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Amanda Terkel

Politics Managing Editor

I am the politics managing editor for NBC News and oversee the team running digital coverage on the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, campaigns and everything else going on in politics around the country.

I am the politics managing editor for NBC News and oversee the team running digital coverage on the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, campaigns and everything else going on in politics around the country.


Latest from Amanda Terkel

Trump, looking to reassert himself in 2024 race, dares Harris on debates and interviews

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump held his first solo news conference in more than a year Thursday, boasting of his willingness to talk to the press and challenging Vice President Kamala Harris to more debates.

'Crazy' and 'not Black': The ways Trump has gone after Harris' race and gender

Since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed Kamala Harris to take his spot, Donald Trump has increasingly gone after her race and gender.

As a possible Harris VP pick, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear scrutinized for his abortion record

Kentucky Gov. Beshear has leaned into abortion, but some reproductive rights advocates fear his positions wouldn’t go far enough at the national level.
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Harris and Trump: Compare where they stand on key issues

The 2024 presidential election will give voters a stark choice between Harris and Trump. See where they stand on issues like taxes, EVs, climate change, TikTok and more.

'Dumb' and a 'DEI' candidate: Trump and allies attack Kamala Harris based on her race, gender

Vice President Kamala Harris is already facing attacks from Donald Trump and other Republicans that center on her race and gender.

'The Rust Belt boost candidate': JD Vance to draw on his blue-collar roots as Trump's running mate

When Sen. JD Vance accepts the Republican nomination for vice president, the Ohioan will draw on his turbulent upbringing in a family that wrestled with drug addiction and other socioeconomic crises in a Midwest steel town.

Trump target of assassination attempt; says he was shot in ear at rally

Former President Donald Trump was rushed off the stage with blood on the side of his head and his ear after shots were fired just minutes into his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Nikki Haley invited to speak at the Republican convention

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been invited to speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision.

From hugs to guillotines, Trump's fundraising emails are a roller coaster

Trump fundraising email subject lines go from "I love you" to "1 month until all hell breaks loose."

'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents

Fresh off last week's historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.

'You are gangsters': Robert De Niro clashes with pro-Trump protesters

After a press conference outside the Manhattan courtroom where Trump is on trial, actor Robert De Niro mixed it up with a crowd of protesters who called him a "little punk" whose "movies suck."