10 hours ago Michelle Obama offered a peek inside the first family’s healthy habits on Monday, revealing there’s one thing they never talk about at home: weight. The first lady joined a Google+ Hangout for her “Let’s Move” initiative to chat about her tips for helping children stay healthy. When asked what advice she would [...]

  The battle over climate change is heating up in Washington – as President Barack Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency sets the stage for a struggle over regulations intended to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions. A big part of McCarthy’s job, Obama said as he introduced her Monday [...]

A bipartisan group of senators has reached a deal on a bill that would make it a federal crime to buy a gun for someone who isn’t legally allowed to own one. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy announced the agreement on the Senate floor Monday evening. Illegal gun “straw” purchases, made by a buyer [...]

The tribal area of Pakistan’s North Waziristan, along the border of Afghanistan, has been strictly forbidden for foreigners, until now. NBC’s Amna Nawaz gets an exclusive look into ground zero of Pakistan’s fight against terror. MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — It’s been called the most dangerous place in the most dangerous region on the planet. A rugged [...]

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush talks with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about the sequester cuts will have on the economy and national security and strategies for improving our immigration system. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush won’t confirm he’s a candidate for the next presidential race, but he sounded like a White House hopeful Monday, declaring his [...]

In the raucous debate over the cuts in federal spending, also known as the sequester, which began taking effect Friday, a lot of numbers are being tossed around — $85 billion, $42 billion, $1.2 trillion. And lots of adjectives, too — “massive,” “deep,” “severe,” “arbitrary” and more. You’d think that numbers would be more precise [...]

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors in Jerusalem February 18, 2013. JERUSALEM – Renewed international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran’s disputed nuclear program have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. His [...]

Paul Goldman / NBC News Building in Rawabi. RAWABI, West Bank — As gambles go, it hardly gets bigger: A $1 billion dollar bet on peace — or at least a measure of calm — in the West Bank. Even the founder of Rawabi, the biggest construction project in the history of the Palestinian people, says nobody [...]

Decades after “Bloody Sunday,” national leaders acknowledged America’s continuing civil rights struggle by making the iconic march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. An Alabama police chief brought Rep. John Lewis to tears Saturday, apologizing to the noted civil rights leader for failing to protect the Freedom Riders during a trip to [...]

86-year old Queen Elizabeth II has been hospitalized with symptoms of a stomach infection. NBC’s Annabel Roberts reports. LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to hospital after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham Palace said Sunday. All her official engagements for this week will be either postponed or cancelled as a precaution, the palace [...]