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NBC reporters must 'pick up the pieces' with Republican sources after Ronna McDaniel fiasco

Two Republican aides told Semafor that they texted their NBC News contacts to relay their anger with the humiliating turnaround.

Trump says ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel is in ‘Never Neverland’ after being dropped by NBC News

“Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear,"...

NBC News fires ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after Rachel Maddow, 'Morning Joe' revolt

NBCU Universal Chairman Cesar Conde took "full responsibility" for the decision to hire McDaniel — and can her less than a week later — in a memo to furious staffers...

Rachel Maddow lashes out at NBC's 'inexplicable' hiring of ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow bashed NBC's decision to hire former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel as "inexplicable" -- and urged the media giant to "reverse their decision." Maddow, the...

MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski rip bosses over Ronna McDaniel hire, say she won't be invited to 'Morning Joe'

“We hope NBC will reconsider its decision” to hire McDaniel, said Brzezinski, who co-hosts the four-hour morning show with her husband.

Why NBC's hiring of ex RNC chair Ronna McDaniel is making Dems and the media go ballistic

“There’s a reason a lot of journalists at NBC News are uncomfortable with this," Chuck Todd said on Meet the Press.

NBC's Chuck Todd bashes own network over hiring of ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel

"There's a reason why there's a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this," the former "Meet the Press" anchor said.

Ronna McDaniel joins NBC after pressure campaign from Trump to resign from RNC

Former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is joining NBC News as an on-air contributor ahead of the 2024 presidential election -- after a pressure campaign by Donald Trump for...

Trump’s $20M February fundraising haul lags behind Biden’s

The 77-year-old presumptive GOP nominee’s campaign and joint fundraising committee raked in $20.33 million in February and the candidate has $42 million in cash-on-hand, according to multiple reports Wednesday. 

Biden campaign touts $155 million war chest as largest in history

President Biden's political apparatus boasted about fortifying a $155 million war chest, which it dubbed the "highest total of any Democratic candidate in history" at this point in a presidential...

RNC, Trump campaign have ‘no functional difference’ after ex-prez triggered staff shakeup, layoffs: sources

Republican National Committee staffers have "been informed that there is no functional difference," as much as allowed by law, between the RNC and the Trump campaign, sources from within both...

Trump-backed team abruptly lays off dozens of RNC staffers as it assumes power

"Chairman [Michael] Whatley is in the process of evaluating the organization and staff to ensure the building is aligned with his vision of how to win in November,'' an internal...

Trump Jr. says 'MAGA movement is the new Republican Party'

Donald Trump Jr. contended that the "Make America Great Again" movement has replaced the old guard of the Republican Party.

Tearful Ronna McDaniel hands RNC reins over to Lara Trump, Michael Whatley at Houston 'coronation'

Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina Republican Party, was elected unanimously as the new chair of the Republican National Committee Friday.

Haley suggests she's no longer bound by RNC pledge to back eventual nominee

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley suggested that she may no longer be bound by the pledge she made to the Republican National Committee to back the eventual nominee.

Matt Gaetz gloats that ‘we’ve now 86’d McCarthy, McDaniel, McConnell’

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and several other Republicans on Wednesday celebrated Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would step down from his leadership role in November.  “We’ve now...

Lara Trump launches campaign to be RNC co-chair: 'Laser-focused on election integrity'

Former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump announced Tuesday that she’s entering the race to be the co-chair of the Republican National Committee. 

Ronna McDaniel officially announces her resignation as RNC chair

McDaniel, 50, said it's been an "honor and privilege" to serve as chairwoman for seven years.

Trump campaign rips draft RNC resolutions to contain him, not pay his legal bills

Former President Donald Trump's campaign slammed two draft resolutions making the rounds in the Republican National Committee to pump the brakes on his expected takeover.

Trump pushes for daughter-in-law Lara to get high RNC post

Trump, 77, endorsed North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the party chair, Lara to serve as co-chair and senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita to become...