Rebecca Shabad

Politics Reporter

I am a politics reporter covering breaking political news for NBC News, with 13 years of experience reporting on Washington. I cover legal developments involving former President Trump, the Biden administration, presidential campaigns, Congress and foreign policy. I live-blogged Trump’s first criminal trial as well as all 10 congressional hearings held by the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection. I have also written enterprise stories about medication abortion and gun restrictions imposed by the executive branch. For my first two years at NBC, I was the sole digital congressional reporter, covering both the House and Senate.

I am a politics reporter covering breaking political news for NBC News, with 13 years of experience reporting on Washington. I cover legal developments involving former President Trump, the Biden administration, presidential campaigns, Congress and foreign policy. I live-blogged Trump’s first criminal trial as well as all 10 congressional hearings held by the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection. I have also written enterprise stories about medication abortion and gun restrictions imposed by the executive branch. For my first two years at NBC, I was the sole digital congressional reporter, covering both the House and Senate.

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Justice Department

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Justice Department

DOJ charges Russia-backed TV network contributor with violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering

The Department of Justice has charged a contributor to Channel One Russia, a Russian state-run TV channel, and his wife with violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering.

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2024 Election

2d ago

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2024 Election

Trump and Harris campaigns agree to rules for ABC debate

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to debate each other next week for the first time after their campaigns agreed to the ground rules set by host network ABC.

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Vote Watch

2d ago

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Vote Watch

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.

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Donald Trump

8d ago

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Donald Trump

Army says a Trump aide 'abruptly pushed aside' an Arlington National Cemetery employee

An aide to Donald Trump pushed an Arlington National Cemetery employee when the former president visited the site with family members of U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport attack during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, two Defense Department officials said.

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2024 Election

9d ago

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2024 Election

‘She can go to hell’: Vance blasts Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal in harshest rhetoric yet

The Republican vice presidential nominee's remark was in response to a question about an “incident” that occurred when Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery this week.

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2024 Election

11d ago

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2024 Election

Trump suggests he may back out of a Sept. 10 ABC debate

Former President Donald Trump suggested Monday that he might back out of the scheduled ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 because he said the network is hostile toward Republicans.

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2024 Election

15d ago

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2024 Election

Harris stands by Israel's right to defend itself while saying Gaza situation is 'heartbreaking'

Vice President Kamala Harris offered a full-throated defense of Israel in her convention speech Thursday night, echoing the language of President Joe Biden that has drawn criticism from pro-Palestinian protesters.

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Vote Watch

16d ago

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Vote Watch

Trump says his focus is ensuring Democrats 'don't cheat,' not voter turnout — echoing efforts to undermine election

Former President Trump said his campaign strategy is less geared toward turning out supporters to vote and more focused on ensuring Democrats “don’t cheat” in the general election.

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2024 Election

17d ago

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2024 Election

Ex-Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham says he mocked his supporters as 'basement dwellers'

Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham disavowed her former boss Tuesday evening and voiced support for Kamala Harris for president in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Congress

21d ago

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Congress

New Jersey governor appoints former aide to fill Sen. Bob Menendez's seat

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is appointing his former chief of staff George Helmy to temporarily replace Bob Menendez when the disgraced Democratic senator resigns next week following his conviction on corruption charges.

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Hunter Biden

23d ago

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Hunter Biden

Hunter Biden made a 'proper request' to State Department about Ukrainian company, lawyer says

Hunter Biden's lawyer is denying that his client acted improperly after a new report said the president's son sought assistance as a board member of the Ukrainian company Burisma from the State Department when Joe Biden was vice president.