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Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fmr. State Attorney says Wall Street Journal likely can back up release of Trump Epstein letter
NBC News learned from sources around the White House that President Trump is frustrated with Attorney General Pam Bondi for having to bear the brunt of criticism in the Epstein saga. New York Times Chief White House Correspondent and MSNBC political analyst Peter Baker, former state attorney for Palm Beach County, FL, Dave Aronberg, and NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor join Alex Witt to discuss the latest developments.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hours After Lashing Out At NBC News, Donald Trump Talks To Network About 'Unlimited' Israel-Iran Ceasefire
Donald Trump told NBC News that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran would be 'unlimited' and that it was 'going to go forever.' Trump's call to the network's Yamiche Alcindor came hours after the president lashed out at the network and other news outlets as 'fake news' with 'zero credibility.' He had been upset over their reporting on whether the U.S. strikes on Iran completely destroyed the nuclear sites. More from Deadline In New York City Mayor's Race, Andrew Cuomo Faces Surging Democrats As Voters Head To Polls In Primary Networks Shift Focus To Qatar Amid Iranian Missile Strikes; Trump Claims Tehran Regime Has "Gotten It All Out Of Their System" - Update CBS Calls Donald Trump's '60 Minutes' Lawsuit A "Meritless" Attempt To "Evade Bedrock First Amendment Principles" In Latest Filing Of the ceasefire, Trump told NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor, 'It's a great day for America. It's a great day for the Middle East. I'm very happy to have been able to get the job done. A lot of people were dying and it was only going to get worse.' Iran's foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, wrote on X that there was no agreement, but 'provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards. The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later.' Earlier, on Truth Social, Trump wrote, 'CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!' Trump added, 'Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR.' This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn't, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!' After the U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, Trump warned Iran about retaliatory attacks. The Tehran regime fired more than a dozen missiles at the U.S. base in Qatar, but that government said in a statement that its air defenses 'successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles.' No Americans or Qataris were killed or wounded, Trump wrote on Truth Social. He also claimed that Iran's response was a case of getting their need for retaliation 'all out of their 'system.'' Trump's call with Alcindor follows a pattern of the president getting on the phone with individual reporters after major breaking news events, including on Saturday and Sunday after the U.S. bombings, and the day after his social media blowup with Elon Musk. But a number of news outlets have cautioned that a full damage assessment has not been completed, although satellite imagery showed extensive destruction. In lashing out at news outlets, Trump referred to Anderson Cooper as 'Allison Cooper,' as he has done before, and to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts as 'dumb.' Trump wrote, 'The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were 'pretty well destroyed!' Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of 'Con'cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast's NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that's why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!' Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hours After Lashing Out At NBC News, Donald Trump Talks To Network About 'Unlimited' Israel-Iran Ceasefire
Donald Trump told NBC News that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran would be 'unlimited' and that it was 'going to go forever.' Trump's call to the network's Yamiche Alcindor came hours after the president lashed out at the network and other news outlets as 'fake news' with 'zero credibility.' He had been upset over their reporting on whether the U.S. strikes on Iran completely destroyed the nuclear sites. More from Deadline In New York City Mayor's Race, Andrew Cuomo Faces Surging Democrats As Voters Head To Polls In Primary Networks Shift Focus To Qatar Amid Iranian Missile Strikes; Trump Claims Tehran Regime Has "Gotten It All Out Of Their System" - Update CBS Calls Donald Trump's '60 Minutes' Lawsuit A "Meritless" Attempt To "Evade Bedrock First Amendment Principles" In Latest Filing Of the ceasefire, Trump told NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor, 'It's a great day for America. It's a great day for the Middle East. I'm very happy to have been able to get the job done. A lot of people were dying and it was only going to get worse.' There are still no official statements from Iran or Israel, but Reuters reported that an Iranian official confirmed the ceasefire. Earlier, on Truth Social, Trump wrote, 'CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!' Trump added, 'Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR.' This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn't, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!' After the