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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.


Latest from Rebecca Shabad

North Dakota judge strikes down state abortion ban

A state district judge struck down North Dakoat's abortion ban, saying that the state constitution creates a “fundamental right” to access abortion before a fetus is viable.

Attorney General Merrick Garland denounces 'dangerous' and 'outrageous' attacks on DOJ prosecutors and personnel

Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to denounce "dangerous" and "outrageous" attacks on Justice Department prosecutors and personnel Thursday and will seek to reassure them that he has their backs.

Harris and Trump attend same 9/11 ceremony hours after their first debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shook each other's hands in a show of civility at a ground zero ceremony commemorating the 9/11 attacks.

Missouri abortion-rights amendment will appear on the ballot, state Supreme Court rules

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an amendment that would enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution can appear on the general election ballot.

Nikki Haley says Trump and Vance 'need to change the way they speak about women'

Former Gov. Nikki Haley said former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, of Ohio, should change the way they speak about women and focus instead on policy positions.

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.

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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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.

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.

‘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.

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.