Trump defends pardons for rioters and suggests Proud Boys could have place in politics

Skip to Main Content Politics Among the roughly 1,500 people pardoned by Trump were more than 200 who pleaded guilty to assaulting police. President Donald Trump attends the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. AP Photo/Evan Vucci By Associated Press, The AssociatedContinue Reading

The Age of Vanceism Is Just Beginning

Town Called Malice / January 16, 2025 The next four years in American politics may be characterized as much by the vice president as by his boss. JD Vance during a campaign event with Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show in Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024.(Justin Merriman / Bloomberg)Continue Reading

4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland – if it were for sale, which it isn’t

President-elect Donald Trump has sparked diplomatic controversy by suggesting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland for reasons of “national security” and refusing to definitively rule out using military force to do so. Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, “is not for sale,” said Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen. Trump’s interest inContinue Reading

How Elon Musk has become a powerful figure in US politics

Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX recently made history by catching a Starship rocket booster as it careened back to Earth, wants you to vote for Donald Trump for many reasons. That includes not just what Trump will do here on this planet, but also for what he’ll achieve that’s outsideContinue Reading

Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president’s remarks in new report

WASHINGTON — The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” the prosecutor who led the probes said in a report released Monday that criticized President Joe Biden for having maligned the Justice Department when he pardoned his son. “Other presidents have pardonedContinue Reading

The politics of the California fires are already looming large for both parties: From the Politics Desk

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, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker digs into how political leaders from bothContinue Reading