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British lawmakers have joined a campaign calling for 15 penguins “trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air” in central London to be released. NBC News’ Yuliya Talmazan reports from outside the aquarium.



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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleNov. 14, 2025, 9:04 AM ESTBy Frank Thorp V and Julie TsirkinMost of the senators whose data was requested as part of the investigation that led to special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe have now distanced themselves from a provision included in the shutdown-ending bill, signed into law by President Donald Trump, that would let them sue the government for potentially millions of dollars for not notifying them when accessing their records.“I have no plans at this time” to sue, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said in a statement shared with NBC News. “If I did sue, it would only be for the purpose of using the courts to expose the corrupt weaponization of federal law enforcement by the Biden and Obama administrations. With the full cooperation in our congressional investigations from the Trump DOJ and FBI, that shouldn’t be necessary.”Trump’s Justice Department gave Senate Republicans a document naming eight GOP Senators and one member of the House whose data was accessed as part of the Jan. 6 investigation. And under this new retroactive statute, which does not explicitly name Smith, the senators would be afforded a unique ability to sue the government and potentially rake in up to $500,000 for each “instance” of data collection. (The provision only applies to senators and would not apply if a senator were the target of a criminal investigation.)Several senators have already indicated that they won’t seek a payout.Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., says he will not sue the government by using the provision included in the government funding bill, even though his data was requested as part of the investigation that led to Smith’s investigation.“I am for accountability for Jack Smith and everyone complicit in this abuse of power,” Hagerty said in a post on X on Thursday. “I do not want and I am not seeking damages for myself paid for with taxpayer dollars.”Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., issued a statement calling the measure, which both Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate signed off on, “a bad idea.”“I think the Senate provision is a bad idea,” Hawley said, adding, “There needs to be accountability for the Biden DOJ’s outrageous abuse of the separation of powers, but the right way to do that is through public hearings, tough oversight, including of the complicit telecom companies, and prosecution where warranted.”A spokesperson for Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told NBC News, “Senator Sullivan first learned about this provision when he and his staff were reading the bill to reopen the government. He does not plan on suing and is supportive of the House bill to repeal the provision.”Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who earlier supported the provision, said in a new statement, “If the Senate votes on the bill to undo the Arctic Frost provision in the government funding bill, I will support the effort to reverse it.”“This fight is not about the money; it is about holding the left accountable for the worst weaponization of government in our nation’s history. If leftist politicians can go after President Trump and sitting members of Congress, they will not hesitate to go after American citizens,” she added.But Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would “definitely” sue the government, telling reporters on Thursday, “It bothers the hell out of me and I’m going to sue, and I’m going to create opportunities for others to sue that weren’t in the Senate.”Earlier in the week, he said, “If you think I’m gonna settle this thing for a million dollars, no, I want to make it so painful no one ever does this again.”In a post on X on Thursday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., called for Jack Smith to be “DISBARRED and THROWN IN JAIL” — and if he isn’t, Tuberville said he will “sue the living hell out of every Biden official involved in this to make sure this NEVER happens to a conservative again.”A spokesperson for Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said the senator did not author the provision and “hasn’t really considered” whether she would sue for damages.The senators’ comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts. Johnson told reporters this week that he was “shocked” and “angry” about the statute being “dropped in at the last minute” and that most House Republicans wanted to reverse it, as he communicated to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.It’s not yet clear what will happen in the Senate, where a GOP aide said the language was a “member-driven provision”. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said it was Thune who “inserted that in the bill to provide real teeth to the prohibition on the Department of Justice targeting Senators.” A Democratic aide told NBC News that Schumer “fought to make the provision prospective to protect his members from a corrupt and out-of-control DOJ” under Attorney General Pam Bondi.Thune’s office declined to comment.The eight Republican senators whose phone “tolling records” were accessed were: Ron Johnson of Wisconsin; Lindsey Graham of South Carolina; Bill Hagerty of Tennessee; Josh Hawley of Missouri; Dan Sullivan of Alaska; Tommy Tuberville of Alabama; Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming; and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.Frank Thorp VFrank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.Julie TsirkinJulie Tsirkin is a correspondent covering Capitol Hill.
