Dareh Gregorian

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The challenge facing JD Vance as he enters the immigration frayWelcome to the online version of Happy first day of summer! In today's edition, Jonathan Allen explores the challenges awaiting Vice President JD Vance as he lands in Los Angeles. Plus, Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. - Adam Wollner we dive into President Donald Trump's penchant for a giving a two-week timetable on big issues. And Dylan Ebs answers this week's reader question on ranked choice voting.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian

President Donald Trump's two-week timeline to decide on whether the U.S. will strike Iran's nuclear sites is a familiar one - it's one he's repeatedly used since his first term in office. "Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," he said in a statement issued through White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian

A federal judge Tuesday found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile immigration case and then boasted about it in interviews. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered "a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used" to argue he was complying with the order but that those interpretations were not believable.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Dareh Gregorian

11 hours agoThe onetime powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now at Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania. Former Sen. Bob Menendez began his 11-year prison sentence Tuesday morning, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. The New Jersey Democrat, 71, was at …

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Dareh Gregorian

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday's fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after facing fierce backlash from Democrats about the postings. Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat who was friends with the slain lawmaker, told reporters on Monday that she confronted Lee about his tweet. "I needed him to hear from me directly what impact I think his cruel statement had on me, his colleague," she said.