In Friday’s edition, four of NBC News’ reporters in Washington dig into the next phase of the government shutdown standoff: layoffs ordered by the Trump administration. Plus, “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker dives into Trump’s direction of the prosecution of old political adversaries.

The SNP are not only hopeful of victory at next year's Scottish election, but are even talking of an outright majority.

From the Civil War to my own childhood in Louisiana in the 1950s and 1960s, to the attack on our Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, one thing is clear: MAGA politics does not confine itself to the voting booth.

IT IS hard to understand the self-destruct buttons Labour seems intent on pressing at the moment.I don’t blame loyalists for springing to the defence of Keir Starmer’s lukewarm leadership. It is what you do when the party is under attack.

President Donald Trump is reported to currently have a -8.4 net approval rating, according to famed polling expert Nate Silver in the latest edition of his Silver Bulletin Substack released on Monday (October 13).