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Nov. 14, 2025, 9:38 AM ESTBy Daryna Mayer and Yuliya TalmazanKYIV, Ukraine — As explosions boomed and smoke blanketed Ukraine’s capital early Friday, it was the same old fear for Nadiia Chakrygina. Like clockwork, she got her three children — Tymur, 13, Elina, 9, and 9-month-old Diana — out of bed and into a basement, where they waited, some asleep, some awake, for the strikes to be over.“Why do our children deserve this,” Chakrygina, 34, told NBC News in a telephone interview. “Why are they living under strikes? Why can’t they get proper sleep and go to school? There is anger about everything.”It’s a routine millions of Ukrainians have been begrudgingly following since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion almost four years ago, and the nearly nightly barrages of Ukrainian cities that have followed. A Russian drone shot down by Ukrainian air defense above Kyiv on Friday.Sergei Supinsky / AFP via Getty ImagesAs Chakrygina and her family emerged from their shelter, they learned at least four people were killed and another 29 injured in the massive attack, which authorities said had damaged residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been pushing for an end to the war, took to X shortly afterward to call it a “wicked attack.”But with peace negotiations effectively stalled and Russian troops pushing deeper into eastern Ukraine, there is little end in sight. Chakrygina, who used to work as a pension fund clerk before she had her three children, said she moved to Kyiv from the town of Vuhledar in the eastern Donetsk region shortly after the war started in February 2022. Vuhledar, which has been obliterated by years of fighting, was captured by Russian forces last October as part of Putin’s wider push to recapture the entire Donbass region, which is made up of Donetsk and the neighboring region of Luhansk. While their progress has been slow, earlier this week Russian forces appeared to be advancing on the city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub seen as a gateway to the broader region, which sits around 35 miles north of Vuhledar. A destroyed apartment in a residential building that was hit Friday.Oleksii Filippov / AFP via Getty ImagesBack in Kyiv, business manager Maryna Davydovska said she could feel the air “shake” around her as powerful and loud explosions interrupted the night, forcing her family to go to an underground shelter.“I feel numb inside,” Davydovska, 36, said in an interview on WhatsApp messenger after the attack. “It’s too much pain we are carrying every day, and it feels like it will not be over, never. I am not angry or fed up, I am desperate.”Russia has been pummeling Ukraine with near-daily drone and missile strikes, killing and wounding civilians. The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that forces targeted Ukraine’s “military-industrial complex and energy infrastructure” with “high-precision long-range weapons.” It made no mention of civilian sites hit.The Kremlin has repeatedly said its only targets are linked to Kyiv’s war effort, but it has relentlessly targeted Ukraine’s energy sector in a bid to plunge the country into the cold and dark ahead of winter.“We are used to everything. The strikes come, we get scared but life continues,” Chakrygina said, reciting the motto that gets her through the relentless attacks. But while civilians simply try to survive, there was public anger this week after Ukraine’s justice minister was suspended Wednesday in an investigation into an alleged $100 million kickback scheme in the country’s energy sector. German Galushchenko was removed from office after anti-corruption authorities said they exposed a scheme which allegedly saw current and former officials, and businesspeople receive benefits and launder money through the country’s state energy company, Energoatom, authorities said.Police stand next to a residential building damaged in Friday’s strikes, Oleksii Filippov / AFP via Getty ImagesFive people have been arrested and another seven were placed under suspicion, according to a statement Tuesday from Ukraine’s National Anticorruption Bureau, the NABU, and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, SAPO.Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram on Wednesday that those involved “cannot remain in their positions,” adding: “This is a matter of trust in particular. If there are accusations, they must be answered.”Davydovska called the scandal “demotivating,” although she said she was encouraged that the corruption was uncovered and investigated. “We have a joke — Ukraine is the richest country: no matter how much is stolen, there is still money here,” she said. But on a more serious note, she added that Ukrainians had been fundraising for the army for the last four years, “while some bastards are doing such things.” Chakrygina meanwhile, said she was hopeful that peace can be reached. “We don’t believe anymore in Vuhledar, in our [Donetsk] region, because Vuhledar has been erased from the face of the Earth. But we want to at least live here [in Kyiv],” she said. It’s her three children that keep her going every day, she said. “They need their future. They need to live without war,” she added. Daryna Mayer reported from Kyiv. Yuliya Talmazan from London. Daryna MayerDaryna Mayer is an NBC News producer and reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine.Yuliya TalmazanYuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.
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