USA Feds take down $1 billion fraud scheme in 'Operation Brace Yourself' An international telemarketing network lured hundreds of thousands of elderly or disabled patients into a criminal scheme, prosecutors said. 09/04/2019
USA Trump admin wants to make asylum harder by putting CBP agents in charge The White House wants to make it harder for migrants to get asylum by putting border agents in charge of interviews. 09/04/2019
USA Almost half of Homeland Security's senior leadership is in flux Twelve of 30 positions in the department's leadership chart are being filled on a nonpermanent basis. 09/04/2019
USA Mnuchin: White House lawyers spoke with Treasury Dept. about request for Trump tax returns The Treasury secretary told a House subcommittee that he had not personally spoken to Trump or to anyone at the White House about the request. 09/04/2019
USA Netanyahu's party admits it hired 1,200 people to secretly film Arab community polling stations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tight re-election battle, seeks to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister. 09/04/2019
USA Barr to testify before Congress for first time since Mueller summary While the attorney general's prepared opening statement focused on his department's 2020 budget, Democratic lawmakers planned to press him Tuesday on Russia probe results. 09/04/2019
USA Trump rages at own policies — and John Kelly First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 09/04/2019
USA John McCain's beloved dog dies in 'tragic accident' Burma, the family's Chesapeake Bay retriever, stayed by the late senator's side following his death. 09/04/2019
USA California Rep. Eric Swalwell enters 2020 presidential race with focus on guns Swalwell, best known for speaking out on Russia, is the latest candidate to join a field that is expected to be the largest ever. 09/04/2019
USA Trump labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group The move is expected to further isolate Iran and could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. 08/04/2019
USA At the center of Trump's Homeland chaos, Stephen Miller is the lone survivor Analysis: The hard-edged young White House policy aide has survived all his rivals, and Trump's central 2020 campaign issue now belongs to him. 08/04/2019
USA Under Trump, more leaks—and more leak investigations There were 120 leak referrals for possible prosecution in 2017 and 88 in 2018, up from 37 in 2016 and 18 in 2015, according to a top intelligence watchdog. 08/04/2019
USA Trump administration moves to undercut MLB's deal with Cuba The administration is moving to reverse an Obama-era ruling that allowed Cuban baseball players to sign with major league teams in the U.S. 08/04/2019
USA U.S. Secret Service director is out, latest casualty in DHS shakeup The departure comes the day after the head of the Department of Homeland Security resigned under pressure. 08/04/2019
USA Democratic candidates slam Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections The Israeli prime minister was branded as a "racist" after he suggested annexing Jewish settlements on the West Bank. 08/04/2019
USA Trump has for months been urging administration to reinstate child separation policy A senior administration official said they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring asylum seekers. 08/04/2019
USA N.Y. Democratic lawmakers ready new front to obtain Trump's tax returns A bill is being introduced in the state Legislature that would allow Congress to request the president's state filings. 08/04/2019
USA Nielsen's ouster underscores Trump's failures on the border First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 08/04/2019
USA Majority of Americans say they expect their taxes to stay the same or go up Just 17 percent believe their taxes will go down as a result of the plan Trump signed at the end of 2017. 08/04/2019
USA Critics say Yang's cash giveaway means people won't work. Alaska says otherwise. The Democratic contender wants to give adults $1,000 a month. One state, flush with oil money, has been doing something like that for years. 08/04/2019