Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, national political reporter Bridget Bowman spotlights the moderate House Republicans who are facing primary challenges from the right in the coming weeks. Plus, national political correspondent Steve Kornacki explains how high voter turnout could boost Donald Trump...
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To the editor: While reading the first paragraph of Mark Z. Barabak's column on the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual award for political courage, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) immediately sprang to mind. Is there anyone in America today who has more openly put her country before her party and shown more personal political courage than Cheney? No. In ignoring her nomination for the award, however, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's board proved it is just like every...
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As the scorching summer peaks this year, India’s political landscape is coming to a boil. From April 19 until June 1, the world’s biggest democracy will hold the world’s biggest election, which the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been in power since 2014, is expected to win.
Despite parading through the halls of the Capitol as a handsome group to deliver their articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, they appear to have fallen short again of producing the kind of political stunt that can boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses the Republican disarray as they try to find issues they can rally around that don't also push away voters.
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Larry Hogan has transformed Maryland’s sleepy Senate race into a top-tier contest in the fight for the Senate majority. But the former governor cannot afford to lose any part of his delicate and diverse political coalition. Already, Trump loyalists are skeptical of the
By STEVE PEOPLES and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Larry Hogan has transformed Maryland’s sleepy Senate race into a top-tier contest in the fight for the Senate majority. But the former governor cannot afford to lose any part of his delicate and diverse political coalition. Already, Trump loyalists are skeptical of the
Anti-Trump Republican Larry Hogan navigates dangerous political terrain in pivotal Senate contest
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation. Henry wrote in his resignation letter dated Wednesday that, “given the current state of affairs,” the time was right for him to step down. “We have served the nation in difficult times. I thank everyone who had the courage to face such challenges with me,” he said. Haiti has been overrun by chaos and gang violence in...
Director Alex Garland promised a 'delicate balance' in Civil War to avoid alienating either side of America's polarized political divide. But liberals are outnumbering conservatives four-to-one among audiences for the Kirsten Dunst dystopian thriller. They have turned the $50million release from studio A24 into the biggest R-rated opening of the year to date
Katharine Birbalsingh, head of Michaela Community School, hit out at Ms Braverman after she congratulated the establishment on winning its legal battle against a Muslim schoolgirl.