Big scoop here----> The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into consulting firm McKinsey related to its past role in advising opioid manufacturers on how to boost sales wsj.com/articles/mckin… via The Wall Street Journal

SCOOP this morning from Julia E. Ainsley

Exclusive: Man on terrorist watchlist was dropped from program that monitors migrants nbcnews.com/news/investiga… via @nbcnews

NEW: Congressional committee establishes today that the Chinese government:

'Directly subsidizes the manufacturing and export of illicit fentanyl materials and other synthetic narcotics through tax rebates'. #fentanyl

Report below----->

selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…

New: Bogus ‘tax service specialists’ duped business owners in latest Covid relief debacle, IRS says nbcnews.com/news/bogus-tax… with Laura Strickler

Our latest “fleecing of Anerica”. It’s a doozy. With ⁦Ken Dilanian⁩

Bogus ‘tax service specialists’ duped business owners in latest Covid relief debacle, IRS says nbcnews.com/news/bogus-tax…

WSJ- Good news: Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities

There’s just a ton of places that you can point to that are showing widespread, very positive trends,” said Asher, co-founder of criminal justice consulting firm AH Datalytics. wsj.com/us-news/murder…

Coming up on ⁦NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt⁩: how the Employee Retention Tax Credit became a disaster for the IRS—and for American taxpayers. Reporting on a Fleecing of America, with ⁦Laura Strickler⁩

Our story tonight on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

Exclusive: Afghan man on terror watchlist released by Border Patrol, picked up by ICE, then released again by immigration judge. Didi Martinez Laura Strickler nbcnews.com/investigations…

This is the definition of gut wrenching.

Mother of Madisyn Baldwin who died in the Michigan school shooting speaking directly to the parents who enabled the shooting.

Hard not to think of all the victims of gun violence who could make similar statements about their grief.

Do not miss this incredibly important warning for parents & teens from Kate Snow about the link between high potency marijuana and the cannabis-induced psychosis. #cannabisindustry

Just talk to an ER doctor in Colorado, they have some horrific stories.

NEW: Trump remains vague on pursuing family separation policies in a second term nbcnews.com/politics/donal… via @nbcnews

Very important warning from the Consumer Product Safety Commission here - and they say the company is ignoring them.

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using OmvedTherapies Baby Pillows Due to Suffocation Hazard cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-…

World Central Kitchen says seven of its aid workers delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza were killed in an Israeli air strike. The group’s founder, chef José Andrés, shared the news in an emotional post. Raf Sanchez reports on the latest.

NEW: 240 tons of Gaza aid that was shipped by World Central Kitchen is returning to Cyprus after seven of its workers were killed in a reported Israeli airstrike. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

Give yourself the 6 minute gift of watching this story.

SCOOP from gretchen morgenson --->>>>>>>

NEW: Senate investigating whether ER care has been harmed by growing role of private-equity firms nbcnews.com/health/health-… via @nbcnews

My latest on child labor-

NEW: Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts for John Deere and others nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

NEW: Fremont, Nebraska, needs migrant workers, but bars illegal aliens with ⁦Didi Martinez⁩ and ⁦Julia E. Ainsley⁩…our dynamic trio nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f…

NEW: Our story from last night zeroing in on a small town where immigrants are needed to fill jobs but they are also rejected. Take a look at this microcosm...with Julia E. Ainsley & Didi Martinez