BREAKING UPDATE: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey now says there are "conflicting reports" about the two Guard members' conditions. He previously said they died. Get the latest here:

A lawsuit filed by advocacy groups — including the ACLU and CASA — challenges allowing ICE to arrest people without warrants or probable cause.

As the holidays approach, many wonder how they can go beyond the non-perishable items requested by most food drives and how to give fresh vegetables, produce and even turkeys to neighbors in need. The answer is as close as the farmer’s market.

In a NYT op-ed, Sen. Tim Kaine fires back at critics who say he “sold out” by voting to reopen the government: “I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

A police report about the crime says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back saying: "The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make."

Going to undergrad in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg, then working at the local newspaper, from 2016-2021, meant living every day in a microcosm of the contemporary debate around American history, identity and politics. This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

Air traffic controller training, veteran services, CDC communications, federal employee pay: Here's what will continue, and what won't, if the government shuts down tonight.

One of the latest DC Fire and EMS hopefuls wasn't quite up to sssssnuff.

Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two? Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness. The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE, spending aggressively and taking an even more confrontational approach with critics and opponents, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/OH59S1s1

Selling Zohran: defector.com/selling-zohran

My data science minor got me an NBC live blog byline yesterday! Honored to share the space with the spectacular @tednbc4.bsky.social and @garygrumbach.bsky.social.

"When you talk with people in, or from, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina is often the way by which we demarcate time. When attempting to recall an event, a moment, or an experience, someone will ask "Was it before or after the storm?" My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.

The president shared no details about what Monday's announcement might entail.

"He can either give us a license... or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.” That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.

It's a busy Friday, many of you are heading out for the weekend, and there's other, bigger stories out there to cover. But I wanted to take a moment to highlight this piece I wrote earlier this week, which I'm quite proud of. May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.

"JUST WANT HIM HOME": A Maryland man was detained by ICE while walking his dog and faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know.

A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.

The investigations into GMU appear to be part of a pattern from the Trump administration, which has used civil rights laws to fight diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at universities.

"It was a month I never imagined," the Salvadoran man said in Spanish. "It was a month of so much trauma."

JUST IN: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.

The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Trump's comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held a listening session at the Eden Center in Falls Church, where businesses face uncertainty due to tariffs.

Tesla profits drop 71%

"BRING HIM HOME": Sen. Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and check on the mistakenly deported man's well-being.

The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.

Voting rights groups worry about additional hurdles for women whose birth certificates don’t match their current IDs because they changed their name after getting married.

The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require people to prove that they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote. It’s the latest effort to tighten voting laws tied to President Trump’s debunked claims of widespread election fraud. nyti.ms/3XWuNl7

“That was the normal briefing…If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.

Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions 19thnews.org/2025/04/alab... via @19thnews.org

"Research projects that are being eliminated include international work on tuberculosis, AIDS and cervical cancer, as well as programs that directly benefit residents of Baltimore."

Emily Erroa was eight months pregnant when she found out she was being fired from her human resources job at the Department of Energy. “It stressed me out to the point where I did have to go into the hospital because I felt as though I caused too much stress to the baby,” she says.

“Americans should see this assertion of an inherent presidential power to control the government’s data assets for what it is—an effort to employ data to unsettle the Constitution’s allocation and balance of powers," writes Bridget Fahey:

The Kennedy Center released what it called "a complete account of program cancellations over the last 6 months" late Thursday night, "due to the litany of misinformation being spread in the press." The list omits some cancellations and doesn't include artists' reasons for others. My latest:

The Pentagon is purging thousands of online posts in its anti-DEI quest. Among them are references to the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

During his remarks, Trump bent the facts on issues including Social Security, immigration, fentanyl and the Russia-Ukraine war.

NEW: ICE raided Jersey Kebab in Haddon Township, NJ, and arrested the restaurant’s owners, according to the couple’s son. “This family and this business has been a pillar of the community. They serve the elderly. They serve handicapped, homeless people," says a local customer. nbcnews.to/3Xlv94q

Today's the dayyyy!! (and the time is right now) youtu.be/5CyVi4UzKxE?...

The line between "charcuterie board" and "girl dinner/lunch" is thin and I play jumprope with it every day sometime between noon and 3 p.m. #journalistlunch

Watch and read this amazing story by my coworkers Teneille Gibson and Dominique Moody! #blackhistorymonth

Critics say the SAVE Act disproportionately impacts those who may struggle to access proper documentation, including married couples who changed their last names, young voters without passports, low-income people and elderly voters lacking original birth certificates.

Why McConnell voted NO on RFK: "I'm a survivor of childhood polio... I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of Americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific miracles."

JUST IN: The GOP-controlled Senate confirmed anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. One senator broke ranks.

Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues https://buff.ly/4hIM5cW #BlackHistoryMonth

It was the only house in the cul-de-sac with a skating rink in the backyard. Now, a growing pile of flowers, and four votive candles, sit on the front steps.

This would make a great romance novel. "Hey, we could get a free book-themed party if we pretend to be engaged! ahaha unless /oh no/"

"This route, the report said, would add Amtrak service to 16 new communities and “could provide rural accessibility by more directly connecting unserved rural markets in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia.”"

Some background reading: www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Rev. Al Sharpton leads the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in chants at the National Action Network's rally honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. News4's Dominique Moody reports.

IMMIGRATION ORDERS: President-elect Trump is expected to issue 10 executive orders on immigration, including to end birthright citizenship and declare an emergency at the border. Here’s the list. Stay with us for live updates.