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Meet the Press NOW — July 17

2026-07-17 News & Politics
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President Donald Trump doubles down on election fraud claims four months ahead of the midterm elections. Election Assistance Commission Chair, Thomas Hicks, who was ousted by Trump reacts to the president’s claims. U.S. targets key infrastructure around Iran’s main port for the seventh consecutive day of strikes. Maine U.S. Senate candidate Nirav Shah (D) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his bid to replace Platner in a “rocket primary.” For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #news #politics #election

Top Comments (10)

@rosebudd7063 2026-07-17

IF ELECTIONS ARE SO-CALLED NOT SECURED THEN EVERY REPUBLICAN THAT IS IN OFFICE IS ILLEGITIMATELY IN OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WERE ELECTED VIA THAT SAME SYSTEM!!! HE SOUNDS STUPID!!!!

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@tb12BP 2026-07-17

The elected President doesn't think elections are secure 😂

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@RossIsntHere 2026-07-17

Trump and his team know they are violently unpopular right now and instead of trying to win on policy, they’re just going to try and rig the elections.

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@AngelRizky-g5k 2026-07-18

It's an absolute DISCRACE and sickening that your still harping on the past elections of 2020 and 2024. Worse then spoiled brat children.

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@MiltonJava 2026-07-18

Why do we have to deal with this guy??

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@confesorparedes4520 2026-07-18

Thank you. Have a great weekend @

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@TT-qo9dv 2026-07-17

Let’s examine the 2024 election

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@DOUGLASHughes-j5m 2026-07-18

Here's how dumb they sound on the evening news. We need everything to be assure. Our elections (are not interfered with) somebody can do it in the future. With the new system, we have going in and new technology going in, we need to protect our votes and get it over with we want our votes protected.!

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@tancheehua2016 2026-07-18

I realized that the whole Trump administration seems more and more like a scam group convincing Americans without any evidence.

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@pilehigh 2026-07-17

Abolish the electoral college. Replace the two party system with a multi-party democracy. Implement a ranked voting system. Expand the house of representatives. Establish public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries. Establish term limits for supreme court justices.

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