Tom Daschle, a former Senate Democratic leader from South Dakota, likened the national mood to a “political cancer that is metastasizing.”

“I’m concerned about what happens if Trump does lose and whether or not we have a repeat of Jan. 6,” he said.
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

“I think if Joe Biden gets re-elected, there is a good possibility that there could be a Republican in his Cabinet,” Ted Kaufman, a longtime Biden confidant and Democratic former senator from Delaware, said in an interview.

w/ Jonathan Allen

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… via @nbcnews

Former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel: “I know what kind of person Biden is. And in his own mind, that [defusing partisan tensions] could be his greatest contribution to this country as he leaves office.”
w/ Jonathan Allen
nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… via @nbcnews

Biden pledged to 'end this uncivil war.' Nearly 4 years later, it still rages on.
w/ Jonathan Allen

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… via @nbcnews

On a steamy hot Sunday, the Reverend Herbert Redmond was celebrating Mass at a church in Brooklyn, when he startled his congregation thus:
'Its far too hot for a sermon. Keep the Commandments and say a prayer for Gil Hodges'
Thomas Oliphant
Gil Hodges With the Earl of Baltimore

Prez debates don’t historically move the needle in a big way. BUT these debates cd be significant for either candidate to win over the “double haters.”

The # of voters who are legitimately undecided in this rematch is historically small - but they’ll decide the race.

Honored to pose with Tom’s daughter Sarah. She has her dad’s dry wit, his devilish sense of humor and just a tremendous needler like her father.

“It is concerning to me when I keep seeing press come out of the White House where they keep saying the economy is good. That’s really weird because I’m paying more on taxes and more on groceries and more on housing and more on fuel.'
nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/…

In a bit of serendipity, one can draw a straight line between the congressional gym and Ukraine's strength on the battlefield.
nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R., Okla., and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien never fought. They went to dinner instead at an Italian restaurant in Washington. nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R., Oklahoma: “Unfortunately, we have zero conversations with the White House. They’ve never reached out. I don’t know who my White House liaison is.”
nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

How strength training in Washington delivered more brawn for Ukraine nbcnews.com/politics/congr… via @nbcnews

Always proud of Dan Merica, but especially so today.

Politics has long been filled with so-called split-screen moments. But this might rank as the starkest, with Biden talking solemnly about one of the darkest episodes in human history as Daniels recounted having sex with Trump in his hotel room in 2006. nbcnews.com/politics/white…

Exciting update: Today is my first day with The Associated Press Investigations. I’ll be focused on politics, particularly the way artificial intelligence is being used this election cycle.

It’s an honor to be joining such a storied news organization. Can’t wait to get to work.

Biden condemns antisemitism at the Holocaust remembrance ceremony nbcnews.com/politics/white… via @nbcnews

urldefense.com/v3/__https://w…$