Ben Kamisar
National Political Reporter at NBC News
National Political reporter @NBCPolitics / Political Unit. @northwesternU grad. Sandwiches are the great equalizer.
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6 hours ago |
nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar |Kate Santaliz |Frank Thorp V
May 14, 2025, 6:34 PM EDTSen. Bill Cassidy helped clinch Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to lead the Department of Health and Human Services months ago after securing commitments from Kennedy to, among other things, avoid undercutting public faith in vaccinations. Now, the Louisiana Republican says the secretary has “lived up to” those promises — even as critics accuse Kennedy of trying to poison the well of faith in vaccines.
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2 days ago |
nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar
A Democratic National Committee subcommittee on Monday recommended that the organization invalidate one of its February vice-chair votes over claims that it unfairly disadvantaged female candidates. The move, which won't be official unless the entire DNC votes to approve it, could open up new races for the positions held by David Hogg, a Florida activist, and Malcolm Kenyatta, a Pennsylvania state legislator.
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5 days ago |
nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar |Katy Smyser |Christian Farr
By , and Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ascend to the papacy, has voted in three Republican primary elections since 2012, state voting records show. Records from Will County show a Robert F. Prevost (the new pontiff's birth name) registered in the county using an address that belongs to the pope's brother. His brother confirmed that Prevost receives his mail at that address as well.
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Ben Kamisar
Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ascend to the papacy, has voted in three Republican primary elections since 2012, state voting records show. Records from Will County show a Robert F. Prevost (the new pontiff's birth name) registered in the county using an address that belongs to the pope's brother. His brother confirmed that Prevost receives his mail at that address as well.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Ben Kamisar
Angus King III, an energy executive and a son of independent Sen. Angus King Jr. of Maine, will run for governor as a Democrat, he announced Tuesday. King wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served two terms as governor from 1995 to 2003. And he’s vying to replace term-limited Gov. Janet Mills, the longtime Maine Democrat who has made national news in recent months tangling with President Donald Trump’s administration over policies for transgender athletes.
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