<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News Politics</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News Politics</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:45:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News Politics</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dc:creator>Allie Canal</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:45:26 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear Wednesday he’s not going anywhere just yet.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/powell-will-remain-fed-board-doj-probe-rcna342522</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/powell-will-remain-fed-board-doj-probe-rcna342522</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-Jerome-Powell-gk-065215.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1664" width="2500"><media:credit>Cliff Owen</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Jerome Powell</media:text><media:description type="plain">Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-Jerome-Powell-gk-065215.jpg" height="1664" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:45:26 GMT</pubDate><title>Powell will remain on Fed board until DOJ probe is over</title><updateDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:11:50 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Alexandra Marquez</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Garrett Haake</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:18 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>A top Pentagon official on Wednesday said that the cost of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran is estimated to be $25 billion so far, as the conflict nears a 60-day mark</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/iran-war-cost-25-billion-dollars-us-munitions-hegseth-armed-services-rcna342714</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/iran-war-cost-25-billion-dollars-us-munitions-hegseth-armed-services-rcna342714</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-iran-rubble-ch-1129-096d6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Morteza Nikoubazl</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Two men stand together on the ruins.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Two men stand together on ruins  in Tehran, Iran, on April 20, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-iran-rubble-ch-1129-096d6c.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:18 GMT</pubDate><title>Iran war has cost the U.S. $25 billion so far, Pentagon official says</title><updateDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:10:25 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Dixon</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:06:04 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Florida Gov. 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Reilly</dc:creator><dc:creator>David K. Li</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:29:57 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The California man accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner snapped a selfie before the attack, donned in black with ammunition strapped to his body, newly released images revealed Wednesday</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-pictures-emerge-suspected-washington-dc-gunman-rcna342696</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-pictures-emerge-suspected-washington-dc-gunman-rcna342696</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-Cole-Allen-ew-1017a-5887d3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="996" width="757"><media:credit>Department of Justice</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Cole Allen.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Agents draw their guns after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-Cole-Allen-ew-1018a-8cdd8f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="748" width="1283"><media:credit>Department of Justice</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Cole Allen takes a photo of himself on April 25, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Agents draw their guns after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-Cole-Allen-ew-1017a-5887d3.jpg" height="996" width="757"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:29:57 GMT</pubDate><title>New pictures emerge of suspect in correspondents&#39; dinner shooting</title><updateDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:19:27 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Lawrence Hurley</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Gary Grumbach </dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jane C. 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Gomez</dc:creator><dc:creator>Melanie Zanona</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Jane C. Timm </dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Brennan Leach</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>President Donald Trump’s yearslong revenge tour against select members of his own party faces big tests in May as Trump looks to oust multiple Republican lawmakers who have crossed him in the past</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-aims-defeat-dissident-republicans-key-may-primaries-rcna341407</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-aims-defeat-dissident-republicans-key-may-primaries-rcna341407</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-trump-rally-gk-533697.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Scott Morgan</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Trump&#39;s Freezing Of GOP Primary Field Underscored By Iowa Visit</media:text><media:description type="plain">President Donald Trump at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in July.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260409-thomas-massie-ew-947p-8c77b9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Tom Williams</media:credit><media:text type="plain">DHS Oversight House 3/04/26</media:text><media:description type="plain">President Donald Trump at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in July.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/260331-Bill-Cassidy-gk-673fea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>J. 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Reilly</dc:creator><dc:creator>Monica Alba</dc:creator><dc:creator>Gary Grumbach </dc:creator><dc:creator>Michael Kosnar</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Owen Hayes</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Kelly O&#39;Donnell</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:47:06 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The former FBI director posted a beach photo last year that shows shells in the shape of &#34;8647,&#34; which Trump allies portrayed as a threat against the president.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/james-comey-indicted-seashell-photo-officials-said-threatened-trump-rcna247022</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/james-comey-indicted-seashell-photo-officials-said-threatened-trump-rcna247022</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-09/190829-james-comey-al-1326-fc335a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Brendan Smialowski</media:credit><media:text type="plain">James Comey</media:text><media:description type="plain">James Comey at a hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-james-comey-seashells-ew-246p-e50107.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1946" width="1297"><media:credit>@comey via Instagram</media:credit><media:text type="plain">instagram post from james comey in may 2025</media:text><media:description type="plain">The Justice Department has accused James Comey of threatening President Donald Trump in this Instagram post. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-09/190829-james-comey-al-1326-fc335a.