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Natasha Korecki

Senior National Politics Reporter

I am a politics reporter covering campaigns and issues affecting voters. I sometimes focus on Midwestern states and Nevada. Right now, I mostly report on the presidential race.

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I am a politics reporter covering campaigns and issues affecting voters. I sometimes focus on Midwestern states and Nevada. Right now, I mostly report on the presidential race.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Natasha Korecki

Federal workers cast Trump's many Mar-a-Lago trips as working from home

One of Trump’s first actions upon entering the White House was to order federal employees to return to the office. But he frequently works from his Mar-a-Lago home.

Federal workers say their future is uncertain even after court rulings call their firings illegal

Two judges ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration needs to reinstate thousands of federal workers it fired across dozens of agencies.

Education Department to cut roughly half its staff

Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and roughly 1,000 are staffed in 10 regional offices across the country.

Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work

Emily Erroa was eight months pregnant when she found out she was being fired from her human resources job at the Department of Energy.
29d ago

'You lose all hope': Federal workers gripped by mental health distress amid Trump cuts

In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more.
33d ago

Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps 'not fit to have a job at this moment'

WASHINGTON — White House adviser Alina Habba said Tuesday that military veterans affected by the DOGE-led layoffs of federal workers may not be "fit to have a job at this moment."

Biden and Trump pardons come under scrutiny, renewing calls for reform

The back-to-back presidential clemencies by Biden and Trump leaned on politics, drawing intensive scrutiny of the process and its potential for abuse.
37d ago

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker amplifies his fight against Trump

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is trying to be ubiquitous at a moment when Democrats nationally are stumbling for their footing.
38d ago

'Devastated.' 'Cruel.' 'Surreal.' Federal workers share the toll of losing their identity

Thousands of federal workers have been fired in the last month. They're victims of efforts by Donald Trump and his senior adviser, Elon Musk, to downsize the government.

Foreign service worker says pregnant wife faces 'life-threatening' complications amid Trump's USAID shutdown

A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife allegedly was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed an affidavit in federal court against the Trump administration, claiming its “rushed, haphazard and cruel” push to shut down the U.S.
48d ago

Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue

The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees with the Federal Aviation Administration over the weekend, just weeks after a fatal crash over Washington, D.C., exposed understaffing at the agency.