Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes Russia will lose the war if Kyiv's long-awaited counteroffensive is successful, he told NBC News in his first interview since his military campaign kicked off last week.
Why it matters: Ukraine is fighting the clock not just in Europe, where Russia's brutal invasion has caused mass destruction and killed tens of thousands of people — but also in Washington, where partisan politics is the top threat to the flow of aid sustaining Ukraine's military.
More than 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children have grown up across the country even as their protection under an Obama-era program is threatened by the courts.
Why it matters: It's been 11 years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program launched in June of 2012 to provide work permits and protection from deportation for these so-called "Dreamers."
Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who was accused of leaking dozens of intelligence documents to the online gaming service Discord, was indicted by a federal grand jury on six counts of retaining and transmitting classified national defense material, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
Why it matters: Teixeira, a 21-year-old from North Dighton, Massachusetts, was arrested by FBI agents in April and faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each count, per the DOJ.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has announced a run for president, but some are questioning whether he's qualified for the job given how little power the city's mayors actually have.
Why it matters: The part-time Republican mayor doesn't oversee the city budget or any government departments and has no vote on legislation.
The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved a law giving Native American families priority in adoptions and foster care placements of tribal children.
Driving the news: The 7-2 rulingissued Thursday leaves in place the1978Indian Child Welfare Act, enacted after Native American and Alaska Native children were being separated from families and often placed in non-Indigenous homes.
House Democrats plan to introduce a discharge petition next week to try to force a vote on legislation to protect abortion access, Axios has learned.
The big picture: House Democrats under Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have increasingly turned to discharge petitions as their tactic of choice to try to squeeze vulnerable Republicans on sensitive issues.
The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to release the findings of its two-year investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department on Friday.
Driving the news: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and MPD chief Brian O'Hara are scheduled to appear at a Friday morning press conference "on a civil rights matter."
Ticket giants Live Nation and SeatGeek have committed to reveal the entire cost of certain tickets up front when consumers are shopping for options, eliminating what critics have called "junk fees," the White House announced Thursday.
Why it matters: "Junk fees" jack up ticket costs so they are higher than the sticker price on many ticketing sites — undercutting accessibility to some of the hottest shows as demand for concerts is soaring.
The Atlantic's Tim Alberta— fresh off his epic takedown of former CNN CEO Chris Licht — will be out Dec. 5 with a deeply personal, rigorously reported portrait of American Christianity in self-inflicted decline.
Why it matters: Alberta, 37, son of an evangelical minister, was inspired to write "The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory" by a final conversation with his father — who died in 2019, just after visiting Washington to celebrate the release of Tim's bestseller, "American Carnage."
New data shows how deeply families have struggled to stay afloat while working and paying for child care, and how in many cases they've been forced to quit jobs to stay home with a kid — especially if they are Latino, Black or live in poverty.
By the numbers: About 17% of Black children and 16% of Latino kids ages 5 and under lived with a family member who had to quit, change or refuse a job because of child care issues in 2021, according to a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, released Wednesday.
President Biden is almost certain to be Democrats' pick for president in 2024, but he might not win the first two contests of the primary season if they're in the traditional first-to-vote states of Iowa and New Hampshire — a scenario that seems increasingly likely.
Driving the news: Biden's team is indicating he won't be on the ballots in those states if they vote before South Carolina, his choice to have the first primary.
A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has been accused of stealing and selling body parts donated to the institution as part of a nationwide scheme from 2018 through 2022, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Driving the news: Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, were indicted with several others by a federal jury in Pennsylvania and face charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods, per a Justice Department statement, which said the school was a victim in the case.
A New York grand jury indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a Black unhoused man, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
The big picture: Penny, who is white, was initially charged last month with second-degree manslaughter over the train incident. He said in interviews that he was trying to hold Neely until police arrived as the 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator, known for his performances in Times Square, experienced an apparent mental health episode.
