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11 hours ago | nbcnews.com | Gordon Lubold
'No plans' for a Trump-Musk call to tamp down their feud, White House chief of staff says

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will not be calling billionaire Elon Musk on Friday after their feud exploded into public, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. "There are no plans for that today," Wiles told NBC News when asked about reporting by Politico that White House aides scheduled a call Friday with the billionaire Tesla CEO to try to patch things up between the two men. Trump is "not interested" in a call, a senior White House official told NBC News.
With kung fu kicks and dragon masks, pro wrestlers find new fans at fight night in China

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Janis Mackey Frayer

BEIJING - The music blared and the crowd whooped as Alexis Lee strutted across the stage toward the ring. At just 5 feet tall, the wispy professional wrestler was dwarfed by heftier contenders, so to make her point, she pushed a spectator over in his chair and growled through her skeleton face paint. "It's like the circus but with athletics," Lee, a 30-year-old Singaporean, told NBC News. "So it's entertaining, and live drama too.
Five charts that show how many people President Trump's travel ban will affect

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Nigel Chiwaya

President Donald Trump's proclamation Wednesday restricting entry into the United States for nationals from a patchwork of 19 countries revives one of his most controversial policies from his first term and targets many of the same countries. Beginning Monday, the directive bans entry for nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
'Jane,' ex-girlfriend of Diddy, testifies feeling financially threatened into 'freak offs'

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Austin Mullen

• Bryana Bongolan, the friend of Casandra Ventura's who said she was dangled over a 17th-floor balcony in Los Angeles in 2016, was on the witness stand for a second day under cross-examination. Defense lawyer Nicole Westmoreland questioned that timeline of events and showed receipts that indicated Diddy was in New York.
The Trump-Musk alliance implodes

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Alana Satlin

Welcome to the online version of In today's edition, we break down how President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's feud burst into public view. Plus, Jonathan Allen sifts through the spin to provide a reality check on what the "big, beautiful bill" would actually do. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.
A look at Trump's autopen claims

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Ken Dilanian

President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into the Biden administration's use of an automatic signature pen, alleging that Joe Biden wasn't aware of many of his presidential orders and appointments. "This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history," Trump said in a memorandum Wednesday directing the probe.
San Antonio police walk back statement dismissing possible hate crime in Jonathan Joss' murder

1 day ago | nbcnews.com | Marlene Lenthang

San Antonio police apologized Thursday for their "premature" statement declaring there was no evidence of a hate crime in the murder of Jonathan Joss. Joss, a voice actor known for playing John Redcorn in "King of the Hill," was fatally shot on June 1 outside his San Antonio home. His neighbor, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was arrested and booked on a murder charge in connection with the incident, police said.
Trump and Xi talk on phone as tariff battle continues

2 days ago | nbcnews.com | Evelyn Cheng

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Xinping held a phone call Thursday amid ongoing tensions between the two superpowers. Chinese state media and the Chinese foreign ministry said that the call happened at the White House's request. No other information was immediately made public. The Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday morning that the call was ongoing as of 9 a.m. ET. Trump had posted to social media early Wednesday about his frustrations with the state of talks.
Nintendo Switch 2 draws long lines and excited gamers

2 days ago | nbcnews.com | Kalhan Rosenblatt

For the crowds outside Nintendo's store in New York's Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, a long wait was well worth getting their hands on the new Switch 2 console. Some camped out for hours, bringing their own makeshift waterproof tents and lawn chairs. Others stood in the line, which stretched several city blocks.