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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 26

Exclusive: The former senior CIA officer who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election says DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the White House are “lying” when they claim that it was an attempt to sabotage President Trump.…

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 26

A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Chicago over its sanctuary city policies, determining they are protected by the 10th Amendment. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The judge determined the state's policies are protected by the 10th Amendment, a blow to Trump's efforts to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Some top Republicans are regretting that they inserted a tax hike on gamblers into President Trump’s megabill, with several lawmakers who supported the legislation now calling for rolling back that policy. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. An outcry from bettors has caused some top GOP lawmakers to rethink a provision in Trump's bill. Some say it was sloppily added. Others say they didn't even know it was in the legislation.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Two top NOAA officials who played a role in the high-profile “Sharpiegate” investigation at the agency were placed on administrative leave this week. nbcnews.com/science/scienc…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The agency is down hundreds of employees after staffing cuts and voluntary buyouts implemented by the Trump administration.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

JUST IN: Former Rep. George Santos reports to prison, beginning a more than seven-year sentence after pleading guilty to a laundry list of federal charges. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The former New York Republican congressman reported to prison in New Jersey Friday after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges. He was expelled from Congress in late 2023.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as " Alligator Alcatraz " began in the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the detention center to other countries, the Florida governor said.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Hours after President Trump appeared to take the temperature down with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the White House resumed its attacks on the central bank chief and its headquarters renovation. nbcnews.com/business/econo…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The president called Powell a “good man” after attacking him for weeks as “stupid” and saying he “hates me.”

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Former Obama aides say they have to balance unnecessarily giving oxygen to unfounded Trump administration claims and allowing them to balloon unchecked. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. Former Obama aides say they have to balance unnecessarily giving oxygen to unfounded Trump administration claims and allowing them to balloon unchecked.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

Mike Gordon, a former prosecutor for the Capitol rioters, was terminated without explanation. Now he's pushing back, suing the Trump administration with other fired DOJ employees. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. Mike Gordon, who had been senior trial counsel in the Capitol Siege Section, which prosecuted Capitol rioters, was terminated without explanation. Now he's pushing back.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 25

The Trump administration sued New York City over its “sanctuary” laws, the latest effort to crack down on localities that try to shield undocumented immigrants from federal detainment efforts. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The lawsuit is the administration's latest effort to crack down on laws that limit local officials' cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

BREAKING: FCC approves Skydance’s $8 billion merger with CBS News parent Paramount after both companies made concessions to President Trump. nbcnews.com/business/busin…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The deal opens the door to major changes at CBS News, with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr saying, "Americans no longer trust the legacy national news media to report fully, accurately, and fairly. It is...

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

The Trump administration says it does not consider DACA a "form of legal status in this country," though current recipients are legally allowed to remain in the U.S. nbcnews.com/news/latino/tr…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The Trump administration said it doesn't consider DACA a "form of legal status in this country," though current recipients are legally allowed to remain in the U.S.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expresses alarm at the increase in threats against the judiciary but said judges should not be intimidated, urging them to focus on their jobs as arbiters of the rule of law. nbcnews.com/politics/supre…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. President Donald Trump and his allies have been frequent critics of judges and at times have called for the impeachment of those who rule against him.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

JUST IN: President Trump signs an executive order prohibiting “third party, pay-for-play” payments to college athletes, a move the White House intends to curb “bidding wars” that have roiled college sports in recent years. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The president's executive order would prohibit "third-party, pay-to-play" payments to college athletes, the White House said.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announces he won’t run for re-election next year, a move that will set off a wide-open race to replace him in one of the nation’s most closely divided battleground states. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The 73-year-old Democrat's decision not to seek a third term will set off a wide-open race to replace him in the closely divided battleground state.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

A man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump last year in South Florida can represent himself during his trial, a federal judge rules. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. Ryan Routh, 59, is scheduled to stand trial in September, a year after prosecutors say a U.S. Secret Service agent thwarted his attempt to shoot Trump as he played golf.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

Across several committees, House Democrats brought up amendments on whether the government’s files on Jeffrey Epstein should be released. It did not matter the focus of the panel, from oversight issues to financial services, Democrats forced the issue. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. The House left a day early for a summer break that Sen. Chuck Schumer has dubbed "the Epstein recess" as Democrats try to capitalize on a major pain point for Republicans.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

Paramount announced Wednesday that the creators of “South Park” had agreed to produce 50 new episodes over the next five years. Hours later, “South Park” excoriated Paramount in the premiere episode of its 27th season. nbcnews.com/business/media…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. In the season premiere of the profane animated series, Jesus Christ urges South Park’s townspeople to settle a legal dispute with Trump — or else they’ll “end up like Colbert.”

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's top intelligence official, leveled allegations against Obama that no U.S. spy chief has ever made against a former president or administration. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. No previous U.S. spy chief has made such an allegation against a chief executive. Democrats dismissed it as "a weak attempt at distraction" from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

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NBC Politics@NBCPolitics · Jul 24

UPDATE: The House Oversight Committee will subpoena the Justice Department to release files tied to the case of Jeffrey Epstein. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

NBCPolitics's tweet card. Three Republicans joined Democrats in an 8-2 vote to approve a motion to issue a subpoena to the Justice Department for the release of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein.

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