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Attention shoppers: Prices are rising on everything from gas to travel to groceries. Oil surged this week because of the war in the Middle East, gas prices followed suit, and now President Donald Trump has implemented a new round of tariffs on 60 U.S. trading partners just before his 10% global tariff expired. So how are businesses and consumers reacting? NBC News business reporter Allie Canal puts the economic volatility in perspective. Plus, the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels say they’re imposing a blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel explains why the mo...

New York became the first state in the nation to enact a one-year moratorium on massive AI data centers last week. Gov. Kathy Hochul joins the show to explain why she’s not worried about missing out on an economic boom as a result — plus, her take on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 200 days. Meanwhile, data centers have been popping up across the country — and have become a controversial issue in many states. NBC News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles visited Virginia’s Loudoun County to learn what life is like in “Data Center Alley,” which boasts t...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Iran war has already cost over $37 billion, but some officials say that number is billions too low. Meanwhile, President Trump is escalating threats on critical Iranian infrastructure. NBC News national security and global affairs reporter Dan De Luce breaks down how the renewed attacks are impacting the Pentagon’s budget and whether the president’s threats could lead to more intense military action. Plus, House Republicans are racing to advance key policy items before heading out for their August recess. NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles breaks down why several of the...

President Trump is reigniting a trade war with Canada, imposing a 50% tariff on a number of products ahead of Friday’s deadline for the expiration of his 10% global tariffs. NBC News chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake explains how the administration could keep using tariffs as a negotiation tactic and how the Canadian wildfires are factoring in. Plus, British authorities are trying to extradite the controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate with a new set of rape charges brought against them, which the brothers deny. Heidi Blake, investigative reporter for The New Yorker magazine, explains how their ar...

At least three U.S. service members were killed in the Middle East over the weekend. The U.S. military responded by attacking Iranian missile and drone launch sites. NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney Kube breaks down how a lack of transparency from the Pentagon has made it difficult to understand the military’s mission and discusses whether we’ve entered a new phase of the war. Then, Keir Starmer is out and Andy Burnham is in as Britain’s prime minister. NBC News senior reporter Alexander Smith introduces us to the country’s seventh leader in a decade...

President Trump repeated his claims of voter fraud and foreign interference in the 2020 election in a primetime address last night, while also accusing China of undermining his presidential campaign that year. But he offered no clear evidence for these allegations. Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson breaks down why he thinks Trump conflated election influence and election interference, and why he thinks states are prepared to protect elections against foreign adversaries. Plus, Telemundo play-by-play announcer Andrés Cantor and his iconic “goooooool” calls will be in the booth when Argentina and Spain go head-to-head in Sunday’s World Cup finale...

The U.S. military ramped up its attacks on Iran Thursday morning, with strikes targeting areas near Tehran. Iran hit back at U.S. allies in the region in response. NBC News chief international correspondent Keir Simmons explains how disagreements over the Strait of Hormuz are fueling the latest stage of the conflict. Then, President Donald Trump is teasing “really big news” in a primetime address to the nation at 9 p.m. ET. NBC News chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake breaks down what to expect. Finally, Spain and Argentina will face off in the World Cup final. Turfcoach CEO...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wants to drop the "acting" from his title, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced their concerns at his confirmation hearing Wednesday. NBC News Correspondent Julie Tsirkin walks us through some of the key moments in Blanche’s testimony and the odds that he’ll win over two Republican holdouts. Plus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified more than 7,000 potential cases of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis nationwide. NBC News Health and Medical News Reporter Erika Edwards shares best practices to avoid getting sick. Then, the Panini World Cup sticker craz...

ICE has issued a nationwide order to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles, current and former DHS officials say, after ICE officers fatally shot two men in less than a week. NBC News senior homeland security correspondent Julia Ainsley breaks down the latest incident in Maine and how the administration’s arrest quotas could be a factor in these shootings. Plus, 12 states are suing to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who’s leading the lawsuit, explains why he believes the merger would harm consumers. Finally: England and Argentina are set to face off...

