The most radical thing about Elon Musk this month is his staggering unpopularity. Public opinion of the world’s richest man fell by 66 points since his foray into politics, according to a CNN poll released Thursday. Musk was the most popular person according to a Bloomberg poll in June 2016—butContinue Reading
July 18, 2025 Partisan politics is making a travesty of justice. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who committed suicide in April, with a photo of herself as a teen, when she said she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Prince Andrew, among others. (Emily Michot / Miami Herald / TribuneContinue Reading
Politics have largely stayed out of Julie Linton’s South Carolina pediatrician’s office over the years — that is, until recently. The Greenville physician has seen an uptick in the number of parents feeling reluctant or refusing to vaccinate their children. Anti-vaccine messaging stemming from Washington D.C. isn’t helping, she says.Continue Reading
“The new Gen Z voting block is totally upending politics.” On stage at the Turning Point Action Conference in Tampa—held live near the Gulf of America—Jack Posobiec sat down with conservative commentator and former police officer Brandon Tatum to talk about the evolution of Turning Point USA, Gen Z’s politicalContinue Reading
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83. Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he served asContinue Reading
This column by Jim & Mike is a new twist on their “Behind the Curtain” (BTC), which digs deep into the topics of highest import. We call this a BTC Extra — a living update on a transcendent topic, referring back to deeper reporting.The politics of immigration are shifting fastContinue Reading
For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. There have been several political groupings called the American Party, or something similar, in U.S. history. Perhaps most famously, this was the official name of the Know Nothings, the once secret society (members were toldContinue Reading
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 White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, our Capitol Hill team previews the next showdown in Congress with theContinue Reading
For decades, biologists have studied how cities affect wildlife by altering food supplies, fragmenting habitats and polluting the environment. But a new global study argues that these physical factors are only part of the story. Societal factors, the researchers claim, especially those tied to religion, politics and war, also leaveContinue Reading
July 8, 2025 The tech mogul’s latest intervention in US politics serves as a perfect proof of concept for the futility and stupidity of billionaire-driven politics. Elon Musk wears a cheesehead hat at his America PAC rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 30, 2025. The Tesla CEO held the townContinue Reading
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