Now playing Next USA At the Federal Election Commission, no watchdog for the watchdogs Resignations, fights and flame-outs have defanged the FEC inspector general's office. 03/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Donors to Trump inaugural committee got ambassador nominations. But are they qualified? "Trump's picks are less qualified than prior presidents'," said a law professor at Marquette who has looked at the qualifications of nearly 2,000 nominees. 03/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump needles Biden over claims: 'Are you having a good time, Joe?' The president, speaking at a GOP fundraising dinner on Tuesday, also suggested that "the socialists" were behind recent allegations against his potential 2020 rival. 03/04/2019
Now playing Next USA White House whistleblower says she felt humiliated after retaliation from boss Tricia Newbold says of supervisor moving files out of her reach: "It was definitely humiliating...But it didn't stop me from doing what was right." 03/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Chinese woman charged with illegally entering Mar-a-Lago Zhang was arrested Saturday after getting past a Secret Service checkpoint. President Trump was not on the grounds at the time, but nearby golfing. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump '100 percent' ready to shut down U.S.-Mexico border "Security is more important to me than trade," the president said Tuesday, as he demanded a new immigration deal from Democrats. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to confirm lower-level nominees With debate limited to just two hours instead of 30, it will be easier to confirm some of President Donald Trump's judicial and executive branch nominees. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA House panel preps subpoenas on White House security clearances, 2020 census The panel is expected to vote along party lines to subpoena the testimony of the former White House personnel security director to discuss the security clearance process. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Bernie Sanders raises $18 million as Democrats' money primary kicks off The Vermont senator is leading the field, but Beto O'Rourke has yet to reveal his cash haul for the first quarter of the year. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Nine more lives! Government halts deadly cat experiments The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was ending the testing — which included feeding cats to other cats — effective immediately. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump turns 2020 election into a referendum on health care 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. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump says still-in-the-works GOP healthcare plan won't be voted on until after 2020 Trump tweeted: "Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win back the House." 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA A special election in Pittsburgh suburbs could hold early clues for 2020 A state senate race in a bellwether district is being watched by both parties as national politics become part of the contest. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Progressive groups plan nationwide protests over Mueller report release A coalition of grassroots groups are organizing activists to raise awareness over information that might be kept out of any eventual release. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Abolish the Electoral College? The filibuster? Both? 2020 hopefuls pitch major structural changes At a forum in Washington, candidates said it wasn't enough to come up with new policy ideas, but that the system has to be changed to implement them. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA GOP disaster relief bill fails to advance in Senate The proposal would have provided millions of dollars less than Democrats have said is needed to assist continued storm recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. 02/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Reporters group seeks nearly complete Mueller report The group petitioned a federal judge for the underlying grand jury material used to inform special counsel Robert Mueller's findings. 01/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Allies rally to defend Biden against potential 'smears and forgeries' Biden backers seek to get in front of further fallout from "awkward kiss" allegation. 01/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump: Census 'meaningless' without citizenship question "Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!" Trump wrote in a morning tweet. 01/04/2019
Now playing Next USA Senate Dems to introduce constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College The proposed amendment to change the way presidents are elected won't become law anytime soon, but it will keep the issue in the 2020 conversation. 01/04/2019