U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, Trump warned Iran about retaliatory attacks. The Tehran regime fired more than a dozen missiles at the U.S. base in Qatar, but that government said in a statement that its air defenses 'successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles.' No Americans or Qataris were killed or wounded, Trump wrote on Truth Social. He also claimed that Iran's response was a case of getting their need for retaliation 'all out of their 'system.'' Trump's call with Alcindor follows a pattern of the president getting on the phone with individual reporters after major breaking news events, including on Saturday and Sunday after the U.S. bombings, and the day after his social media blowup with Elon Musk. But a number of news outlets have cautioned that a full damage assessment has not been completed, although satellite imagery showed extensive destruction. In lashing out at news outlets, Trump referred to Anderson Cooper as 'Allison Cooper,' as he has done before, and to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts as 'dumb.' Trump wrote, 'The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were 'pretty well destroyed!' Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of 'Con'cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast's NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that's why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!' Best of Deadline 'The Gilded Age' Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds
NBC News
04-06-2025
- General
- NBC News
Trump administration accuses Columbia University of violating anti-discrimination laws
The Department of Education says Columbia University has violated federal anti-discrimination laws stemming from the handling of campus protests of the Israel-Hamas war. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports on the meaning of the alleged violation of Title VI 4, 2025
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Leavitt's clash with NBC correspondent over alleged 'white genocide'
Karoline Leavitt got into a heated clash with an NBC correspondent over President Trump's claims about a video purporting to show a South African 'burial site' amid a claim of 'white genocide' in the country. Leavitt and NBC's Yamiche Alcindor repeatedly interrupted each other after the journalist told the White House press secretary what the president said in the Oval Office Wednesday was 'not true.' It provided the second day of fireworks over a clash centered on Trump allies claiming there is 'white genocide' going on the country as the U.S. accepts white South African as refugees even amid Trump's mass deportation campaign. 'The President showed a video that he said showed more than 1,000 burial sites of white South Africas that were murdered. We know that that was not true and that the video wasn't showing that. So I wonder, why did the President choose to show that ...' 'What's not true?' Leavitt interrupted. 'It's not true that the video was showing a burial site,' continued Alcindor, a former PBS correspondent. 'It is unsubstantiated that that's the case,' she added – launching a dispute about what exactly Trump showed and claimed during a shocking White House meeting with the South African president. 'It is true that that video showed the crosses,' said Leavitt, showing obvious annoyance at the questioning, as Alcindor again told her it 'did not show a burial site, which is what the President claims,' Alcindor interrupted. Leavitt then dispensed with the distinction. 'The video shows images of crosses in South Africa about white farmers who have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin,' Leavitt said. 'The fact that they are now dead ...' she continued, as the two women talked over each other. 'Are you disputing?' Leavitt tried to ask her, before Alcindor jumped in: 'I was disputing the fact that the video showed what the President claimed it showed, because it did not show that.' It was perhaps the most charged one-on-one exchanges yet for Leavitt, 27, who usually makes a habit of moving on after fielding a single question from a reporter. The topic itself was charged, and came a day after Trump tore into NBC's Peter Alexander when the correspondent pressed Trump about a new substitute for Air Force One that the Qatari government is donating to the Pentagon. As Alcindor noted, Trump himself described the shocking footage he showed to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as showing 'burial sites,' in a stunning episode that played out after playing the clip in a darkened Oval Office. DOGE head Elon Musk, a native of South Africa who has said White farmers are facing 'genocide', was on hand for the event. 'Look here's burial sites all over the place,' Trump said. Trump appears to have shown video taken of the Witkruis Monument, which honors both white and black farmers who have died in attacks. It was a landmark that Ramaphosa was initially unable to identify when Trump played the shock video. Trump put on the stunning display in the Oval Office Wednesday – creating a viral moment like the one that happened during the dressing down of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ramaphosa came to the White House hoping to improve South Africa 's relationship with the Trump administration. Trump had previously canceled aid to the country, expelled the South African ambassador and offered refuge to white minority Afrikaners. Trump has claimed that there's a race-based 'genocide' unfolding in the African nation, with South