Trump can’t get his base to move on from Epstein: From the Politics Desk
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Trump can’t get his base to move on from Epstein: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Deskan evening 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, President Donald Trump struggles to turn the page on the Jeffrey Epstein saga while a politically vulnerable senator in Texas appeals to him for an endorsement. Plus, Andrea Mitchell files a dispatch from the Aspen Security Forum. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. - Adam Wollner Trump struggles to convince MAGA world to move on from the Epstein files By Matt Dixon and Henry J. Gomez President Donald Trump can’t get his MAGA supporters to end their obsession with the Jeffrey Epstein files. And now he’s taking out his frustration on them. In a blistering post on Truth Social,...
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Why You Can’t Separate Abortion Bans From the Patriarchy
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Why You Can’t Separate Abortion Bans From the Patriarchy

Politics tamfitronics Inside the Hive host Brian Stelter is joined by Amanda Becker, Washington correspondent for The 19th, to examine the battle over abortion rights in America, including a Florida ballot amendment that would overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban, Donald Trump’s shifting stances, and the Republican Party’s conflicting views about in vitro fertilization and fetal personhood. The two also discuss the origins of the politics around reproductive rights and how it’s impossible to disentangle abortion bans from the history of patriarchy in this country. Becker is the author of the forthcoming book You Must Stand Up: The Fight for Abortion Rights in Post-Dobbs America, and warns that the legal impact of abortions bans in Alabama, or anywhere, can impinge on the rights of those living in blue states.Prince Harry and Prince William Reportedly Kept...
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