Trump’s ground game shrinks voter registration gap in key battlegrounds
The campaign for former President Donald Trump said it is giving ‘maximum attention and resources’ to its ground game in battleground states, and it’s working. In key battleground states where voters register by party, and where the margins in 2020 were
Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor
To a Republican tuning in to NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, what Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was proposing no doubt made perfect sense: Instead of allocating some electoral college votes by congressional district, he argued, Nebraska should give
Mark Robinson defiant, diminished on trail as staff, allies flee campaign
WILKESBORO, N.C. — His staff had just resigned en masse. His allies believed he would lose. His scandals now threatened to drag down his whole party in the critical state of North Carolina. But Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson plowed ahead
GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock
A key Republican state lawmaker said Monday he does not support changing how the state awards its electoral votes before the November election, imperiling a last-ditch push by former president Donald Trump and his allies. “I respect the desire of some
New GOP-backed bill would ban aid to Afghanistan to avoid giving US dollars to the Taliban
A group of Republican lawmakers is introducing a new bill that would cease all aid dollars to Afghanistan over concerns of interception by the Taliban. ‘The Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal has plunged the country back under Taliban rule, and now
The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump’s support
One of the central characteristics of the 2024 presidential election is its steadiness. That’s counterintuitive, certainly; rarely has any contest seen as much tumult as we’ve seen in the past several months. Attempts on Donald Trump’s life, President Joe Biden’s
Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies
There is vanishingly little doubt that Project 2025 has become one of the most unpopular political programs or ideas in recent history. The question is increasingly how much voters intend to hang that millstone around Donald Trump’s neck. A new NBC News
Federal Trade Commission accuses three drug middlemen of inflating insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it is suing three drug middlemen, accusing them of inflating insulin prices. The FTC accused the ‘Big Three’ pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx, CVS Health’s Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts
Mike Johnson says Harris is Iran’s ‘preferred candidate,’ demands info on Trump campaign hacks
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is putting the U.S. intelligence community on the spot after Iranian hackers tried to disseminate private information from former President Donald Trump’s campaign. ‘Congress is outraged by the Biden-Harris Administration’s inaction and unwillingness to hold Iran
One judge, one courthouse: Why judge-shopping is an issue in the U.S.
Leaders of the federal court system and some members of Congress are trying to limit the practice of judge shopping — when a person or group files a lawsuit in a carefully chosen court where they believe the judge will