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. Happy Friday — and for those of you in the path of a winter storm thisContinue Reading
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, we look at Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Minneapolis, while Jonathan AllenContinue Reading
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. S. Zainab would like to think she bleeds ink but the very idea makes her feel faint. She writes fantasy and horror, and is currently clutching a manuscript while groping in the dark.Continue Reading
By Irina Slav – Jan 17, 2026, 6:00 PM CST Oil prices are retreating after a geopolitics-driven spike, as the glut narrative regains control. Rising inventories, sanctioned crude weighing on tanker data, and new Venezuelan barrels reinforce oversupply fears. Geopolitical risks still lurk, from Iranian unrest to drone attacks nearContinue Reading
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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, Scott Wong and Joe Murphy find that many of Congress’ oldest members aren’tContinue Reading
The plunge in viewership comes as Weiss has ushered in an era of Trump-friendly politics for the network. CBS News signage in Manhattan.Spencer Platt / Getty Images CBS’s “Evening News” program lost over a million viewers in its first week under its new anchor, Tony Dokoupil, compared to the sameContinue Reading
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In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – that shaped post-independence Uganda. As he explains to The Conversation Africa, there are striking differences between the twoContinue Reading
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