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Clarissa-Jan Lim

Breaking/trending news blogger

Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.

Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.

Latest from Clarissa-Jan Lim

14h ago

Top Washington Dems push White House to investigate U.S. citizen's killing in West Bank

Aysenur Eygi’s family has demanded an independent probe into her death. But Biden and Harris are leaning on Israel’s investigation for answers instead.
14h ago

Secret Service announces new security plans to prevent another Jan. 6 riot

The Department of Homeland Security has designated the election certification on January 6, 2025, as a “National Special Security Event” for the first time.
16h ago

Elon Musk’s retort to Taylor Swift for endorsing Harris aligns with how the right talks about women

Elon Musk, who has endorsed Donald Trump, responded to Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris with a gross comment.
2d ago

Stung by his own chaotic debate performance, Trump is backing down from having a ‘rematch’

Donald Trump appears to be backing away from taking part in a second debate with Kamala Harris, claiming that he won Tuesday night’s debate and therefore shouldn’t have to have a “rematch.”
2d ago

Trump used an 11-year-old’s death to foment anti-immigrant hate. The boy’s father wants an apology.

The father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, whose death has been invoked by Republicans to attack immigrants, told Donald Trump, JD Vance and others to stop using his son's death for political purposes.
3d ago

How to watch the Harris and Trump presidential debate

The Tuesday debate will see Harris, a former prosecutor, take on an opponent who has leveled sexist and racist attacks against her.
6d ago

RFK Jr.'s bid to take himself off swing state ballots may scramble mail-in voting

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be removed from ballots in Michigan and North Carolina, two key battleground states, after state appeals courts ruled in his favor on Friday.
6d ago

Man arrested over alleged plot to kill Jewish people in NYC around Oct. 7

A 20-year-old Pakistani citizen planned a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn in support of ISIS, the Justice Department said.
6d ago

American woman killed in West Bank while protesting Israeli settlements

Aysenur Egzi Eygi was protesting the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements when the Israeli army “intentionally shot and killed” her, the International Solidarity Movement said.
7d ago

Trump appeals jury verdict that found him liable of sexually abusing, defaming E. Jean Carroll

In a hearing Friday, a lawyer for Donald Trump asked an appeals court to toss a jury verdict that found the Republican presidential nominee liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
7d ago

Georgia school shooting suspect and his father appear in court to face murder charges

Colin Gray bought his teen son an AR-15-style rifle as a gift after the two were questioned by law enforcement over alleged threats, sources told NBC News.