American Voices with Alicia Menendez

6 days ago | msnbc.com | Charlie Sykes

If only they had been warned. On Wednesday, NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reported that some Democratic senators now say they regret voting to confirm Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security. As a reminder, seven of them did: Sens. Tim Kaine, Andy Kim, Elissa Slotkin, Gary Peters, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen and John Fetterman. “I’m very disappointed. I’m very disappointed in her,” Kaine told NBC News. “If I were voting on her today, I definitely wouldn’t vote for her.”But why the long faces just now?

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Roey Hadar

President Donald Trump had some unusual guests at the White House this week: players and staff members of the Italian soccer team Juventus, in town for their opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup. After a reporter asked Trump whether his travel ban on nationals from 19 countries would affect the ongoing tournament or next year’s World Cup, Trump turned to another guest in the room: FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “Gianni, tell me what the travel ban is. He doesn’t know what it is,” Trump said.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Julio Ricardo Varela

Before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ June 14 home game against the San Francisco Giants, Dominican American singer Nezza performed — defiantly, she said — “El Pendón Estrellado,” a Spanish-language rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” She said a team official explicitly demanded that she perform the national anthem in English but that she refused.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Allison Detzel

After more than 5 million Americans reportedly participated in last weekend’s “No Kings” protests, Ari Melber is cautioning the media against moving on and treating the growing Trump resistance as just another headline. “Much of the political world has moved on, and the D.C. press — and again, like any grouping, there’s caveats and exceptions — but a lot of D.C. press view this as a one- or two-day story,” Melber said.

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Mary Ziegler

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming for minors. The 6-3 ruling is a major blow to transgender rights, including in the dozens of states with similar bans already enacted. To a striking degree, the majority’s analysis— and the opinions of several concurring justices — relied on cases that restricted another right: the right to choose abortion. This week’s holding shows how the fallout from the end of Roe v. Wade extends far beyond abortion. The case, U.S. v.