6.5 years ago I moved to DC as a baby reporter. Thrilled to share I’ll now be covering both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue — continuing as a correspondent on Capitol Hill & joining our stellar White House team. Honored to tell the stories that matter with my @nbcnews.com family.

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Frozen federal tunnel funds hit New Jersey's race for governor Democrat Mikie Sherrill slammed the White House's decision to freeze funds amid the government shutdown. Republican Jack Ciattarelli's campaign placed the blame on Sherrill.

NEW: The Trump admin's decision to freeze federal funds for two major infrastructure projects in NY could impact Republicans' efforts to gain control of the Governor's mansion in Jersey

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Sen. Chris Murphy sends funds to anti-Trump organizing groups The Connecticut Democrat has distributed nearly $1 million this year to groups organizing against the Trump administration.

scoop: Sen Chris Murphy is donating 100k from his political fund to Indivisible — the latest in a series of donations he says total ~1m to progressive organizing groups taking on the Trump admin

Murphy said fellow Dems should take notes to “meet the moment”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Senate Democrats urge DOJ to release files related to border czar Tom Homan bribery investigation Homan was investigated for allegedly accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents last year after indicating he could help win government contracts, which the White House has denied.

NEW: Democrats are ramping up efforts to investigate Tom Homan over bribery allegations

In a letter obtained 1st by NBC, Senate Homeland Cmte Dems led by Peters, Slotkin & Gallego urged AG Bondi to “immediately” release tapes & docs related to the probe www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Trump expected to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.

President Trump is expected to sign a deal TOMORROW to facilitate the sale of TikTok from a Chinese-based company to a group of American investors, two senior White House officials tell @nbcnews.com.

All parties, including China, agreed to the terms, they say. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Happening now:

Sen. Chris Murphy says the Trump administration is “choosing to exploit” the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk “to weaponize the federal government to destroy Donald Trump's political opposition.”

Bipartisan Senate group releases new bill to help increase affordable child care The new legislation seeks to address rising child care costs by granting funding to states to help families who currently make too much money to qualify for assistance.

SCOOP: Amid intense polarization, alleviating the rising cost of child care for millions of families is an area Republicans & Democrats could find common ground

And that’s why a bipartisan group of Senators is working to expand a key grant program: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Democratic Gov Josh Shapiro is keynoting the Eradicate Hate summit in Pittsburgh, a group founded in the wake of the Tree of Life shooting

He was introduced by former Gov Corbett, who shared that as a lifelong Republican, he and Shapiro agree on one thing: violence needs to end

Sen. Bernie Sanders on X: "The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life. A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation. No more political violence. https://t.co/SR71FJkiDz" / X The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life. A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation. No more political violence. https://t.co/SR71FJkiDz

Sen. Bernie Sanders out with one of the strongest statements from any elected official about the assassination of Charlie Kirk and disturbing rise in political violence x.com/sensanders/s...

GOP Rep Don Bacon says he wishes President Trump would unite the country after Kirk shooting

“But he’s a populist, and populists dwell on anger… I have to remind people, we had Democrats killed in Minnesota too, right?”

But Johnson said they’re looking at “everything” to make elected officials feel safe

“We have got to protect people running for public office or nobody will,” the Speaker told us

Speaker Johnson told us not many lawmakers took advantage of enhanced security $ over the summer, but after yesterday, members & spouses are scared

They’d need to hire 5k (more) officers to secure all members, which isn’t possible, he said

“You have to change the human heart”

Former Meta employees say they saw child abuse in VR before company blocked research The former employees testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law.

NEW: Former Meta employees say they saw child abuse in VR before company blocked research

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, one of the whistleblowers told me social media platforms are so unsafe, parents should keep their kids off of them — period www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

TOMORROW: GOP & Democratic staff on the House Oversight Committee, including lawyers, will meet with the Epstein Estate in NY to view *unredacted* materials, like the Birthday book

The House investigation is plowing ahead…

@nbcnews.com

Just after an emotional 1+ hour-long press conference on the Hill where survivors of Epstein’s abuse pleaded with President Trump to release the files….

