Lawrence O'Donnell, host of "The Last Word" on MSNBC, has been off the air. He joked with Rachel Maddow ahead of his absence.

Tom Llamas will be the next anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News,” taking over after Lester Holt steps down this summer, NBC News reported. Llamas is a senior national correspondent for NBC ...

He covered community news and events in the Sacramento and Bay Area markets. Holt has been with NBCUniversal for a quarter century, joining MSNBC in 2000. Holt, the first Black male solo anchor ...

Lester Holt and NBC News have announced that the veteran anchor — also network TV's first solo Black anchor of a major evening newscast — will step down from "Nightly News" this summer.