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“We’ve been saying it since last year: We need the federal government to allow asylum seekers to work, so they can provide for themselves and their families,” he said Thursday.  So why won’t the federal government fast-track work authorization for the tens of thousands of asylum seekers in New York …

Four other EF-1 tornadoes were reported in Belleville and Gibraltar in Wayne County, and in South Rockwood and near Newport in Monroe County. A weaker EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph was on the ground for less than two miles in Wayne County’s Canton Township, west of Detroit, …

Ye plans to drop a new album. Two sources tell NBC News that Ye has been working on new music throughout the summer. One of the sources was in a studio with Ye and listened to some of the music with the embattled rapper’s partner, Bianca Censori. “New music is …

WASHINGTON — Rep. Barry Loudermilk, in a letter sent Friday obtained exclusively by NBC News., called on the White House to return several transcripts of interviews conducted by the House Jan. 6 committee “without alteration or redaction.” Loudermilk, R-Ga., who is leading an inquiry into the Democrat-led Jan. 6 panel as …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is launching a television ad targeting Republicans on abortion after Wednesday night’s debate — an issue Democrats think will work to their advantage in next year’s election. The new advertisement, shared first with NBC News and aired on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” features a …

He quickly became the biggest thing on social media with the release of his historic mug shot. Although he has been indicted four times this year, the Georgia case is the first with a booking photo. While plenty of Trump’s critics were eagerly awaiting the mug shot, Trump and his …

Here are the mug shots of defendants who have been booked on charges connected with efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. Mark Meadows The former Trump White House chief of staff was booked Thursday and released on a $100,000 bond. Charges: Two counts — one of …

Five years ago, after tropical storm-force winds whipped sparks into towering walls of flames on the parched hillsides and fields above Lahaina, Maui’s top emergency management official at the time publicly expressed his relief that a far worse disaster had been averted. At a special Maui County Council meeting held …

The BRICS economic coalition of emerging markets on Thursday extended membership invitations to six nations, South African President and current BRICS chair Cyril Ramaphosa said. The BRICS alliance — which is composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is set to invite Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi …

Four people are dead after a shooting Wednesday at a longtime biker bar in Southern California, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. The four dead at the scene included the shooter, the sheriff’s department tweeted. Six people were transported to hospitals, it said in a brief statement on the social …