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s unexpected death has rocked the political world and left the Republican Party scrambling to find a replacement ahead of the November midterm elections. NBC News chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles talks about the political void Graham leaves behind and in what ways the GOP can move forward. Then, former California Congressman Eric Swalwell and Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner ended their respective campaigns this year following allegations of sexual assault, which each candidate denies. Cheyenne Hunt, founder and executive director of the advocacy group Reckoning Action, details how she helped the women wh...

The White House has ousted the members of the Election Assistance Commission, a bipartisan agency that works with state and local officials on election security. NBC News senior national politics reporter Jon Allen lays out how weakening the agency could create more distrust in the midterms. Then, prosecutors began laying out their evidence against Tyler Robinson, the man accused in the killing of Charlie Kirk, including a taped interview with the suspect’s former roommate and love interest who says Robinson expressed regret after the conservative activist’s shooting. NBC News legal analyst Misty Marris explains why this testimony coul...

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has denied the sexual assault allegation against him but says he’s suspending his campaign after pressure from Democratic leaders. NBC News senior politics reporter Sahil Kapur breaks down how the scramble to replace Platner could hurt Democrats’ chances of retaking the Senate in November. Then: There’s new reporting that the Pentagon is running out of money and is asking Congress for $67 billion in additional funds. NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney Kube explains why the Pentagon might not get Congress to sign on and how that could affect the U.S. war...

President Donald Trump declared the U.S. and Iranian ceasefire to be “over” after the two countries traded strikes overnight, upending the second day of the NATO summit. NBC News White House Correspondent Monica Alba reports from Turkey on how alliance leaders responded and the big deal reached on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Iranian officials are responding with messages of defiance. NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel joins from Tehran to break down why Iranians are blaming the U.S. for breaking the memorandum of understanding and what that means for the future of negotiations. Plus, HBO’s “The Pitt” and “Hacks...

President Donald Trump began this week’s NATO meeting criticizing alliance members and floating U.S. control of Greenland. But U.S. allies say they’re more focused on defense spending limits and getting more military support for the war in Ukraine. NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Garrett Haake previews possible points of progress for the high-stakes talks. Then, Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is facing pressure to drop out of his race following an allegation of sexual assault from a woman he dated, which he denies. NBC News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles details what coul...

Crowds are filling the streets of Tehran, Iran, for the funeral procession of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, four months after the start of the war with the U.S. and Israel. NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from Tehran on how the conflict has emboldened the Iranian government. Then, Russia’s ballistic missiles struck targets in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, hours before the start of the NATO summit in Turkey, underscoring the country’s lack of air defenses. Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko explains why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will implore NATO leaders for aid, but why hi...

America is celebrating 250 years, and we’re partying like it’s 1776! Historian Heather Cox Richardson explains why our democracy has held up all these years, how aligned we are today with the founders’ vision as laid out in the Declaration of Independence, the lessons we’ve learned to overcome periods of division, and why she is optimistic about the next 50 years.

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Just over a week since twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the death toll is nearing 3,000 and rescue crews are still searching for survivors trapped under the rubble. NBC News Contributor Ana Vanessa Herrero explains why many Venezuelans are critical of the government response to the disaster. Plus, celebrated humorist David Sedaris is out with his latest essay collection, "The Land and Its People." He shares how the U.S. changed in the decades he spent living abroad and reveals the most uniquely American thing about himself.

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President Donald Trump made more than $2 billion in 2025, including $1.4 billion from the crypto industry. The legally required disclosure from the Office of Government Ethics immediately raised questions about possible conflicts of interest. Megan Gorman, wealth manager and author of “All the Presidents’ Money,” shares the lengths past presidents went to avoid conflicts of interest and how unusual Trump’s finances look by comparison. Then, it’s been one year of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and it’s hard to find a part of daily life that hasn’t been affected – from updated tax codes to cutbacks in healthcare programs. N...

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship. But the conservative majority upheld a ban on transgender athletes and struck down campaign finance rules. NBC News Senior Supreme Court Reporter Lawrence Hurley discusses why the birthright decision was so close — and what the justices’ rulings this term tell us about their position on executive power. And with record high temperatures affecting roughly 162 million people and wildfires raging in the West, NBC News Meteorologist Bill Karins explains what’s causing the intense weather and if we’ll have more in store thro...

