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NBC and its streaming service Peacock saw a big viewership boost from the Olympics, and the Paris Games also gave the network’s nightly newscast two weeks of ratings wins. NBC Nightly News averaged 7.62 million viewers, topping ABC World News Tonight with 7.52 million and CBS Evening News with 4.45…

In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump this past weekend, Joe Biden said from the Oval Office last night that "there is no place in America for this kind of violence." But in a tight race presidential race leaning towards his predecessor, Biden made it very clear to NBC's…

Joe Biden’s interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt is still on, but will now be taking place at the White House on Monday, according to a network source. The interview was to take place in Texas, but Biden’s trip there was canceled in wake of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the…

Joe Biden will sit down with NBC News’ Lester Holt for an interview on Monday, the president’s latest one-on-one with a network anchor amid calls for him to drop out of the race. NBC News has planned for a primetime special, to air at 9 p.m. ET, just as ABC News did last week when the president was in…

The White House is continuing a tradition of hosting major network TV news anchors for a lunch with the president on the day he delivers the State of the Union address, according to sources. The lunch is typically off the record, but in the past parts of the conversations have been allowed to be…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is appalled by the sexually explicit Taylor Swift A.I. deepfakes that are circulating, and is calling for unspecified measures that would prevent its creators from continuing with their production. Nadella made his comments in an NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt…

UPDATE: As expected, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis clashed at the third Republican debate, engaging in extended tussles and accusations that the other has been coddling China. Their clashes were largely between themselves, with relatively little time spent on the runaway front runner in the race…

When five Republican presidential candidates take the stage at Wednesday night’s debate in Miami, host network NBC is hoping to limit the number of moments where candidates talk over one another. That was one of the features of the last Republican debate, marked by instances of unintelligible verbal…

NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker will moderate the next Republican debate along with Hugh Hewitt, host on the Salem Radio Network. The lineup for the Nov. 8 event was announced on Nightly News this evening. The debate will air from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m…

Lester Holt is taking NBC Nightly News to Alaska next week for a special broadcast that will focus on the U.S. defense against foreign aircraft and missile threats amid tensions with Russia and China. Holt will anchor the broadcast from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Monday, and he…

UPDATED: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has a succinct take on what’s wrong with American politics: “We’re electing idiots.” Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump likely cost her her congressional seat last year, was interviewed at an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Monday…

UPDATE, FRIDAY, 10:17 AM PT: President Joe Biden warned that Hurricane Ian continues to pose a threat, as it strengthened again and made landfall on Friday in South Carolina. “Please listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and follow their instructions,” Biden said from the White…