Matt Rivera

The number of candidates competing for the Republican nomination has grown so large that debate organizers have decided to split the field into two groups – the top ten, and the bottom seven. It’s a thorny problem to solve, and nobody is truly satisfied with this two-tier arrangement, even if it presents some advantages for the top-tier candidates. But what if there was another way to organize the debates so that voters could really learn about the candidates, and so that candidates could have…

Hillary Clinton will have no formal role in this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, the glitzy philanthropic gathering organized by her husband and the charitable foundation he started.

The spin room is where candidates and their surrogates go to pitch the media on their victories and competitors’ slip-ups during the debate. NBC’s Matt Rivera took a 360 camera into the spin room at the CNBC “undercard” debate at the University of Colorado in Boulder, so you can see the action from every angle. When you play the video in the YouTube player below, you can turn the camera view round by either dragging it with your mouse on desktop or swiping it with your finger.

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NBC News Political Embed, Danny Freeman, says that Bernie Sanders is returning to form, but he still has a lot of ground to cover.

Vivian Graubard, 26, is a founding member of the U.S. Digital Service, which has been nicknamed the president's "Geek Squad" at the Obama White House.

Ximena Gonzalez, 26, is deputy chief of staff for Presidential Personnel at the Obama White House. During her time at the University of Texas at Austin she earned a Gates Millennium Scholarship. Gonzalez tells NBC News that a visit by First Lady Michelle Obama to her college campus inspired her to get involved in government. “I heard her, and it represented something different to me,” she said. “What they were trying to accomplish, I knew I wanted to be part of that.” “Coming into the White Hous…

In the latest episode of 1947: The Meet the Press Podcast, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel talked about how Obamacare might have been structured differently.

The previously announced film festival celebrates the broadcast’s 70th anniversary and spotlights sixteen films that tackle issues facing Americans.

The first-ever Meet the Press FIlm Festival in collaboration with AFI will take place in Washington, D.C. and in a digital showcase online and on-demand.