African-born DOGE leader Elon Musk agreeing. Musk stood amongst the reporters in the Oval Office when the dramatic showdown went down - similar to what met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ramaphosa came Wednesday to soothe things - telling Trump at the top of their remarks that he brought him a golf book and had worked on his golf game. He had champion golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen and luxury goods tycoon Johann Rupert tag along. In turn, Trump humiliated Ramaphosa - asking aides to dim the lights in the Oval Office as he played a supercut of speeches from EFF leader Julius Malema, whose trademark song at rallies is 'Shoot the Boer, Shoot the farmer.' Trump then pulled out a pile of news clippings, including a story from the Daily Mail from writer Sue Reid, about why white South Africans are fleeing violence and 'racist' laws. The Mail's report detailed a white South African now farming in Arkansas and making better money because 'black empowerment' policies have put white job applicants at the back of the line. 'These are articles over the last few days - a death of people, death, death, horrible death, death, death,' Trump said paging through a pile of news clippings and showing them off to the cameras. 'White South Africans are fleeing being of the violence and "racist" laws,' he continued, reading the Mail's headline. 'And I'll give these to you,' Trump told Ramaphosa. 'So when you say, "What would you like to do?" I don't know what to do for this - white South African couples say that they were attacked violently.' 'Look here's burial sites all over the place,' Trump continued. The president had shown a clip of white crosses lining a roadway. Ramaphosa was aghast, admitting that he didn't know where that was. Trump appeared to have shown footage of the Witkruis Monument, which honors both white and black farmers who have died in attacks. 'When you look at the videos, I mean, how does it get worse? And these are people that are officials and they're saying "kill the white farmer and take their land,"' Trump said. Malema's rally song was popularized during the anti-apartheid struggle but Afrikaner lobby groups have amounted it to hate speech and tried to get it banned. 'That is not government policy. We have a multi-party democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves,' Ramaphosa tried to explain. 'And in many cases, or in some cases, those policies do not go along with government policy.' 'Our government policy is completely, completely against what he was saying, even in the parliament, and a small minority party, which is allowed to exist in terms of our Constitution,' Ramaphosa said. Trump then charged: 'But you do allow them to take land.' 'They take the land, they kill the white farmer and when they kill the white farmer, nothing happens to them,' the American president continued. Trump asked later: 'Why would you not arrest this man? That man said "kill the white farmers, kill the white farmers" and then he danced.' Ramaphosa pushed back and said that violence in his country impacted people of all races - and actually affected black South Africans more. 'There is criminality in our country. People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity are not only white people, a majority of them are black people,' the South African leader said. Increasing the dramatic scene was Trump's decision to periodically tear into NBC News' Peter Alexander. Alexander had initially asked Trump why the U.S. was welcoming white South Africans but not Afghan and Venezuelan refugees. 'Well, this is a group, NBC, that is truly fake news,' Trump replied. Trump really lost it on the veteran journalist when he asked about the Qatari plane being given to the Department of Defense directly after Trump rolled the video clips showing 'white genocide' in South Africa. 'There are all white farmers being buried and he asks about a jet that was given. You outta be ashamed of yourself. You are so bad, you're such a bad reporter,' Trump chided. The news had broken earlier Wednesday that the Pentagon had officially accepted the luxury Boeing jet from the Qataris to be turned into a temporary Air Force One. '"So why did they gave us a plane to the United States Air Force?" that's what that idiot talks about after viewing a thing where thousands of people are dead,' Trump said. Ramaphosa used the moment as an opportunity. 'I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you,' the South African leader joked. 'I wish you did,' Trump answered. 'If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane I would take it.' When it was Rupert's turn to speak he noted, 'It's not only white farmers, it's across the board.' Looking at Musk he continued. 'We need technological help. We need Starlink at every little police station. We need drones. I actually got drones donated for the peace parks to stop elephant and rhino poaching and his predecessor stopped the importation because he said the United States would spy on us,' Rupert continued. Turning to Trump the prominent businessman said, 'Remember, sir, you and I lived in New York in the 70s. We never thought New York would be what it became.' 'We need your help to stop this awful killing but it's across the board,' Rupert said. Ramaphosa gave a generous assessment of the meeting as he departed the West Wing. 'Very well,' he told reporters. When asked if he thought Trump 'heard' him, Ramaphosa reiterated the positive review. 'Yes he did, it went very well,' Ramaphosa said.
