Samantha Waldenberg

now: @nbcnews coordinating producer for @halliejackson
was: @cnn
proud @uofmaryland @merrillcollege grad
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[RTCA Capitol Hill @RTCACapitolHill]

🚨NEWS: CNN's Khalil Abdallah @abdallahcnn is the 2025 recipient of the Jerry Thompson Memorial Award. He will be honored June 30

Established in 2012, this award is presented in memory of Thompson, a CNN photojournalist, for his 25 years of excellence.

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[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

.@HallieOnNBC will launch on @nbcbayarea in San Francisco on Monday June 1, just before the June 2 California primary elections.

“I started my NBC career in California, so it’s especially meaningful to expand Hallie Jackson NOW to Bay Area viewers on NBC,” said @HallieJackson. “Our goal every day is to deliver sharp reporting and meaningful conversations that meet viewers where they are, and that now includes local Bay Area audiences on NBC.”

https://t.co/p18s3A5P7y

[Brian Steinberg @bristei]

Worlds are colliding for NBC News' Hallie Jackson, who will soon see an hour of her 'Hallie Jackson Now' streaming program fill the linear schedule at San Francisco's KNTV.....

https://t.co/wbfVc8wnnC via @variety

[Samantha Waldenberg @Sam_Waldenberg]

An exclusive interview with the vice president from @HenryJGomez -

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Vice President JD Vance praises Pope Leo XIV for issuing a new theological document rife with warnings about unbridled advancements in AI. https://t.co/7QUvNFt1uJ

[ESPN @espn]

NEW YORK STAND UP 🔥

THE KNICKS ARE BACK IN THE NBA FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE '99 ‼️

[Julie Tsirkin @news_jul]

NEW statement from @SecretService

-Individual approached USSS checkpoint on 17th and Penn
-Individual removed a weapon from his bag and began firing at posted officers
-USSS returned fire and the suspect later died
-Bystander struck by gunfire
-President was inside WH

[Tom Winter @Tom_Winter]

BREAKING | NBC News: Shortly after 6pm tonight a male suspect — who may have previously been known to DC police and the Secret Service — approached a Secret Service checkpoint near the White House and started firing indiscriminately at USSS agents, two officials say.

USSS fired at the man and he is down. A bystander was also hit.

Reported w/ @jonathan4ny

STORY: https://t.co/rNEtdEgKcv

[Alejandra Jaramillo @AlejandraJMillo]

Two people shot and wounded in an encounter with Secret Service near White House

https://t.co/iplC2ddJtu

[Kaia Hubbard @kaia_hubbard]

I took a tour of the Government Publishing Office, which sits on the same spot where the agency was established on the day of Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861, to see how the Congressional Record is made. There, the printers still whir.
https://t.co/mIU8cRpDON

[Alejandra Jaramillo @AlejandraJMillo]

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the US expects Castro to answer “by his own will or by another way,” to indictment during a press conference in Miami.

[Steve Kornacki @SteveKornacki]

I’ll be part of NBC’s live primary night coverage tonight starting at 6:30 on NBC News Now.

Our results livestream will take the week off and return next Tuesday for the Texas run-off.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

LIVE NOW: Primary night coverage is underway on @NBCNewsNow

@kwelkernbc, @HallieJackson and @SteveKornacki are tracking results, breaking down the numbers and bringing you the latest from races across the country.

Watch here: https://t.co/QnDq13sYUw

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

>@VP Vance will take a spin at the White House press room lectern tomorrow and hold a briefing, the White House says.

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

TOMORROW: Primary night coverage starts at 6:30pm ET on @NBCNewsNow

Join @kwelkernbc, @HallieJackson and @SteveKornacki for live results, reporting and analysis on the primaries in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

Stream on https://t.co/db1l2YraT2, YouTube, the NBC News app and NBC News social platforms.

[Toby Harnden @tobyharnden]

There are now 141 stars on the CIA's Memorial Wall. The latest star was unveiled at the annual Agency memorial ceremony at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, yesterday. The identity of the Agency officer it commemorates remains undisclosed. Family members of the fallen officer and hundreds of relatives of others honored on the Wall were in attendance. It was the first new star to be unveiled since the 140th in 2023.

Each star measures 2¼ inches tall by 2¼ inches wide and half an inch deep; all the stars are six inches apart from each other, as are all the rows. The stars are carved Alabama marble, in the entrance hall of CIA headquarters, opposite the statue of William "Wild Bill" Donovan, director of the OSS, forerunner to the CIA. Beneath the stars is the Book of Honor, in which 108 names are inscribed; 33 of the stars officially remain anonymous, though 20 of those have been identified publicly.

The Memorial Wall, created in 1974 with an original 31 stars, is revered within the Agency; officers who are retiring often linger as they pass by it for the final time, touching the stars. Outside the CIA, the Wall has attained iconic status, featured in documentaries, movies, and television series. The Wall has been featured in the movies The Recruit (2003) and 13 Hours (2016), as well as the episode 36—“The Star” of the TV series Homeland (2013).

Johnny Micheal Spann, the CIA's and America's first casualty on the battlefield after 9/11, was commemorated by the 79th star.

[Samantha Waldenberg @Sam_Waldenberg]

Former FBI Director James Comey told @HallieJackson Tuesday that the Justice Department can’t fulfill its role to uphold the rule of law in the U.S. while it also fixates on those who criticize President Donald Trump.

https://t.co/a2DWZMV408

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

I’m honored and humbled to share a bit of professional news: I’m now @NBCNews Chief White House correspondent. We have an amazing team… and a lot of news to cover, to break and to contextualize. Thank you for your trust. https://t.co/JGsUSAokSe

[Luke Garrett @lukegarrett202]

SCOOP: Campaign staff are gaming prediction markets using internal data to make timely bets on their candidates — winning “thousands.”

One staffer told me it would have been “foolish” not to bet. Another staffer called it the “Wild West”

https://t.co/N9Ho01E2Jt

[NBC News @NBCNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Trump's abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia suspended U.S. access to its bases and airspace. https://t.co/ugxw2ilzpD

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died Wednesday, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87. https://t.co/NJFxOWJrBm