Election experts and officials are reassuring voters that electronic equipment isn’t deliberately changing their votes — even if they have trouble with the machines at the polls. nbcnews.to/4A3bjvY
Conservative influencer James O’Keefe charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota nbcnews.to/4iHf4RH
And thanks @janetimm.bsky.social at NBC News for quoting me:
Trump administration’s election lawsuits are on shaky legal ground, experts say
Legal and election experts said the latest move from the Justice Department to block certification in Alaska’s Senate race would likely not pass muster in the courts.
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14 years ago this week, I started full time in 30 Rock. First for Morning Joe, then MSNBC, before @nbcnews.com, where I've been for a decade. So very proud of the work I've done, grateful for the incredible people here, and excited to cover another election. Midterms, let's go!
For Missouri's election officials, the redistricting back and forth feels like “being the ping-pong ball in a ping-pong game” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Missouri election officials grapple with redistricting whiplash
Local officials have been caught in the middle of a mound of litigation over which congressional map will be in place for this fall’s midterm elections.
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It's all happening in Missouri missouriindependent.com/2026/09/08/u...
Missouri Supreme Court orders Denny Hoskins to answer on contempt charge • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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Not so fast: a federal judge in Missouri has now issued a conflicting ruling saying that if the new map ISN'T used it would violate the U.S. Constitution.
Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2mo agoSupreme Court, via Justice Kavanaugh, rejects Republican attempt to use a newly-drawn congressional map that the Missouri Supreme Court said last week could not be used. This means the 2022 (6-R, 2-D) map will be used: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Greg Ballard, the former two-term Republican mayor of Indianapolis, is running for secretary of state in Indiana this year, hoping to create a new party that he says would increase competition in general elections and moderate growing extremism in the state.
Former GOP mayor vies to create a new party in Indiana with a run for a key statewide post
Greg Ballard, the former mayor of Indianapolis, will pave the way for other candidates if he gets enough votes, part of an unpredictable race for Indiana secretary of state.
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GAO reports on the DOGE savings that weren't www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds
The government watchdog found that billions of dollars in DOGE’s public tally could not be verified and that some claimed cuts never happened.
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Asked Jasmine Crockett last night in St. Louis if she thinks James Talarico can turn Texas blue this fall. “I don't know,” she said. She doesn’t buy the polls. “I watch money… When I look at the money, if Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I'll be convinced.” MORE:
The @nbcnews.com politics team with another 🔥 scoop: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Wisconsin Democratic candidate David Crowley disavows his old crude and caustic ‘Dirt McGirk’ Twitter account
Crowley contends others also had access to the Twitter burner account and says he did not post incendiary messages about women and race, as well as derogatory LGBTQ references.
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Best “remove glasses to look at something unbelievable” in cinema history.
Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise
Alt: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise
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A rare bipartisan victory. A rare example of this Republican-led Congress being able to tout a tangible achievement on lowering costs, a high-salience issue on which voters give Trump low marks… And Trump distances himself from the bill and diminishes its importance.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4mo agoTrump abruptly cancels his own signing ceremony for the bipartisan housing bill that both parties want to celebrate. The bill passed the House 358-32, passed the Senate 85-5. DJT says he wants the SAVE America Act passed first; as GOP leaders have made clear, that won’t happen.
Being a working parent in June is like playing Frogger and losing
An NBC News poll shows that Americans are committed to the nation’s founding ideals but widely feel that schools are not sustaining them. The poll of 3,000 adults found that 80% think the United States puts too little emphasis on civic education, or the teaching of government and democracy.
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New York's entire vibe today is like a class about to give the substitute teacher a breakdown
There's a book that's helping parents fight back against tech in schools, but the research isn't as clear-cut as the self-published book claims www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
The book fueling a movement against screens in schools
“The Digital Delusion” connects the collapse in standardized test scores to the rise of education technology in public schools. It’s driving a heated debate.
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NEW: John Cornyn is undone by past Trump misgivings, after decades as a loyal party man His pro-Trump voting record is unassailable. But that’s not enough. He occasionally criticized Trump's more controversial actions when others stayed quiet. Trump never forgot. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
John Cornyn undone by past Trump misgivings, after decades as a loyal party man
Cornyn touted his long record of supporting Trump’s agenda during the campaign. But it wasn’t enough, as the president never forgot his past criticisms.
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NEW: Randi Weingarten, the head of AFT, the second largest teachers union, is calling for screen time limits and a ban on student-facing AI in elementary schools She told me her thinking evolved in the past few months www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
Teachers union president calls for limits on AI and screen time in schools
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is backing a parent-led movement to restrict how much time elementary school students spend on laptops in class.
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A Noticias Telemundo investigation documented a marked increase in cases of people posing as federal agents to rob, intimidate and even injure and rape immigrants. nbcnews.to/49rICOl
Vance told @henryjgomez.bsky.social that he is on a "crazy" diet RFK recommended to him — “a lot of protein” and “fermented foods writ large, so, you know, yogurt, cheese and things like that.” Also deleted X off his phone for Lent and hasn't put it back on yet. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...
Vance calls Pope Leo’s AI warnings ‘profound’
In an interview Tuesday with NBC News, the vice president said he is glad the pope tackled the topic. Vance also discussed why X remains off his phone after he deleted it for Lent.
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NEW: Trump endorses Ken Paxton in the GOP Senate primary in Texas, a blow to Sen. John Cornyn a week before the runoff.
Trump endorses Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn ahead of Texas Republican Senate runoff
Paxton, the state attorney general, finished just behind Cornyn in Texas’ March 3 primary. The winner is set to face Democrat James Talarico in the fall.
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"The Supreme Court has frequently admonished judges not to interfere in election cases when the process is already underway, but it is now being accused of doing exactly that in recent decisions favoring Republicans in redistricting fights." www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court faces new criticism for redistricting decisions so close to the 2026 elections
Justices have said judges shouldn’t interfere in election disputes so close to the primary process, but their own rulings have triggered a frenzy to draw new congressional maps.
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Pennsylvania's auditor general, a Republican, audited 210,000+ new voter registrations under Gov. Shapiro's new motor voter system to see if noncitizens were registering to vote. They found one. One. And that was because a PennDOT staffer erred. It was fixed before the driver left the office.
Pennsylvania's motor-voter system effectively screens non-citizens from voter registration • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The audit also revealed problems with PennDOT’s data security protocols and recommended tighter internal controls.
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How the White House tried — and failed — to push a candidate out of a Republican state Senate primary in Indiana @janetimm.bsky.social got audio recordings of the White House officials' pressure campaign on a candidate in Indiana www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
How the White House tried – and failed – to push a candidate out of a Republican state Senate primary in Indiana
With Trump’s sights set on unseating Indiana lawmakers who opposed his redistricting effort, his aides and allies feared a third candidate could play spoiler in one race.
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The amazing lengths the Trump administration will go to enact the retribution agenda against non-conformist Republicans extends to a state Senate race in Indiana via @janetimm.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
How the White House tried – and failed – to push a candidate out of a Republican state Senate primary in Indiana
With Trump’s sights set on unseating Indiana lawmakers who opposed his redistricting effort, his aides and allies feared a third candidate could play spoiler in one race.
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The House may be at stake this fall but, Trump allies are pouring 6 million into statehouse Republican primaries in Indiana It's a revenge tour: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Trump goes on a revenge tour in Indiana after failed redistricting vote
Trump is backing GOP challengers to lawmakers who opposed a redrawn congressional map last year as allies pour in millions of dollars ahead of the May primary.
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Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating' www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... by @janetimm.bsky.social
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
The president cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to county records.
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