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, NBC News’ Capitol Hill team recaps Donald Trump’s visit with House and Senate Republicans. Plus, senior political […]
Donald Trump made a return on Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up US House and Senate Republicans in his first meetings since the January 6 2021 attacks. He was embraced by Republican legislators who find themselves newly energised by his bid to retake the White House. Despite pending federal charges against Mr Trump for conspiring […]
Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with Republican lawmakers to build unity ahead of the November 5th election, which could hand his party control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. Mr Trump’s motorcade pulled up to a side entrance of a Republican office building a block from the […]
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with Republican lawmakers to build unity ahead of the Nov. 5 election, which could hand his party control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. Trump’s motorcade pulled up to a side entrance of a Republican office building […]
When Donald Trump visits Washington on Thursday to meet with lawmakers near the Capitol, he will be greeted with video of a mob of his supporters rioting there on Jan. 6, 2021. The Democratic National Committee plans to launch a mobile billboard ahead of Trump’s visit that will aim to follow the former president as […]
WASHINGTON — Three and a half years ago, President Donald Trump incited a violent riot at the Capitol in a bid to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory and remain in power, a special House committee concluded after a lengthy investigation. On Thursday, Trump will make his first visit to Capitol Hill since before the Jan. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans, his first since sending the mob to “fight like hell” ahead of the Jan.6, 2021 attack, as GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by his bid to retake the White House. Despite the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump on Thursday, as the former president who is now the party’s presumptive nominee returns to Capitol Hill for the first time since his supporters attacked the building on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn President Joe Biden’s election. Trump was already scheduled […]
South Dakota’s Capitol in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota political leaders are condemning a Nazi demonstration that happened Saturday on the Capitol grounds in Pierre. The state Department of Public Safety said in a news release that a group attempted an unscheduled protest on the Capitol grounds, without a permit. The Highway Patrol […]
A group of extremists unfurled a Nazi flag during an apparent rally on the steps of South Dakota’s state capitol building in Pierre. The incident occurred Saturday, the state Department of Public Safety confirmed to the Argus Leader. Pictures taken by onlookers and shared on social media depict a group of at least 15 individuals […]
There are all kinds of contrasts between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but among the most salient is the difference between their approaches to Jan. 6. The presumptive Republican nominee, for example, has offered Jan. 6 rioters praise, support and vows of future pardons. We’ve reached the point in the cycle in which the […]
Two officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 faced boos and walkouts by Republicans at the Pennsylvania state House as they visited the chamber, according to several lawmakers present. Republicans jeered at former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who were introduced by state House Speaker Joanna […]