Amanda Terkel
@aterkel.bsky.social
Politics Managing Editor, NBC News amanda.terkel@nbcuni.com
Dispatch from @natashakorecki.bsky.social — How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview, Ill., into a chaotic, militarized town
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October 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dispatch from @natashakorecki.bsky.social — How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview, Ill., into a chaotic, militarized town
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Fascinating new results on Gen Z from the
@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage
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@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage
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September 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fascinating new results on Gen Z from the
@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@nbcnews.com Decision Desk poll -- views on family and marriage
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It's the golden age of Josh!
Multiple guys named Josh run for president. There's Josh Allen. Josh wine is a top-seller. Record # of Joshes as govs (they even have a Josh group chat!) and in Congress.
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Multiple guys named Josh run for president. There's Josh Allen. Josh wine is a top-seller. Record # of Joshes as govs (they even have a Josh group chat!) and in Congress.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... Read the definitive Josh story by @allansmith.bsky.social and me
August 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's the golden age of Josh!
Multiple guys named Josh run for president. There's Josh Allen. Josh wine is a top-seller. Record # of Joshes as govs (they even have a Josh group chat!) and in Congress.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... Read the definitive Josh story by @allansmith.bsky.social and me
Multiple guys named Josh run for president. There's Josh Allen. Josh wine is a top-seller. Record # of Joshes as govs (they even have a Josh group chat!) and in Congress.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... Read the definitive Josh story by @allansmith.bsky.social and me
Some different chyrons here! (HT @allansmith.bsky.social)
July 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some different chyrons here! (HT @allansmith.bsky.social)
Striking chart showing how few laws were enacted during Trump's first 100 days (even though his party has full control of Congress)
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April 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Striking chart showing how few laws were enacted during Trump's first 100 days (even though his party has full control of Congress)
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America may be well on its way to forgetting Joe Biden; its president isn’t.
Trump spoke Biden’s name more than a dozen times Jan. 20, and from that point forward, he has basically never stopped.
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Trump spoke Biden’s name more than a dozen times Jan. 20, and from that point forward, he has basically never stopped.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
America may be well on its way to forgetting Joe Biden; its president isn’t.
Trump spoke Biden’s name more than a dozen times Jan. 20, and from that point forward, he has basically never stopped.
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Trump spoke Biden’s name more than a dozen times Jan. 20, and from that point forward, he has basically never stopped.
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Here's the S&P 500 for presidents in their first 100 days in office, going back to Obama's second term
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April 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's the S&P 500 for presidents in their first 100 days in office, going back to Obama's second term
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Interesting anecdote about AOC's popularity and how even moderate Dems recognize how effective she is
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March 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Interesting anecdote about AOC's popularity and how even moderate Dems recognize how effective she is
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At least 90 lawsuits have been filed against the administration since Trump was inaugurated, according to an @nbcnews.com analysis. At least 14 departments or agencies face pending litigation. Here's how the cases break down:
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March 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
At least 90 lawsuits have been filed against the administration since Trump was inaugurated, according to an @nbcnews.com analysis. At least 14 departments or agencies face pending litigation. Here's how the cases break down:
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Trump adviser Alina Habba questions whether the veterans who have been laid off from their federal jobs are "fit" to work right now.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump adviser Alina Habba questions whether the veterans who have been laid off from their federal jobs are "fit" to work right now.
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"The point of this wasn’t efficiency. The point of this was to be cruel."
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
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We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
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February 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The point of this wasn’t efficiency. The point of this was to be cruel."
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
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We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
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One federal worker described the time they had to spend dealing with the OPM email asking for 5 bullet points
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February 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One federal worker described the time they had to spend dealing with the OPM email asking for 5 bullet points
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Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
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February 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
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This is how Sen. Chris Coons reacted when he heard about what Trump said about Gaza
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February 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is how Sen. Chris Coons reacted when he heard about what Trump said about Gaza
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NEW — Unredacted affidavit contains previously unreported allegation about Pete Hegseth’s behavior toward his second wife
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January 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
NEW — Unredacted affidavit contains previously unreported allegation about Pete Hegseth’s behavior toward his second wife
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... by @newsjul.bsky.social Sarah Fitzpatrick and Courtney Kube
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Wow. TikTok is down now and has a message thanking Trump for working to find a solution
January 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Wow. TikTok is down now and has a message thanking Trump for working to find a solution
Notice you get when you log into TikTok
January 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Notice you get when you log into TikTok
Upcoming snow in DC reminds me of my favorite Washington Post photo: the guy with the ice cream running through the snowflakes like they're bullets
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January 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Upcoming snow in DC reminds me of my favorite Washington Post photo: the guy with the ice cream running through the snowflakes like they're bullets
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Trump at AmericaFest says he's going to run a campaign showing how bad drugs are for you and what they do for your body.
"If you want to have horrible teeth, take a lot of fentanyl."
"We're going to show what these drugs are doing to you. Nobody's done that before."
"If you want to have horrible teeth, take a lot of fentanyl."
"We're going to show what these drugs are doing to you. Nobody's done that before."
December 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Trump at AmericaFest says he's going to run a campaign showing how bad drugs are for you and what they do for your body.
"If you want to have horrible teeth, take a lot of fentanyl."
"We're going to show what these drugs are doing to you. Nobody's done that before."
"If you want to have horrible teeth, take a lot of fentanyl."
"We're going to show what these drugs are doing to you. Nobody's done that before."
The inflatable industry is coming for Hanukkah
December 9, 2024 at 11:52 PM
The inflatable industry is coming for Hanukkah
SCOOP -- Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell @nbcnews.com
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December 3, 2024 at 10:13 PM
SCOOP -- Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell @nbcnews.com
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