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Epstein Survivor Who Voted for Trump Calls His 'Behavior' Toward Epstein Files a 'National Embarrassment': 'Stop Making This Political'

Jena-Lisa Jones said she'd voted for Trump, but called on him to "show that you actually care about the people other than yourself" ... Read More

GOP divisions start to pile up: From the Politics Desk

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 ... Read More

Indiana National Guard members are heading to Washington D.C. for 4 month deployment

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced that he would be sending about 300 members of the state's National Guard to Washington, D.C., in December. Read More

Democrats are holding their own in the redistricting wars: From the Politics Desk

But for now, Democrats are holding their own in the redistricting battle as they set their sights on reclaiming the House majority in 2026. Read More

Indiana Senate leader's stand against Trump redistricting push attracts national attention

The Washington Post Editorial Board is praising the Indiana Senate Republican leader's decision to decline to convene the Senate for mid-decade redistricting, the latest example of national political ... Read More

Meet the new addition to IndyStar's politics team ahead of redistricting

We're continuing our commitment to covering the Indiana Statehouse with the hiring of Marissa Meador as IndyStar's political breaking news reporter. Read More

November 14, 2025 — Trump and government shutdown news

The House is set to vote next week on a bipartisan bill calling for the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files. This comes as the federal government is working to get back on ... Read More

Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago

President Donald Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the ... Read More

Texas National Guard to be sent home from Chicago

Two unnamed U.S. officials told the New York Times that the 200 Texas National Guard troops in Illinois would begin their departure as soon as Sunday. Read More

What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ... Read More