Steve Kornacki’s guide to the next big elections on the calendar: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily 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, Steve Kornacki looks ahead to the major elections taking place around the country in April. Plus, we dive into the latest … Read more

Missouri Supreme Court upholds new GOP-drawn congressional map

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a new Republican-drawn congressional map on Tuesday, ruling that state law does not explicitly prohibit lawmakers from conducting mid-decade redistricting. The map, which Missouri’s Republican governor signed into law last year, is designed to net the GOP a House seat in the 2026 midterm elections. Typically, states redraw their district … Read more

Trump is expected to nominate a new CDC head. ‘We don’t need a TV personality,” one expert said.

As the Trump administration prepares to nominate a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, insiders say they worry the nominee will only further undermine trust in the nation’s top health agency, even as outbreaks of measles escalate and the federal government’s vaccine policies face resistance. President Donald Trump is expected to … Read more

Fliers navigate hours-long TSA wait times as Senate inches toward funding deal

Airports in some of the largest U.S. cities are reaching a breaking point as Congress shows signs of progress toward a deal to end the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. CBS News’ Nicole Sganga and Taurean Small report. Source link

Former NY prison guard accused of stomping on inmate’s head goes on trial for murder

UTICA, N.Y. — A former upstate New York prison guard on trial for murder repeatedly stomped on the head of a 22-year-old inmate during a brutal beating by a group of guards, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. Jonah Levi was the first guard to go on trial after 10 were indicted last April in connection … Read more

Baltimore sues Musk’s xAI over Grok’s creation of sexually explicit images

The city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, alleging that its tool, Grok, has continued to generate non-consensual sexual images in violation of the city’s consumer protection and deceptive practice laws. The complaint claims that users on Musk’s social media platform X are at risk of being … Read more