NBC Investigations
Your home for investigative journalism from @NBCNews. We hope you'll share your story ideas, documents and comments.
Last synced from Twitter Not synced yet
Twitter suspends more than 50 white nationalist accounts
The move came days after NBC News published an article on a new report documenting the proliferation of white nationalist content on social media platforms.
1
NBC Investigations
Twitter has suspended more than 50 white nationalist accounts amid recent criticism over its handling of extremist content. By @annaschecter
34d
Minneapolis police made 44 people unconscious with neck restraints
Several police experts said that number appears to be unusually high. "By using this tactic, it's a self-fulfilling tragedy," said one.
1
NBC Investigations
Exclusive from @EmilyRSiegel @lehrennbc @anblanx with @Tom_Winter Since 2015, Minneapolis police officers have made people unconscious with neck restraints 44 times. Several experts said that number seems unusually high.
74d
FBI's top lawyer, Dana Boente, ousted amid Fox News criticism for role in Flynn investigation
Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision to dismiss him said it came from high levels of the Justice Department rather than directly from FBI Director Christopher Wray.
1
NBC Investigations
From @JuliaEAinsley and @PeteWilliamsNBC Boente was asked to resign on Friday and two sources familiar with the decision said it came from high levels of the DOJ rather than from FBI Director Wray.
75d
"Cancer has not taken a vacation": How cancer hospitals fight COVID-19
In the age of COVID-19, cancer hospitals like Memorial Sloan Kettering have been forced to reimagine how to care for patients like 27-year-old Eliza Paris.
2
NBC Investigations
Cancer surgeries have been postponed and treatments interrupted as hospitals like Memorial Sloan Kettering join the frontline of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Watch @CynthiaMcFadden on @TODAYshow at 8:15 a.m. ET for more.
80d
Trump administration taps startup to build stockpile of key drug ingredients
The $354 million project is designed to shore up the drug supply chain and reduce the country's dependence on foreign manufacturers.
1
NBC Investigations
The Trump administration has signed a $354 million contract with a Virginia start-up to create the nation's first strategic stockpile of key ingredients needed to make medicines. @didimartinez5 @BrendaBreslauer
87d
Trump administration asks intelligence agencies to find out whether China, WHO hid COVID-19 information
A specific "tasking" seeking information about the outbreak's early days was sent last week to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The CIA got similar instructions.
1
NBC Investigations
Exclusive from @KenDilanianNBC @ckubeNBC @carolelee with @kwelkernbc The White House has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to search their data to establish if China and the WHO initially hid what they knew about coronavirus.
107d
Coronavirus in a psychiatric hospital: 'It's the worst of all worlds'
Social distancing in a psychiatric facility is easier said than done. So far 34 people at Western State Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus.
2
NBC Investigations
From @KitRamgopal At least 63 state psychiatric facilities have now reported coronavirus cases. Western State Hospital outside Tacoma, Washington, was the first.
119d
Coronavirus testing must double or triple before U.S. can safely reopen, experts say
"We are an order of magnitude off right now from where we should be," said an expert in infectious disease modeling who advised the Obama administration.
1
NBC Investigations
“We are an order of magnitude off right now from where we should be,” said an expert in infectious disease modeling who advised the Obama administration.
119d
Navy expected to relieve captain who raised alarm about COVID-19 on ship
The United States Navy is expected to relieve the captain who sounded the alarm about an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
2
NBC Investigations
BREAKING: Capt. Brett Crozier raised the alarm earlier this week that sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt needed to be quarantined to stop the spread of the virus. He is expected to be relieved of his post today. From @ckubeNBC
133d
'It is impossible for us to stop the spread’: Nursing homes overwhelmed by coronavirus
Coronavirus cases are increasing so rapidly that one New York nursing home CEO is advising families to take their loved ones home if possible.
1
NBC Investigations
Coronavirus cases in nursing homes have skyrocketed, but the facilities have been unable to get enough protective gear and tests, in part because overwhelmed hospitals are getting the supplies first. From @SuzyKhimm @strickdc
134d
Texas 'mom and pop' business flooded with orders for helmet ventilators
Sea-Long Medical Systems has drawn huge interest from hospitals and foreign countries seeking alternatives in treating COVID-19 patients amid a ventilator shortage.
1
NBC Investigations
A tiny Texas company has drawn huge interest from hospitals and foreign countries seeking alternatives in treating COVID-19 patients amid a ventilator shortage. By @lcavazuti @CynthiaMcFadden @richschapiro
135d
'This system is doomed’: Doctors, nurses sound off in NBC News coronavirus survey
More than 250 health care workers responded to a social media survey seeking first-person accounts from those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
3
NBC Investigations
We collected more than 250 stories from healthcare providers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nearly all who responded said there were shortages of PPE in the hospitals, outpatient clinics and offices where they worked.
146d
U.S. intel agencies warned of rising risk of outbreak like coronavirus
In 2017 and 2018 threat assessments, intelligence analysts even mentioned a close cousin of coronavirus by name, saying it had "pandemic potential."
1
NBC Investigations
So far this year, the intelligence agency chiefs have not agreed to release a public worldwide threats assessment or testify in public, because, officials tell NBC News, they are reluctant to discuss intelligence that might displease President Trump.
167d
Trump pushed U.S. and Iran 'close to the brink,' says Iran's Zarif
Zarif also says Iran can't decipher the black box from a Ukraine plane shot down by Iran without help, but won't hand it over to the U.S. or others.
1
NBC Investigations
Exclusive: Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif tells @RichardEngel that the U.S. and Iran exchanged angry letters following a U.S strike, and tensions remain high. He also says Iran will not give the U.S. the black box from the downed Ukrainian passenger plane.
181d
Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn't from Dec. 7
It's never too late to solve a mystery, or to set the record straight.
U.S. to send 3,000 troops to Middle East after embassy attack, Soleimani killing
The soldiers will join roughly 650 others already deployed to the region and stay there for some 60 days, officials said.
1
NBC Investigations
The United States is sending approximately 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East after thousands of people stormed the compounds of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. From @ckubeNBC
223d
Judge rejects Flynn's attacks on the FBI, accuses his lawyers of plagiarism
In a 92-page ruling, a federal judge dismissed Flynn's argument that he was targeted by politically motivated federal agents.
1
NBC Investigations
A federal judge on Monday sharply rejected Michael Flynn's argument that he was targeted by politically motivated federal agents — and set a sentencing date of next month. By @Tom_Winter @richschapiro
241d
House lawmakers vow to secure U.S. visas for Syrian Kurds after Trump’s troop pullout
The move comes after President Trump faced condemnation from both sides of the aisle over his plans to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.
1
NBC Investigations
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced a bill that would grant U.S. visas to Syrian Kurds and others who worked with American forces fighting ISIS. By @dandeluce
288d
Inside the secret U.S. mission that took al-Baghdadi out
Chased by U.S. special operations dogs, the ISIS leader fled into what Trump called a dead-end tunnel with three children, and blew himself up.
1
NBC Investigations
From @KenDilanianNBC with @ckubeNBC and @mitchellreports After hunting him for years, U.S. commandos raided Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound, killed and captured his fighters, and chased the ISIS leader into a tunnel.
291d
Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens
“The problem is we need some money,” Giuliani says to unidentified man during accidental call to NBC News writer.
23
NBC Investigations
Rudy Giuliani butt-dialed an NBC News reporter — twice — leaving long voicemail messages in which he's heard discussing Joe Biden, business in Bahrain and his need for cash. By @richschapiro
293d