Kari Lake struggles to win over her GOP skeptics: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, correspondent Vaughn Hillyard and campaign embed Alex Tabet report from Arizona on Kari Lake’s attempts to win over … Read more

Trump Media Options Are So Costly Bill Gross Wants to Sell Them

(Bloomberg) — Trading options tied to former president Donald Trump’s media company is attracting meme-stock traders and Wall Street professionals. Add to that list erstwhile “Bond King” Bill Gross. Most Read from Bloomberg The eye-popping costs to flip derivatives betting on Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. given expectations for more wild swings was called … Read more

Megan Rapinoe issues scathing statement after young USWNT player likes post mocking her career-ending injury

Megan Rapinoe’s career ended in a painful way. (Photo by Michael Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Megan Rapinoe apparently wasn’t a fan of a young USWNT player liking posts making fun of her career-ending Achilles injury. Especially when that player has claimed her jersey number. The two-time World Cup winner released a scathing statement as an apparent … Read more

Man grabs, tries to ‘force his way’ into Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s car outside restaurant

Memphis Mayor Paul Young was grabbed by a man who attempted to get into his vehicle Monday night at Folk’s Folly, City of Memphis Communications Director Penelope Huston confirmed to The Commercial Appeal Thursday evening. Young’s security detail was able to prevent the man from getting into the vehicle, Huston said. Huston also confirmed that … Read more

Tennessee politicians strip historically Black university of its board

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting Tennessee State University. The legislation cleared the state GOP-controlled House on Thursday … Read more

Is the stock market open on Good Friday?

Here is how U.S. markets will be affected by Good Friday. – Yana Paskova/Getty Images The U.S. stock market will be closed on Friday, March 29 for Good Friday, while the $27 trillion Treasury market wrapped up business earlier at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday for the holiday. Most Read from MarketWatch Stocks scored a … Read more

MLB Opening Day 2024: Juan Soto sparks Yankees from 4-0 hole, secures win over Astros with 9th-inning defensive heroics

Mar 28, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto (22) hits an RBI single during the fifth inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Juan Soto had a tremendous debut for the New York Yankees on Thursday. The newly acquired slugger sparked a … Read more

Some ‘Bachelor’ fans thought Maria Georgas would be the next Bachelorette. Why predicting the next franchise lead can be tricky.

Jenn Tran made Bachelor history when it was revealed she’d be the first Asian American lead in the franchise’s 22-year history. Fans got to know the 26-year-old physician assistant from Miami, Fla., on Joey Graziadei’s Bachelor season. When the news was announced during “After the Final Rose” on March 25, Tran called the opportunity “surreal.” … Read more