President Trump telling NBC News he's proud of the US economy and that 2026 is going to be even better. Joining us right now is White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hasset. Uh good morning to you.There's been a a long sort of back and forth uh about the state of our economy, about how good it is, but also maybe how bad it is and the bad part being what came before during the Biden administration and whether the president now owns this uh this economy. Does the president now officially own th ...

All right, joining us right now to discuss the president's pick for Fed Chair and other DC related topics is Tennessee Republican Senator Bill Hagerty. Uh Senator, thank you for being with us this morning. First up, what do you think of the president's pick to run the Fed.>> I'm very pleased that the president's chosen Kevin Walsh. Uh he's going to be the right man for the right moment. I think at this time Kevin is indeed the man for the moment because I think he's going to take the Fed from what has sadly ...

Good morning. I'm Joe Frier. Let's continue our breaking news coverage.This big announcement from President Trump this morning that he's nominating Kevin Walsh to be the new Federal Reserve chairman taking office later this year if approved by Congress. Let's bring in NBC News reporter Gary Grumb Grumbach who's been following this. We were expecting this announcement to come today.There's been talk about a few potential candidates in the end. The president settling on Kevin War saying, "I have known Kevin f ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where the White House appears to be shifting both its tone and its tactics in Minnesota with the president acknowledging a need to quote deescalate as the political fallout from the fatal shootings of two American citizens continues to grow. But even as the White House tries to turn down the temperature, the president today also warning Minneapolis mayor quote not to play with fire and to cooperate with the federal government.In an interview wi ...

Let's bring in Tennessee Senator and Gubanatorial candidate Marcia Blackburn. She's a member of the Joint Economic Committee. Senator, always nice to see you.President Trump is kind of in his natural environment right now. He's out on the trail in Iowa. He's pitching his message to voters.The goal here is isn't to push himself across the finish line. It's to get Republicans across the finish line. How important is it that he's out there doing this right now, Senator.>> Oh, it is so vitally important. He doe ...

We talk a lot about resets in Washington and with this administration. Is this another one today. It is, and it's the likes of which I've not seen before.I was talking to Sean Spicer, a friend of mine from the first administration this morning. We both agree we've not seen a pivot this significant this quickly from Donald Trump ever. Wow.You've talked about a couple of things about Kristi Noem sort of being moved aside, maybe temporarily for Tom Homan, who will be answering directly to the president. Presid ...

Joining me now from Capitol Hill is NBC's Melanie Zenona. So Mel, how united are Democrats in this moment, especially with a partial government shutdown on the horizon. >> Yeah, well, Democrats are actually completely united, almost entirely united.It's not just the Democratic leadership that's on board, but almost the majority of the eight Democrats who voted to reopen the government after the last shutdown have come out and said that they will not vote for a DHS funding bill that doesn't include significa ...

ROBERT GURCY OF CALIFORNIA, THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. FIRST OFF, CONGRESSMAN, I JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF ATMOSPHERICS AMONG YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU SURPRISED TO BE HEARING FROM SO MANY REPUBLICANS.LOOK, Look, it's surprising, of course, to hear any Republican ever take any stand against Donald Trump. They seem to follow his orders and whatever he wants every single day. And so the fact that some are actually growing a little bit of a spine is a good development.And ...

Core Viewpoint - The Federal Reserve is facing unusual uncertainty as it prepares to announce its next interest rate decision on December 10, relying on older reports and private surveys due to disruptions in official economic data releases caused by the government shutdown [1] Economic Data Impact - Official economic data releases have been disrupted by the government shutdown, leading to challenges in assessing the current economic conditions [1] - Policymakers are using older reports and private surveys to gauge the health of the economy in the absence of timely official data [1]

From @WSJopinion: Ordinary Democrats didn’t demand a shutdown. Left-wing nonprofits did. It was all for show, literally, writes Barton Swaim.https://t.co/Ywy2rP49DQ ...