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, we report on Act I of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s revenge tour. Plus, senior political editor […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — Rep. Nancy Mace is no stranger to an intraparty battle. Now, her role in a big Republican fight last year — the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker — is complicating her primary on Tuesday. Mace, who is both a candidate seeking her third term and her own campaign manager, […]
Donald Trump wants to talk about revenge, and neither Sean Hannity nor Dr. Phil can stop him. Both have tried. Fresh off his historic guilty verdict in New York, Trump’s public comments, including in interviews with both men, have increasingly focused on the idea of “retribution” against his enemies if he returns to the White […]
Former All-Pro Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard allegedly sent a boy sexually explicit images and videos of the boy’s mother because she refused to get an abortion, according to a new court filing obtained by The Miami Herald. The filing is part of a separate lawsuit filed against Howard in which he allegedly shared sexually […]
Former President Donald Trump has made it clear that if re-elected, he wouldn’t be averse to weaponizing law enforcement against those he considers his political enemies. Yet some of his supporters in right-wing media are downplaying those threats and claiming that Trump has no intention of punishing his rivals. Take Fox News host Jesse Watters. […]
Former President Donald Trump has in recent days been escalating his suggestions that he could prosecute his political enemies if elected in November. In interviews broadcast on Thursday and earlier this week, Trump’s remarks demonstrated how he is trying to put his legal troubles on the ballot as a referendum on the American justice system […]
Former Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard sent a boy sexually explicit content of his mother because she refused to get an abortion, a new court filing alleges. The document, filed Thursday by attorneys Cam Justice and Adriana Alcalde in Broward Circuit Court, requested that the then-minor be permitted to sue Howard in an ongoing case related […]
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is setting out on a new MAGA crusade: defunding the state of New York to avenge Donald Trump. Greene, along with New York Representative Mike Lawler, has proposed cutting the Empire State off from federal funding in a bid to punish residents after 12 jurors convicted Trump on Thursday. The extremely […]
Donald Trump Jr. quoted conservative comic Rob Schneider in a vow for political revenge Thursday after Donald Trump was convicted in his criminal hush money trial. (Watch the video below.) Because nobody carries weight like a long-ago “Saturday Night Live” trouper who likes to rant on X? Trump Jr. was railing at the FBI and […]
The Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that it would hold a “virtual roll call” ahead of the party’s August nominating convention in Chicago to pick President Biden as the 2024 candidate, ensuring that he appears on the Ohio ballot — bringing to an end an unnecessary chapter of uncertainty about Biden’s appearance on the ballot […]
Former President Donald Trump endorsed the primary challenger taking on House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-Va., saying that the congressman “turned his back on our incredible movement.” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social Tuesday morning that he is endorsing state Sen. John McGuire, who is challenging Good in a June 18 […]
Donald Trump is backing a primary challenger to Rep. Bob Good of Virginia. The former president has targeted lawmakers like Good who backed Ron DeSantis over him. Good has tried to appear close to Trump in recent weeks. Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, his […]