Now playing Next USA Omar sparks controversy over comments on 9/11, Muslim civil rights Omar has been subjected to death threats for past controversial comments she made about Israel. 11/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump's protectors hold Democrats at bay 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. 11/04/2019
Now playing Next USA DNC launches hyper-local 2020 effort to shadow Trump on the trail The party will use local stories to highlight promises it says the president has failed to keep. 11/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Barr says he thinks the government spied on the Trump campaign Ahead of the attorney general's Senate testimony Wednesday, the president praised him for "getting started on going back to the origins of exactly where [the Russia probe] all started." 11/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Mnuchin says Treasury won't meet deadline for Trump's taxes The treasury secretary says he has "serious issues" with whether the request is proper. 11/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump pushes the bounds of his power Analysis: As a newly emboldened president takes action, the left and right both see the president they've always thought was there. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Unfounded, irresponsible': Dems rip Barr remark about 'spying' on Trump campaign Pelosi and party leaders on the Hill attacked the attorney general after his testimony about the Mueller investigation. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leaving Trump pulled Ron Vitiello's nomination to lead ICE last week because he said he wanted to go in a "tougher" direction. Now Vitiello will leave the agency. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Texas lawmakers consider death penalty for women who get abortions The bill, introduced by Republican Rep. Tony Tinderholt, would hold women who have abortions and the physicians who perform them criminally liable. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Sen. Sanders unveiled a new 'Medicare For All' bill. Allies wonder how he'll get it passed. Progressive activists are demanding are calling on candidates to explain who they will keep their promises. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Attorney General Barr seems to embrace GOP talking points on Mueller Russia probe Analysis: Barr appeared to endorse a widespread GOP view that the Mueller probe may have involved inappropriate surveillance of the Trump campaign. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump blasts Mueller investigation as 'attempted coup' "This was an attempted coup. This was an attempted take down of a president. And we beat them," Trump said. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA In the 2020 field, Bernie Sanders stakes out his own ground 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. 10/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Border crossings by undocumented migrants in March hit 12-year high Officials said crossings by families hit record highs. More than 53,000 people traveling as part of families were apprehended, up from 36,000 in February. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Feds take down $1 billion fraud scheme in 'Operation Brace Yourself' An international telemarketing network lured hundreds of thousands of elderly or disabled patients into a criminal scheme, prosecutors said. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump admin wants to make asylum harder by putting CBP agents in charge The White House wants to make it harder for migrants to get asylum by putting border agents in charge of interviews. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Almost half of Homeland Security's senior leadership is in flux Twelve of 30 positions in the department's leadership chart are being filled on a nonpermanent basis. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Mnuchin: White House lawyers spoke with Treasury Dept. about request for Trump tax returns The Treasury secretary told a House subcommittee that he had not personally spoken to Trump or to anyone at the White House about the request. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Netanyahu's party admits it hired 1,200 people to secretly film Arab community polling stations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a tight re-election battle, seeks to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister. 09/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Barr to testify before Congress for first time since Mueller summary While the attorney general's prepared opening statement focused on his department's 2020 budget, Democratic lawmakers planned to press him Tuesday on Russia probe results. 09/04/2019