions and offered to assist other states interested in the novel method, while fending off concerns that an inmate executed the night before did not become unconscious as quickly as expected and thrashed …

Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate Thomas Eugene Creech, who has admitted to killing dozens of people and been convicted of five murders, was named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man nearly 50 years ago in California. The victim, Daniel Walker, was killed near Needles, California, on Oct. …

The Democratic National Committee is launching an ad blitz in the coming primary states of South Carolina and Nevada by targeting communities of color, rural areas and potential younger adults as President Joe Biden makes his re-election pitch to voters. The ad campaign, previewed first to NBC News, focuses on …

WASHINGTON — Michael Leach, the White House’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer, is leaving the administration, the White House confirmed Thursday. Leach will leave the White House later this month, said a White House official, who added that the move had been in the works for a while. Leach …

WASHINGTON — Tempers flared Thursday as Republicans battled among themselves over whether to accept or reject a deal for tougher immigration laws, with some pushing back on colleagues who want to bow to former President Donald Trump’s wishes and kill it. “The border is a very important issue for Donald …

Microsoft will lay off roughly 1,900 people in its gaming division, according to a company memo seen by CNBC. The cuts come in conjunction with Blizzard President Mike Ybarra announcing he would depart the company as well. In the memo, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said that the layoffs were …

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te, said Thursday he hopes that the United States can continue to firmly support Taiwan, as he met the first group of U.S. lawmakers to visit Taipei since he won an election earlier this month. Lai, from Taiwan’s governing Democratic Progressive Party and the …

Stanley is responding to claims that its products contain lead, clarifying that, yes, lead is used in the manufacturing process, but the product needs to become damaged to expose the lead, a Stanley spokesperson told TODAY.com in a statement. On the bottom of each quencher made by the beverage container powerhouse is a circular …

More than 1 in 4 Gen Z adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, dwarfing the percentages of LGBTQ Americans in older age groups, a new survey has found. Twenty-eight percent of Gen Z adults — which the survey’s researchers specify as those ages 18 …