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:47:06 GMT</pubDate><title>James Comey indicted over seashell photo that officials say threatened Trump</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:01:23 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:59:59 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>BERLIN — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated cameras</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/robot-dogs-musk-zuckerberg-heads-roam-berlin-museum-beeples-new-exhibi-rcna342600</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/robot-dogs-musk-zuckerberg-heads-roam-berlin-museum-beeples-new-exhibi-rcna342600</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-musk-robots-vsb-1744-dec7b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="3419" width="5128"><media:credit>Markus Schreiber</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Artist Beeple, Mike Winkelmann, poses inside his installation titled Regular Animals,</media:text><media:description type="plain">Artist Beeple, Mike Winkelmann, poses inside his installation titled &#34;Regular Animals,&#34; 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Kylie Cooper</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Britain&#39;s King Charles addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Britain&#39;s King Charles addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-royals-washington-rs-24c270.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI</media:credit><media:text type="plain">US-BRITAIN-ROYALS-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY</media:text><media:description type="plain">President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Charles and Queen Camilla arrive for a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260429-trump-charles-rs-8d0b84.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="3125" width="2500"><media:credit>Henry Nicholls; Samir Hessein </media:credit><media:text type="plain">Trump and Charles during a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Trump and Charles during a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-king-charles-mn-1110-608d96.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1200" width="1800"><media:credit>Andrew Harnik</media:credit><media:text type="plain">President Donald Trump, King Charles III, first lady Melania Trump and Queen Camila attend a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on April 28, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Trump, Charles, Melania Trump and Camilla attend a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-king-charles-vl-326p-436fd7.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:38:56 GMT</pubDate><title>King Charles reaffirms &#39;special&#39; relationship with U.S. amid tensions over Iran war</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:55:09 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Abigail Williams</dc:creator><dc:creator>Andrea Mitchell</dc:creator><dc:creator>Dareh Gregorian</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:27 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The State Department announced it will be releasing a limited series of passports this summer containing an image of the president inside the front cover.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-image-us-passports-summer-state-department-250th-anniversary-rcna342567</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-image-us-passports-summer-state-department-250th-anniversary-rcna342567</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-trump-passport-mn-1540-a39c0c.png" type="image/png" medium="image" height="1200" width="1800"><media:credit>U.S. State Dept.</media:credit><media:text type="plain">The State Department will be releasing a limited series of U.S. passports featuring the image of President Trump, a State Department official said</media:text><media:description type="plain">The special edition passport will be the default out of the Washington Passport Agency while it is available, according to a State Department official, while online options or other locations will maintain the existing passport design.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-trump-passport-mn-1540-a39c0c.png" height="1200" width="1800"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:27 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump&#39;s picture is coming to some U.S. passports</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:52:27 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Ryan J. Reilly</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:26 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Southern Poverty Law Center says its informants weren&#39;t a secret to DOJ</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/southern-poverty-law-center-says-informants-werent-secret-doj-rcna342519</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/southern-poverty-law-center-says-informants-werent-secret-doj-rcna342519</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-kash-patel-todd-blanche-mn-1350-fa090e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Anna Moneymaker</media:credit><media:text type="plain">FBI Director Kash Patel speaks alongside acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">FBI Director Kash Patel speaks alongside acting Attorney General Todd Blanche at the Justice Department on April 21.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-kash-patel-todd-blanche-mn-1350-fa090e.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:26 GMT</pubDate><title>Southern Poverty Law Center says its informants weren&#39;t a secret to DOJ</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:26 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dareh Gregorian</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:52:30 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, has opened a review into how the Justice Department has handled redactions from investigative documents relating to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/government-watchdog-review-dojs-handling-epstein-files-rcna342513</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/government-watchdog-review-dojs-handling-epstein-files-rcna342513</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-12/251219-jeffery-epstein-aa-725-5cd955.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Rick Friedman</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Jeffrey Epstein</media:text><media:description type="plain">Jeffrey Epstein in 2004.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-12/251219-jeffery-epstein-aa-725-5cd955.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:52:30 GMT</pubDate><title>Government watchdog to review DOJ&#39;s handling of the Epstein files</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:52:30 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Dixon</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Henry J. Gomez</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:01:58 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging as a voice of AI skepticism in the Republican Party, but the state Legislature declined to take up his push for legislation.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/republicans-florida-block-ron-desantis-push-regulate-ai-rcna342489</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/republicans-florida-block-ron-desantis-push-regulate-ai-rcna342489</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-Ron-DeSantis-ew-1205p-e677f0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1663" width="2500"><media:credit>Corey Perrine</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Syndication: Florida Times-Union</media:text><media:description type="plain">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#39; skepticism has largely centered on opposition to massive data centers and the danger AI can pose to children. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260428-Ron-DeSantis-ew-1205p-e677f0.jpg" height="1663" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:01:58 GMT</pubDate><title>Republicans in Florida again block Ron DeSantis&#39; push to regulate AI</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:01:58 GMT</updateDate></item></channel></rss>