Matt Dixon
Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.
Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.
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Harris is playing it safe. Some Democrats worry that could doom her campaign.
Even as polling shows the presidential race is a tossup, Vice President Kamala Harris has been running with a measure of risk aversion that some Democratic strategists and activists worry has failed to fully capitalize on the excitement surrounding her entry into the race in July.
Rick Scott places $10M in TV ads as the Florida Senate race enters homestretch
Republican Sen. Rick Scott is set to place roughly $10 million in new TV ads in the homestretch of a Florida Senate race where he is widely seen as the favorite but Democrats have continued to make noise.
Trump falsely says Georgia's governor was unable to talk to Biden about storm damage
Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has not been able to reach President Joe Biden to discuss Hurricane Helene's impacts on his state.
A hurricane, an intensifying war and a looming strike present a battery of new crises for Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are scrambling to revise travel plans and tactics as they face a real-time test of how they cope with unexpected crises: a trifecta of life-threatening weather, a war, and a looming dockworker strike that could drive up prices.
As Harris racks up celebrity support, Trump sees an opening to attack
Celebrities have been flocking to endorse Kamala Harris, while Donald Trump's campaign has tried to portray her and her campaign as out of touch with ordinary Americans.
Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal
Donald Trump is facing calls from his allies and staff to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued Mark Robinson in North Carolina, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Trump dispenses with unity and blames Democrats after apparent second assassination attempt
Trump and his allies are fanning political flames after his Secret Service detail thwarted what the FBI is describing as the second attempt to assassinate him in less than 10 weeks.
The Trump campaign's big bet on a new GOTV strategy worries some Republicans
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign thinks its new get-out-the-vote strategy will serve as a silver bullet to capture key battleground states.
How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage
Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, tens of millions of television viewers watched as Donald Trump spread an unsubstantiated and racially charged rumor running wild online.
Florida is disappearing from the national political map
Florida, the nation’s largest swing state is — for now, at least — turning into one of its most unseen.
'Not his best': Trump's conspiracy-laced debate performance prompts concern from some allies
Donald Trump projected confidence after the debate, saying it was his "best" yet. But many of his allies were frustrated that he let Kamala Harris provoke him.
