Alexandra Marquez
Breaking Politics Reporter
I am a politics reporter at NBC News, primarily covering campaigns and elections but also reporting on state legislatures, Congress, the White House, reproductive rights and any other breaking political news.
I am a politics reporter at NBC News, primarily covering campaigns and elections but also reporting on state legislatures, Congress, the White House, reproductive rights and any other breaking political news.
Latest from Alexandra Marquez
Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election
The Biden administration will announce a series of actions Wednesday targeting what it says are Russian government-sponsored attempts to manipulate U.S. public opinion ahead of the November election, two senior officials told NBC News.
Trump acknowledges losing the 2020 election 'by a whisker'
Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that he did not win the 2020 presidential election, telling podcaster Lex Fridman that he "lost by a whisker."
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton says Republicans are open to Trump’s IVF plan but that it should be ‘fiscally evaluated’
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday he and most other Republicans would be "open" to supporting former President Donald Trump's proposal to have either the government or insurance companies pay for in vitro fertilization services.
White House says Biden and Harris weren’t invited to Arlington Cemetery by families of service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal
Gold Star families did not invite President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to Arlington National Cemetery by last week to commemorate the third anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, a White House official and a Harris aide told NBC News, rebutting separate claims made Sunday by GOP Sen.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's open to an 'enforceable' Supreme Court ethics code
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she is open to proposals to implement an "enforceable code" of ethics for justices and lamented the court's presidential immunity decision in an interview that aired Sunday.
Harris says Trump 'disrespected sacred ground' during an incident at Arlington National Cemetery
Vice President Kamala Harris condemned former President Donald Trump and his campaign for their actions on Monday at the Arlington National Cemetery in a new post on X. Harris accused Trump of "disrespect[ing] sacred ground, all for the sake of a political stunt."
Trump’s attorneys argue that his business partners were ‘delighted’ in new brief filed in appeal to New York civil fraud case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed two briefs with the Appellate Division First Department in New York, arguing that the civil fraud case prosecuted against Trump earlier this year was flawed, that there were no victims and that the case had passed the statute of limitations.
Trump backs marijuana legalization in Florida if 'done correctly'
Former President Donald Trump said he expected a ballot measure in Florida to legalize marijuana to pass in a new TruthSocial post, but called on the state legislature to create laws to prevent the use of the drug in public.
Trump says he wants to make IVF treatments paid for by government or insurance companies if elected
Donald Trump said in an interview Thursday that if elected, his administration would not only protect access to IVF but would have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost.
Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, said Saturday that Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if Congress were to pass one.
Vance dodges on whether Trump's immigration policy would lead to family separations
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, evaded multiple questions Saturday about whether Trump’s proposed “zero tolerance” policy on immigration would lead to family separation.
