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Peggy Helman

Peggy Helman is a desk associate at MS NOW. She is a former NBC New York intern and proud graduate of Northwestern University.

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A neck-up photo of Kristi Noem.

Trump officials who touted gun rights now defend shooting of legally armed protester

A Greenlandic flag on Jan. 20, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland.

Democrats’ strategy on Trump’s Greenland threats: Put Republicans in the hot seat

A woman sitting at a table looking at her health care bills

College for one child or insulin for another? Georgia mom forced to make a ‘crushing’ choice

A screenshot of surveillance footage, released by the FBI, of the suspect in the pipe bomb case in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Federal judge declines to rule immediately on detention hearing for pipe bomb suspect

A screengrab of Lee Beaman as he speaks during a hearing on his nomination to be a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

He’s up for an energy sector gig despite sex scandal baggage and no experience. He was also Mike Johnson’s landlord.

Democrats finally propose a shutdown deal — and Republicans torch it in seconds

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters in D.C.

Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain

Charles Schumer.

Democrats try a new shutdown strategy: Unity

An American Eagle plane takes off near the air traffic control tower.

Could air traffic controllers delaying senators’ flights end the shutdown?

Workers pack boxes at The Orange County Food Bank.

Hungry kids are about to become the new face of the shutdown