Ali Vitali

Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News

Ali Vitali is MS NOW’s senior congressional correspondent and the host of “Way Too Early.” She is the author of “Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.”


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Ali Vitali

3w ago
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House Democrats release new Epstein photos featuring Trump

The photos feature some of the richest and most powerful men in the world — including former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Woody Allen and, most notably, President Donald Trump.

3w ago
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Trump seeks Senate confirmation for prosecutor whose cases were thrown out

Without fanfare, the White House is moving to confirm Lindsey Halligan as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Virginia despite judicial rebuke.

3w ago
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Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is on “very thin ice,” a White House official told MS NOW.

1mos ago
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This congressional odd couple swears a lawmaker stock-trading ban is coming

Lawmakers have tried to prohibit members of Congress from trading stocks for years. But the Republican and Democrat leading the push think they might finally have action.

1mos ago
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How the Epstein bill drove a wedge between Mike Johnson and John Thune

Johnson trusted Thune to make changes to the bill, but Thune quickly passed it. Now the two top GOP leaders have to move on.

2mos ago
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Inside the backroom negotiations that led to the shutdown deal

For many of the Democrats who eventually supported the Republican spending bill, the shutdown strategy was one they were never comfortable with.

2mos ago
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Democrats finally propose a shutdown deal — and Republicans torch it in seconds

Democrats and Republicans appear to be moving further apart on the shutdown, but there are signs that lawmakers could be headed toward a deal.

2mos ago
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Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain

The government shutdown looks like it will end sometime this week.

2mos ago
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Democrats try a new shutdown strategy: Unity

Different Democrats have had all sorts of different strategies throughout the shutdown. But Democrats now want to try to speak with one voice.

2mos ago
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Trump’s private push to end the filibuster flops with GOP senators

Trump continues to insist the best way out of the shutdown is for Republicans to end the filibuster. GOP senators aren’t having it.