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Peter Nicholas

Senior White House Reporter

Peter Nicholas is senior White House reporter for NBC News digital.

Peter Nicholas is senior White House reporter for NBC News digital.


Latest from Peter Nicholas

Harris' team is considering keeping Biden Cabinet officials if she wins and Democrats lose the Senate

If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration.

Faced with the unique challenges of filling a potential Trump Cabinet, quiet transition work is underway

Should he return to the White House, Trump would to build a leadership team once again — a challenge made more daunting by his track record and his ability to win Senate confirmations for the loyalists he would need to carry out his orders.

Trump's fixation on predators and prey

Jarring though the story of eating pets sounded, it’s emblematic of Trump’s fixation during the campaign with tales of unwitting innocents being … well, eaten.

Facing criticism for being too walled off, Harris slowly opens the door to more media interviews

Fresh off a debate they thought went well for her, Vice President Kamala Harris’ aides are slowly opening up more engagement for her with the media.

Harris rattles 'angry' Trump in debate as both candidates seek mantle of change

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump found out Tuesday night that he's got a much tougher rival on his hands now.

What to watch in a Harris-vs.-Trump debate focused on substance and style

Polls show the race is in a dead heat and the debate may be an opportunity for both to break through.
20d ago

Who's coaching Harris and Trump on foreign policy for Tuesday's debate?

Harris’ pragmatic foreign policy views have been shaped mainly by her White House advisers. Trump has no formal process but speaks to ex-officials who have stayed loyal to him and some GOP senators.

Harris is trying to cut into Trump's edge on the economy. It could decide the election.

Kamala Harris is looking to neutralize a glaring vulnerability that has jeopardized her prospects since she replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee: voter frustration with high prices.

'Incoherent word salad': Trump stumbles when asked how he'd tackle child care

Donald Trump stumbled when asked if he'd prioritize child care costs and how he would handle the issue if elected president.
27d ago

Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat

Republicans are setting off a slew of legal fights in the battleground states ahead of the November election, raising suspicions among Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies that the underlying goal is to gin up doubts about the result if Donald Trump loses.

With flannel, football and pheasants, Harris and Walz make a play for Trump territory

The Harris-Walz campaign sees an opportunity with white moderate and blue-collar voters in rural counties and exurbs, hoping to narrow the GOP's winning margins in those areas.