Trump says in the Oval Office that it is a “democratic hoax”

Epstein survivors on the Hill say they have been “discussing creating our own list of names”

Lisa Phillips: “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Together as survivors we will confidentially compile the names that were regularly in the Epstein world.”

Kathi Hunt, an Independent who voted for Trump in 2016, says she didn’t clap and “boo’d once” during Mace’s remarks

She wasn’t asked to leave, but “felt uncomfortable”

“Everyone in there is clearly MAGA. And if you’re not, you’re not welcome,” Kathi and her husband told me

🧵 Myrtle Beach — Rep Nancy Mace, holding her 1st town hall since announcing her run for Governor (and one of her only town halls this year), says she will “walk into every lions den” and talk to anyone

The event is ticketed (free) but those who aren’t supportive of Mace are being asked to leave

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges fellow Democrats to 'go nuclear' in redistricting fight Slotkin told NBC News that she, like many Democrats, wants nonpartisan congressional maps. But if Republicans redraw the lines in Texas, Democrats should go on offense.

NEW: Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin tells Democrats to 'go nuclear' in redistricting fight

We went to her only town hall of the recess… and talked to the rising Democratic star about the future of the party & more

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Hi @bsky.app! I’ll try to post here more often… 👋 👋 👋

Rural communities brace for Medicaid cuts in Republicans' big bill Health care providers, physicians, hospital associations and even some GOP lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the impact of the legislation.

Story: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

‘We will see loss of life’: How GOP Medicaid reforms could threaten rural hospitals NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Julie Tsirkin reports from rural Missouri, where some hospital leaders warn that Republicans’ Medicaid reforms could force closures and jeopardize care in underserv...

WATCH: I traveled to rural parts of Missouri to hear from patients and providers directly

Their message to lawmakers considering Medicaid cuts that would impact their funding?

"There is no more fat to trim" www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis circulates document outlining potential damage from Medicaid provisions in Trump's big bill Sen.

Sen Tillis circulated a doc to Senate GOP last night outlining how the Medicaid provisions in their sweeping bill could hurt states, particularly red ones

He estimates 600k people in his state could lose coverage but hasn’t said he’d oppose the bill www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

And SHERRILL wins the #NJGov Democratic Primary

The congresswoman and former Navy pilot will run against former state assemblyman Ciatterelli in November - who came close to defeating Gov Phil Murphy in 2021

Today: Primary election for NJ governor.

@newsjul.bsky.social has the latest.

Trump-backed Jack Ciattarelli wins GOP primary for New Jersey governor NBC News projects a Republican primary win for the former state legislator, who has pitched himself as the Republican best positioned to win in November.

NEWS: Trump-backed Jack Ciattarelli wins GOP primary for New Jersey governor

We're at his election night party where he is expected to address supporters any minute...

Meanwhile Rep Mikie Sherrill leads the pack on the Dem side but race hasn't been called www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

🧵It’s Primary Eve in the New Jersey Gubernatorial race, but a big focus is what’s happening across the country in LA… at least among the Democratic candidates & voters that we spent time with today

NEWS: Schumer's event tonight promoting his book on
Antisemitism was interrupted by pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protests

The event went on as planned

Schumer said: “The founding fathers said we might disagree on our views, but we should debate them and treat each other civilly"

FDA chief says pregnant women should decide on Covid vaccine with doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to revoke the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant women has raised alarm among OB-GYNs.

NEW -- FDA Chief Dr. Marty Makary on new vaccine guidelines: "I think the decision should be between a doctor and a pregnant woman"

Admin hasn't released data behind the move

On this, Makary opposes "the idea that the government has to tell you what to do"

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

GOP leadership taking a victory lap after passing Trump’s Budget bill with narrow majority

Whip Tom Emmer: “Don’t doubt House Republicans”

Rep Lisa McClain: “Thank God for House Republicans”

Speaker Johnson says media & Democrats “have been proven wrong”

All tout Trump’s help