Margaret Atwood's long-awaited memoir "Book of Lives" shares how Trump's 2016 and 2024 elections influenced "The Handmaid's Tale" series.

Following a night of Democratic electoral victories, one-time GOP presidential candidate and DOGE chief Vivek Ramaswamy admitted, “We got our a--es handed to us."

President Donald Trump's administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.

California voters will approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to redraw the state’s congressional maps, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, boosting the national Democratic Party’s efforts to win control of the US House next year.

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 trail. In today’s edition, we get you up to speed before polls close tonight in California, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and beyond.

The government shutdown has reached its 35th day, and now shares the record for longest-ever with the partial shutdown in 2018-2019, during Mr Trump’s first term. John Thune, the top Republican in the Senate, said he was “optimistic” (but not “confident”) that lawmakers will end the stalemate this week.

Ramaswamy is currently the front runner for the Republican nomination for the 2026 Ohio governor's race. His remarks echo comments from President Donald Trump, who also pointed to "affordability" in the wake of the election losses. Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.

We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.

Wall Street succumbed to a tech-led selloff on Tuesday, slammed by warnings of a market pullback from top U. bank CEOs and a steep slide in AI darling Palantir, while the dollar continued its climb and Treasuries drew some safe-haven demand.