House Speaker Mike Johnson says he supports banning transgender women from using women's bathrooms
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he supports restricting “single-sex facilities” in the Capitol, including restrooms, to “individuals of that biological sex”— which would effectively ban the first transgender congresswoman from using women’s bathrooms in the next Congress.source
Walmart thrives and Target struggles as shoppers prioritize basics and bargains
Big retailers’ fortunes are diverging ahead of the holiday shopping season, with consumers proving to be choosy spenders in the run-up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday.source
Man accused of killing Laken Riley found guilty on all counts
A judge has found Jose Ibarra guilty on all counts in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra was convicted on three counts of felony murder and counts of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape and “peeping Tom.”source
Defense Secretary Austin says women in military 'make us stronger'
Outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called women and racial diversity in the armed forces as vital to its strength, he said in an interview with NBC News.source
Trump lawyers demand judge 'immediately' throw out hush money case
Donald Trump’s attorneys are demanding the judge who presided over his New York hush money trial and conviction immediately throw out the case, saying it would be “uniquely destabilizing to the country” otherwise.source
Comcast announces plan to spin off cable channels, including MSNBC, CNBC and USA
Comcast, the media conglomerate that owns NBC News, announced a plan to spin off most of its cable television networks into a separate publicly traded company.source
Austin says Putin lowering the nuclear threshold is 'dangerous behavior'
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke exclusively with NBC News’ Courtney Kube about Russian President Putin lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons and called Putin’s behavior “dangerous.” For more on this story, tune in to NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.source
Chuck Todd: Trump is burning his political capital quickly
There are all sorts of lessons we like to pass on to our kids when it comes to competition, chief among them how to be a good loser and how to be a good winner.source
Weak turnout in key cities hurt Harris in the 'blue wall' states
A new analysis of precinct-level data by the NBC News Decision Desk shows the extent to which President-elect Donald Trump’s wins in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and Vice President Kamala Harris’s losses — were driven by weak turnout in heavily Democratic cities.source
