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The president said the country should honor LGBTQ service members discharged under the policy by passing the Equality Act.

Some of the most important reconstruction work, like modernizing the electric grid, hasn't begun as the U.S. territory faces a critical phase in restructuring its debt.

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

Thousands of the 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants who were packed under a Del Rio, Texas, bridge have been removed or deported by U.S. officials.

Matt Dolan, a state senator whose family owns the Cleveland Indians, is running as a pragmatic conservative — not a Trump acolyte.

Arguments in the case involving Mississippi's 15-week abortion are scheduled to begin this fall.

A push to revisit November's results is underway or being called for in at least nine counties Trump won by more than 24 points.

The president is again taking heat for an artificial deadline as experts question the choice to put a public timeline on wide availability of booster shots.

“I fully understood that there could be legal consequences — but I wanted to make sure that Texas didn’t get away with its bid to prevent this blatantly unconstitutional law from being tested,” Dr. Alan Braid said.

Nine months into the Biden presidency, “normalcy” remains the dream for Democrats.

The emerging Build Back Better Act is likely to put expiration dates on key progressive priorities — to a future when Democrats may not have the power to renew them.