USA NBC/WSJ poll: Biden leads Dem 2020 field, Warren's support grows While Biden dominates among more moderate Democrats and black voters, Warren overperforms among whites and liberals. 17/09/2019
USA Trump admin weighing retaliatory action against Iran after Saudi oil attack In a national security meeting on Monday, U.S. military leaders provided President Donald Trump with a menu of possible actions against Iran. 17/09/2019
USA My night stranded at one of Greenland's fastest-melting glaciers I was reporting on climate change at a glacier. Then I got stuck there. 17/09/2019
USA Polls close in Israel's razor-tight election as Netanyahu seeks to keep power Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party was polling neck-and-neck with the centrist Blue and White party when Israel headed to the polls Tuesday morning. 17/09/2019
USA Explorer says he reached the deepest part of the ocean. James Cameron disagrees. The filmmaker hailed Victor Vescovo's miles-deep dive but said he had dived just as deep. 17/09/2019
USA Trump administration allows pork slaughterhouses to have fewer USDA inspectors The new rule also allows plants to run their processing lines as fast as they like. 17/09/2019
USA Justice Department sues Edward Snowden over publication of new memoir The Justice Department argues the book violates the non-disclosure agreements they say Snowden signed with the CIA and NSA. 17/09/2019
USA U.S. intel shows cruise missiles fired at Saudi oil facility came from Iran, officials say The Department of Defense has advocated for restraint, but it has provided a briefing on military options to President Donald Trump. 17/09/2019
USA AOC backs progressive trying to oust fellow Democratic lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez joins Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in backing a challenger to moderate Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois. 17/09/2019
USA Nadler blasts 'shocking and dangerous' White House effort to block ex-aides' testimony The White House ordered two former top aides to defy congressional subpoenas and sought to limit testimony from President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. 17/09/2019
USA In the Big Apple, a big contrast between two campaigns 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. 17/09/2019
USA American cancer survivor swims the English channel four times non-stop "I've been waiting for this swim for over two years now and have fought so hard to get here," wrote Sara Thomas on Facebook before setting off. 17/09/2019
USA Was Boris Johnson's Parliament's suspension illegal? The court is not expected to rule immediately, but a judgment could come at the end of this week or early next week. 17/09/2019
USA Blast kills 24 at Afghan election rally, aide says president unhurt There was no claim of responsibility from any militant group after the blast. 17/09/2019
USA Netanyahu fights for his political life as Israel heads to the polls "This election is about the same thing that every election in Israel has been about for the last 25 year: Benjamin Netanyahu." 17/09/2019
USA Trump in New Mexico: 'Who do you love more — the country, or Hispanics?' The president made a rally pitch for Hispanic voters in a state he lost by 8 points in 2016: "Nobody loves the Hispanics more," he said at a rally here Monday night. 17/09/2019
USA Grassley: 'No credible evidence to support any of the allegations' against Kavanaugh The former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman defended the investigation into allegations against the Supreme Court Justice. 17/09/2019