It was a mixed bag for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices expanded his power to fire members of some independent agencies — but drew the line at the Federal Reserve and upheld a mail-in voting provision that the president has opposed. NBC News Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett breaks down the day at the high court. Then, NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons explains why Oman is getting involved in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and how that could affect talks between the U.S. and Iran, which are set to...

The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes continues to climb and time is running out to find survivors. But residents of Caracas say they’re doing the digging themselves, with emergency responders overwhelmed. NBC News Contributor Ana Vanessa Herrero shares stories from the area hit hardest, La Guaira. Plus, senior European officials tell NBC News that pro-Russian groups have been flooding AI systems with propaganda in an attempt to skew the information that chatbots share with users in Europe and the U.S. Recent research found that the campaign has affected some of the most popular AI programs, incl...

Venezuela’s strongest earthquakes in more than a century devastated the northern part of the country and killed hundreds of people. NBC News contributor Ana Vanessa Herrero shares her experience on the ground in Caracas as the death toll is expected to keep rising. Plus, a new report shows that 5 million people lost their healthcare coverage in the last 12 months because of Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. NBC News health and medical reporter Berkeley Lovelace Jr. breaks down the impact for those individuals – and why all of us coul...

Candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious in Tuesday’s state primaries. NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Julie Tsirkin discusses whether the wins represent a broader progressive shift in the Democratic Party. Plus, the Trump administration’s battle with algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is millions of dollars over budget. NBC News Senior National Politics Reporter Jon Allen breaks down why President Trump is playing the blame game as he kicks off America’s 250th birthday party.

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Primaries in New York City on Tuesday are pitting establishment-backed Democrats against progressives endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, testing his influence within the party. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, President Donald Trump has endorsed both candidates in the Republican primary runoff for governor. NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki tells us what he’ll be watching for as the polls close. Then, NBC News Senior Politics Reporter Sahil Kapur takes us to the Senate, where lawmakers have passed a rare bipartisan bill to tackle the soaring cost of housing. He’ll break down how they got it done — and why no...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday morning, setting the stage for the U.K. to see its seventh leader in 10 years. NBC News International Correspondent Daniele Hamamdjian has more on what led to Starmer’s ouster — and who might replace him. Then, NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons joins to explain whether President Donald Trump’s threats on Iranian leaders could derail progress in peace talks. Finally, NBC News Business and Data Correspondent Brian Cheung talks about the legacy of former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, the economic giant who died at 100 years old.

This Juneteenth, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., joins “Here’s the Scoop” to reflect on his trust in American democracy and his optimism for America’s future. He discusses his new book, how Democrats can regain control of Congress in this year’s midterm elections and the benefits — and limits — of faith in bridging political divides, as in his recent conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

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The U.S. military has lifted its blockade on Iranian ports a day after President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian officially signed a memorandum of understanding laying out terms for ending the war. But in order for it to really work, it requires buy-in from other Middle East countries, including Israel. NBC News international correspondent Matt Bradley breaks down how the region is reacting. Then, the Supreme Court said today that the government cannot ban casual users of marijuana from owning firearms. NBC News senior Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley assesses the decision and previews the big...

Days after President Trump announced a framework deal to end the Iran war, we’re learning more about what the two sides have actually agreed on. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez breaks down the 14 points in the memorandum of understanding. Then, new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh takes the podium for his first presser as leader of the central bank. NBC News Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans explains what clues he gave about how he’ll steer the American economy. Finally, NBC News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles tells us how the president’s quest to tur...

At the G-7 summit, President Donald Trump sent mixed messages over whether he’s ready to switch gears from the war in Iran to helping end Russia’s war with Ukraine. NBC News chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake explains how European leaders are reacting. Then, multiple suspects are in custody after the FBI thwarted an alleged plot on last weekend’s UFC fight at the White House. NBC News justice reporter Ryan J. Reilly reveals the internal law enforcement drama taking place in response to FBI Director Patel’s reveal. Plus, NBC News culture and trends editor Saba Hamedy t...

