In today’s newsletter: FBI releases surveillance images showing a man wearing a mask outside Nancy Guthrie’s home before her disappearance. Trump’s ratings on immigration tumble as Americans lose confidence in his top issue. And the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to repeal its own conclusions on greenhouse gases.
Here’s what to know today.
Surveillance images show masked person outside Nancy Guthrie's home before her disappearance
Surveillance images of a person wearing a mask and gloves outside Nancy Guthrie’s Tuscon home before her disappearance have been released by the FBI.
Though the Google Nest camera had been disconnected, investigators collected the data through “backend systems” to capture photos of an unidentified person approaching Guthrie’s home.
The person appears to cover the camera with a gloved hand and what seems to be part of a plant.
In one of the videos, the person — wearing a holster with a firearm — tilts their head downward while walking through the home’s front archway.
Officials say the video offers potential clues for investigator, though the family say they do not recognize the person in the images. The release prompted a dramatic increase in the number of tips, an FBI official told NBC.
A man detained by authorities for questioning last night in connection with Guthrie’s disappearance has been released, according to reports from the New York Times and other news outlets.
More updates on the investigation here.
Trump’s ratings on immigration tumble as Americans lose confidence in his top issue
Support for President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has been in free fall since federal immigration agents shot and killed two Americans last month, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
In a double-digit shift, 49% of adults strongly disapprove of how Trump has handled border security and immigration, up from 38% last summer and 34% in April.
Self-identified independents drove the erosion, with the share of strong disapprovers in that group having risen 11 points since August.
The poll also shows a sizable majority of Americans want significant changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but are divided over just how much to reform the agency and how to handle the issue broadly.
Democratic lawmakers grilled Trump’s immigration heads over Alex Pretti and Renee Good’s killings during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. The officials declined to answer questions about the ongoing investigations.
Dive into the poll results here.
More politics news:
- The White House failed to secure an indictment in connection with the Democrats who advised members of the military to refuse illegal orders in a video.
- U.S. jobs data on Wednesday is set to pull back the curtain on the past year’s labor market, and offer the clearest picture yet of a period when hiring in America appeared to slow down.
- Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Trump’s election bill, insisting her party leave the issue up to the states.
- The National Park Service removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn monument commemorating a major turning point in the LGBTQ rights movement.
- Former Rep. Tom Malinowski conceded to progressive activist Analilia Mejia yesterday in the special New Jersey primary.
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal the legal framework that underpins its power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday.
The EPA’s 2009 decision says that gases like carbon dioxide and methane are heating the Earth and that warming threatens public health and welfare.
Under the Clean Air Act, the current language frames rules that set emissions standards for cars and trucks and require fossil fuel companies to report their emissions, among others.
The full text of the repeal has not yet been released, but the move is expected to upend most U.S. policies aimed at reducing climate pollution — if the repeal can withstand court challenges from environmental groups, which had already been preparing to sue.
Other climate regulations could also topple down soon, including carbon dioxide standards for power plants.
How the new rule could affect climate change policies.
More administration news:
- Trump has instructed the CIA and other spy agencies to provide intelligence about the 2020 election to his “Stop the Steal” lawyer, Kurt Olsen. The FBI’s raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election hub was driven by Olsen as well according to an affidavit.
- As part of an aggressive stance against mRNA vaccine technology, the FDA declined to review Moderna’s flu shot. The agency also moved to ban BHA, a common additive in processed foods like meats and bread.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended visiting Jeffery Epstein’s private island after coming under fire for appearing in released documents.
Olympics recap: What you missed and what to watch
Team USA women’s hockey team dominated their Canadian rivals, 5-0, in a potential gold-medal-game preview.
While four out of five of their last meetings in Olympic finals have required overtime or a shootout, their most recent contests have suggested that the U.S. has pulled ahead of its neighbor.
Right after completing his routine in the men’s single figure skating short program Tuesday night, Maxim Naumov got on his knees, gazed above, and said, “Look what we just did,” referring to his parents who died in a plane crash in January last year in Washington, D.C.
Naumov’s score in his Olympic debut — a performance that held many references to his parents — was enough to let him continue competing for a medal.
Today’s medal events include the three-time world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates going for gold in figure skating free dance.
Alessandro Barbieri will make his Olympic debut at 17 years old in the snowboard halfpipe qualification.
Keep track of Team USA’s medal count. Follow live updates on our blog, see today’s full schedule here, and sign up for The Sports Desk newsletter to get dispatches from Milan and Cortino, along with profiles capturing athletes’ amazing stories.
More sports news:
- A Norwegian bronze-medal biathlete admitted to cheating on his girlfriend in a post-race interview.
- A Ukrainian Olympics star was banned from wearing a helmet honoring those who were killed in the war with Russia.
- The most important team at the Olympics isn’t a country. It’s the timekeepers.
- Ben Ogden ended the U.S.’s 50-year medal drought in cross-country with a silver in sprint. (NBC Sports)
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- Actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni will meet in court for the first time since their legal battle began in December 2024 when she filed a complaint against him alleging sexual harassment on a film.
- Seven people were fatally shot at a school in British Columbia, Canada, with two more found dead at a separate location.
- All flights to and from El Paso airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.
- Singer Britney Spears is selling the rights to her music catalog for approximately $200 million.
- Original “Real Housewives” cast member Jill Zarin was fired from a revival show after her controversial comments about Bad Bunny’s halftime performance.
- Saks Global will close more stores as its bankruptcy restructuring progresses.
Staff Pick: A cup (or 2 or 3) of coffee or tea a day helps keep dementia away
Fellow coffee and tea lovers, this may be our moment: new research suggests these caffeinated beverages could lower risk of dementia.
A long-term, observational study showed daily consumption of two to three cups of coffee or one to two cups of tea was associated with lowering dementia risk and slowing cognitive decline.
While it’s not a sign that people who don’t already partake in this many cups should start, the results are reassuring, the lead study author told NBC News. (Sorry, decaf drinkers — cups of non-caffeinated joe didn’t yield the same results.)
— Marissa Martinez, newsletter editor
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