Jonathan Allen

United States, Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Political Analyst and Reporter at NBC News

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1 week ago | instapundit.com | Jonathan Allen |Natasha Korecki |Ed Driscoll

This morning — at 5 a.m. on the flippin’ dot! — NBC News dropped a triple-bylined, 40+ paragraph bombshell: “Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party”(I think there’s a typo in the title? Maybe they meant “Obama world loses its shine in a changing climate,” or something like that. Nonetheless…)Folks, NBC News was obviously working on this story for a very long time.
Trump says he will 'take a look' at possible pardons for men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Katherine Doyle |Jonathan Allen

President Donald Trump said he would look at pardoning the men convicted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and swiped at the legitimacy of the case. “I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention,” Trump said while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office. “I did watch the trial.
Trump considers redirecting $3bn in Harvard grants to US trade schools

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | David Shepardson |Jonathan Allen

US President Donald Trump Trump has frozen $3bn in federal grants to Harvard University in recent weeks,. File photo US President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3bn (R54bn) of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Natasha Korecki |Jonathan Allen |Allan Smith

May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTAfter Kamala Harris entered the presidential race last year, she reached out to Barack Obama campaign alum Jim Messina to help lead her White House bid. But when Messina shared news of the vice president’s offer with a friend, he received a stern warning.
Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Natasha Korecki |Jonathan Allen |Allan Smith

4 hours agoUsher, Obama name-dropped in Diddy's trial as sex trafficking case heats upAs week 3 of Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial begins, multiple celebrities have already been name-dropped during testimony. Usher, former President Barack Obama, Biggie Smalls and Jennifer Lopez are a few A-list names that came up during testimony as Diddy's jury heard from …1 hour agoNormalizing illegal immigration helps no one | Boston HeraldMassachusetts Gov.
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools

1 week ago | education.economictimes.indiatimes.com | David Shepardson |Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON, - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools. His comments on his social media platform Truth Social come less than a week after his administration sought to block the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students as part of Trump's extraordinary effort to seize some government control of U.S. academia.
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools

1 week ago | wenatcheeworld.com | David Shepardson |Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools. His comments on his social media platform Truth Social come less than a week after his administration sought to block the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students as part of Trump's extraordinary effort to seize some government control of U.S. academia.
Trump Lashes at Out Harvard and Says He Could Cut $3bn More in Funds

1 week ago | ground.news | David Shepardson |Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vowed on Monday (May 26) to prevail in his clash with Harvard and again threatened to take away billions in funding from one of the world's top universities. "I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it
Stephen Miller re-emerges as an ‘untouchable’ force in Trump’s White House

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Jonathan Allen |Matt Dixon |Katherine Doyle |Sahil Kapur

May 15, 2025, 12:41 PM EDTOutside of President Donald Trump, no White House official has accumulated more influence in this administration than Stephen Miller, the 39-year-old anti-immigration crusader whose brain and bare-knuckled tactics have been deployed to drive the agenda for the commander in chief. Not Vice President JD Vance. Not chief of staff Susie Wiles. Not anyone else.
Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill

4 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Melanie Zanona |Yamiche Alcindor |Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump privately pressed Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a phone call on Wednesday to add two additional proposals to the massive package for his agenda: raising the tax rate on the highest earners and closing the so-called carried interest loophole, according to a Republican leadership source as well as two other GOP sources familiar with the call.