Melissa Frankel

Trivia time! Monday’s trivia answer

10:31 AM on 5/20/2013

Find out the answer to the trivia question we asked Monday on the show. Read More

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford answers questions from reporters after voting in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

House GOP campaign drops Mark Sanford

2:19 PM on 4/17/2013

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is pushing back over a potentially damaging report less than three weeks ahead of South Carolina’s 1st District special election that he was trespassing on his ex-wife Jenny’s Sullivan’s Island home. Read More

Image: Boston Deals With Aftermath Of Marathon Explosions

Mass. Senate race grinds to a halt after Boston bombing

8:53 AM on 4/17/2013

With just two weeks to go until primaries in the Massachusetts Senate special election, campaigns on both sides have come to a screeching halt after Monday’s tragic Boston Marathon bombing. Read More

Senate madness championship match-up

2:43 PM on 4/8/2013

This is it! We started with 65 of the most consequential senators in U.S. history, and after five rounds of intense competition, only two remain standing.… Read More

Chuck Todd wants YOU on The Daily Rundown

1:25 PM on 4/5/2013

Watch a message from Chuck Todd about how to become the next winner of the #TDRGoodMorning Challenge. Read More

File Photo: State Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith speaks to members of the media in the State Capitol March 12, 2008 in Albany, New York., after New York state Governor Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation. (Photo by Daniel Barry/Getty Images, File)

Mayoral March Madness

2:38 PM on 4/4/2013

High drama in the race for high office in the two biggest cities in the country. Read More

Will health care reform raise insurance premiums?

12:49 PM on 4/3/2013

A recent report by the Society of Actuaries showed health care costs per person were expected to go up an average of $1,200 a year. Read More

Senate Madness: Ready for round two

11:59 AM on 3/29/2013

It's almost time for round two of “Senate Madness”—our online contest pitting history’s most consequential U.S. senators against one another. Unlike the NCAA tournament, all of our #1 seeds are still in the running. Read More

March Madness for political junkies

11:36 AM on 3/21/2013

While millions of sports fans put the finishing touches on their NCAA brackets, The Daily Rundown and the NBC Political Unit are launching our own version of March Madness. We're calling it “Senate Madness"– our online contest pitting history’s most consequential U.S. senators against one another. Read More