Brennan Leach
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Covering Congress @NBCnews | @NorthwesternU grad
Joined March 2014
Sen. Mike Lee refuses to answer Qs regarding his controversial post in the wake of the MN shootings or his conversation with Sen. Tina Smith over the post. His aide attempted to shield our cameras as we questioned him.
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And a humongous thank you to my @NBCNews DC Bureau who really turned out for the vote, and @ryanobles & @brennanleach for being the best campaign managers a guy could ask for. I’m feeling very lucky to have the support of an amazing team!
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Truly an incredible honor to be elected to this position. Thank you to all who came out and voted and I can’t wait to continue fighting for access for the radio and TV press corps chasing the stories in the halls of Congress!
BREAKING: NBC’s Frank Thorp V has been elected as the 2026 RTCA Vice Chair in our annual election. He will become chair in 2027. Also elected to the board: - John McArdle (C-SPAN) - Adolfo Ibarra (CNN) - Cassie Semyon (Spectrum) Thanks to all participants who voted.
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NEW: Senate Republicans plan vote on a health care alternative as ACA funds look likely to expire Dems will force a vote Thursday on a 3-year extension of ACA money, which Republicans are poised to kill. Thune endorses Crapo-Cassidy bill as the GOP alternative that will come up
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The Senate will vote this week on a GOP bill to put money in health savings accounts, as well as a Democratic bill to extend the expiring ACA subsidies. Both are expected to fail.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang signs autographs before meeting w/ Senate Banking Cmte Republicans Huang says he met with President Trump today and they “talked in general about export controls”
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ROUNDS asked by @brennanleach about the boat strike and if he has confidence in Hegseth “The question will be based on the facts as we find them out we're going to have some discussions within the committee. Until such time we know the full facts, we won't be making comment”
Asked about Hegseth’s leadership of DoD, Thune says: “I don’t have, at this point, I guess, an evaluation of the secretary. Others can make those evaluations.” Thune adds that what matters is whether the country is safer & “under President Trump’s leadership, that’s the case.”
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Baby Elephant on the Way at National Zoo: See the Ultrasound! https://t.co/RvHO2gExkJ via @TODAYshow W/ @BradleighChance & @brennanleach
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The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C, is preparing to welcome a new baby Asian elephant, in a major breakthrough for the zoo’s conservation efforts. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Ryan Nobles...
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Rep. Burchett defends President Trump saying Dem lawmakers’ video is sedition NBC: Is it punishable by death? Burchett: “If that’s what the law calls for.” “If the law calls for that and the law says they’re committing treason, then the law stands,” he says
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“I would like to get back to normal Congress. It’s just no one knows what that looks like anymore,” Johnson told reporters
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NEW: Speaker Johnson, asked by @brennanleach if he’s frustrated w/ GOP leader John Thune, says “I’m frustrated with the process but I trust Leader Thune” Comes after Senate ignored Johnson’s plea to amend the Epstein bill & repeal Senate pay out provision, which blindsided House
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A smattering of Senate Republican reaction to Schumer/Democrats' offer to reopen the government: "non-starter" "political terrorism" "terrible" & "horrible" "stupid" "no" Story with @frankthorp @brennanleach @gakhoriaty:
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The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
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NEW: Trump ramps up pressure on his own party to nix the filibuster and reopen the government as record shutdown drags on After meeting with Trump, some Republican senators appear more open to nuking the 60-vote filibuster rule. But GOP Leader John Thune says the votes aren’t
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After meeting with Trump, some Republican senators appear more open to nuking the 60-vote filibuster rule. But GOP Leader John Thune says, "It's just not happening."
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The crowd goes wild as Abigail Spanberger is elected the first female governor of Virginia In Richmond, VA w/ @NBCNews @ryanobles
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NEW: As the federal shutdown is about to become the longest in history, PA hasn’t passed a budget in 120+ days. The dual shutdowns are creating a devastating double whammy effect, as billions in critical $ is frozen for aid orgs and schools across PA https://t.co/EFCsTurQF5
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Pennsylvania’s Legislature hasn't passed a budget in more than 120 days, freezing critical state funds on top of the federal government shutdown.
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Graham Platner isn’t going anywhere. The 41-year-old oyster farmer and combat vet says his controversies have “strengthened” his Senate campaign in Maine “We frankly have not felt this strong since the beginning,” Platner told @sahilkapur in Portland https://t.co/Jst4m24aLG
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In an interview with NBC News after a packed event, Platner bashed "establishment politics" and said he's still more electable than Democratic rival Janet Mills.
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In Portland today, Graham Platner tells a crowd of 750 people “Nobody is coming to save us” “It falls to us again in American history to do something big, and we're going to do it,” Platner says “We are going to show the rest of this country the path forward”
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NEW: Trump's push to nuke the Senate filibuster hits immediate Republican resistance Thune & Barrasso are (still) opposed to abolishing the 60-vote threshold for legislation. Many GOP senators agree with them. w/ @ryanobles @brennanleach, here is why:
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In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold and pass a government funding bill without Democrats.
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Lawmakers from both parties criticized the Trump admin after Dems were left out of a classified briefing on US military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats Sen Warner called it a “new low” for the admin w/ @MZanona @gakhoriaty
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Several Republican senators also told NBC News that Democrats should have been in the meeting.
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