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The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic
2025-12-31
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The Lessons Left Behind By The Monk’s Peace Walk
2025-12-30
In a time when it feels like we are constantly divided by politics and digital walls, it can be hard to find a common thread that brings us together. But a quiet group of Buddhist monks moved through our area, offering a visual reminder that community is still possible. TheseContinue Reading
How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk
2025-12-29
Wired for Profit: Third in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State. BUCKS, Ala.—South Alabama is where it all washes out. Here, in the nation’s second-largest delta, the waters of the Deep South wind through the pines and cypressesContinue Reading
FBI permanently closing HQ at J. Edgar Hoover Building, Kash Patel announces
2025-12-26
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Andrew Johnson’s 1868 Christmas pardon shows how forgiveness and politics collide
2025-12-25
Historical amnesty to confederates is often cited in discussions about pardons for political violence and democracy Published December 25, 2025 3:00PM (EST) The pardon of the January 6 insurrectionists echoed the 1868 pardon of Confederate soldiers. The effects include the meld of Confederate values with the far right politics ofContinue Reading
Prosecutor Floating Death Penalty for Nick Reiner Knows It’s an Empty Threat
2025-12-24
The headlines came fast and furious: Nick Reiner, 32, could face the death penalty for murdering his own parents, beloved Hollywood couple Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. News coverage ranged from practical explainers on California’s death penalty to vulgar punditry casting more heat than light. True crime celebrity NancyContinue Reading
10 things to watch for 2026: From the Politics Desk
2025-12-23
Welcome to a special holiday edition of the newsletter. Heading into the new year, I asked my colleagues from around NBC News to provide one big storyline they will be watching for. Their responses are below. Programming note: Keep an eye out for another holiday edition in your inbox nextContinue Reading
Celebrities, merch and controversy dominate AmericaFest
2025-12-21
From celebrity feuds to a replica of Charlie Kirk’s killing site, TPUSA’s event blurred politics and performance Published December 21, 2025 1:30PM (EST) AmericaFest Conference attendees pose for pictures in a replica of the tent of Charlie Kirk’s assassination location. One of the many sights, merch and other spectacles atContinue Reading
Rob Reiner, Bari Weiss, and the Shifting Politics of Hollywood
2025-12-20
Politics / December 19, 2025 Weiss’s ascent reveals the extent to which Hollywood, once a Democratic stronghold, has defected for a politics that puts the concerns and egos of wealthy people first. Rob Reiner in 2018 in Studio City, California. (Rich Polk / Getty Images for IMDb) It felt wonderfulContinue Reading
MAGA sticks with Trump on Venezuela – for now: From the Politics Desk
2025-12-19
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Katherine Doyle explores how President Donald Trump’s base is sticking with him asContinue Reading
