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The new rule also allows plants to run their processing lines as fast as they like.

The Justice Department argues the book violates the non-disclosure agreements they say Snowden signed with the CIA and NSA.

The Department of Defense has advocated for restraint, but it has provided a briefing on military options to President Donald Trump.

Ocasio-Cortez joins Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in backing a challenger to moderate Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski of Illinois.

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.

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.

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.

The former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman defended the investigation into allegations against the Supreme Court Justice.

Congressional Democrats had already subpoenaed six years' worth of records, but their case is tied up in court.

There may not have cracked the codes, but Russian agents gained insight into the activities of secret FBI teams tracking Russian operatives in the U.S.

The Yankee great received the nation's highest civilian honor at a White House ceremony on Monday.

"We have our hands full with impeaching the president right now and that's going to take up our limited resources and time for a while," Nadler said.

Big rallies are back, and the campaign is trying to diversify its support as it focuses on early states.

Not all political polls are created equally so here are five key questions to ask when reading them.

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.

Analysis: The House speaker has stood up to pressure from all sides this year. Will her strategy hold now that it's mounting quickly?

"If I gave a million dollars to a media company or consultants or hired like a small army of canvassers, no one would blink an eye," Yang said.

"I think it is really important for us to make sure that we are not forgetting, right, the aftermath of what happened after 9/11," Omar said.

"There can be no realization of the American Dream without grappling with the original sin of slavery," Biden said.

"I really feel confident that they are in the process of getting everybody else who is still lagging to come along," said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

A new book by two New York Times reporters says there was more to an allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh than the Senate hearing uncovered.

The 78-year-old Vermont senator's voice was raspy during Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate.

The national security adviser departed abruptly after President Trump suggested he might lift some sanctions as an incentive for Tehran to get to the negotiating table.

The new enforcement will include turning back children who arrive at the southern border without their parents.

In July, a federal appeals court tossed a similar challenge to Trump's ownership of a luxury hotel near the White House.

With no word from the Justice Department on where things stand, McCabe's lawyer cited media reports that speculated the grand jury had failed to indict him.