The U.S. and Iran have reached an agreement that would end fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But Israel isn’t part of this potential deal and the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon could threaten negotiations. Aaron David Miller, former State Department Middle East negotiator under Republican and Democratic administrations, breaks down the obstacles that remain for long-term peace. Then, a new NBC News poll shows that Americans are more pessimistic than ever about the country’s future. NBC News Senior National Politics Reporter Jon Allen analyzes what that could mean as primary season draws to a cl...

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire today after his company SpaceX began trading publicly. Shares opened at $150, putting SpaceX’s valuation at more than $2 trillion and making it the biggest IPO of all time. But is the company really worth that much? Ryan Mac, tech reporter for The New York Times and author of "Character Limit," about Elon Musk and X, explains how Musk’s political activities and controversial public image could impact the value of the company. Then, the U.S. men’s soccer team is taking on Paraguay for its opening World Cup match in Los Ange...

Just hours after threatening to hit Iran “very hard,” President Donald Trump reversed course and announced he was calling off those strikes. In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote that negotiations had “been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney Kube analyzes the president’s surprising change of course and whether it truly signals an end to the war. Then: Billionaire Bill Gates is the latest powerful figure in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit to testify on Capitol Hill about his connections to the late convicted sex offender. During a clo...

Inflation just hit its highest rate in three years, climbing in May to 4.2%. The surge has been driven largely by energy costs, which have been exacerbated by the war with Iran. After renewed attacks overnight by the U.S. and Iran, consumers worry sky-high gas prices and airline tickets could be lingering. Meanwhile, despite the recent strong jobs report, consumer prices are outpacing wage growth for the second month in a row. NBC News Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans explains why the economy is delivering such mixed messages. Then, Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, is running...

President Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. “must respond” to Iran shooting down a U.S. military helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday. This comes after Iran and Israel exchanged fire for the first time since a ceasefire was reached in April, raising questions about how aligned the U.S. and Israel are in the push to end the war. NBC News International Correspondent Matt Bradley explains how the war has created political headwinds for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Then, preparations are underway for the UFC event scheduled for this weekend at the Whit...

Voters are heading to the polls in four more states tomorrow. In Maine, Democratic candidate Graham Platner remains at the front of the pack, despite ever new controversies. Meanwhile, in California, ballots are still being counted from last week’s primaries, sparking allegations of election fraud by the Justice Department. NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki explains how these highly anticipated races set us up for a fiery general election in November. Then NBC Sports Play-By-Play Commentator Noah Eagle previews what could be the hottest week in sports all summer, with Game 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals AND th...

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, President Trump talks about the economy, the ongoing war with Iran and the possible path to peace.

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The May jobs report just dropped with some surprising data: 172,000 jobs were added last month, despite growing energy costs and inflation exacerbated by the war with Iran. Is the economy more resilient than people think, or are economists right to be worried about inflation outpacing wage growth? NBC News Chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans breaks down how these contradicting data points are confusing American consumers. Then, Kareem Rahma and his show “Subway Takes” — where guests share their hottest opinions while riding the subway — have become an internet phenomenon. Rahma talks to "Here's the Scoop" host Yasmin Vossoughian about why he’s tra...

When SpaceX goes public next week, it could be the biggest initial public offering on record and make CEO Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire. NBC News Business and Economy Reporter Allie Canal explains how the AI boom is fueling the summer’s major tech IPOs and what it could mean for your retirement savings. Then, after four House Republicans joined Democrats in a rare — yet symbolic — rebuke of President Donald Trump, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Melanie Zanona explains why Trump’s retaliatory tour against sitting Republicans has created a “YOLO Congress.”

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Primary results are still trickling in from California, where open primaries have left key races too close to call. Meanwhile, in Iowa, we see signs of President Donald Trump’s grip slipping. NBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki explains what the returns mean for major battles in November. Then, NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons joins from St. Petersburg, Russia, where hundreds of Ukrainian drones struck targets, including an oil terminal, overnight. He explains how Ukraine was able to penetrate hundreds of miles inside Russian territory.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing for more U.S. aid after a series of Russian attacks killed more than 20 people and injured more than 100 others. Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko joins from Bucha to explain how the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has given Russian President Vladimir Putin more leverage in Ukraine. Then, National Security and Global Affairs Reporter Dan De Luce explains why President Donald Trump may have tapped Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to be his new acting director of national intelligence despite...