Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we get you up to speed before polls close tonight in California, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and beyond.

You can’t find many clichés hoarier than Tip O’Neill’s rule that “all politics is local.” A truism is supposed to be true, though. Does this one still hold?

Some analysts say Democrats did turn out in force, but centrists also felt less comfortable splitting their ticket.

W e write as scholars of academic freedom to respond to the proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” We are politically diverse and do not share common views about the wisdom of particular proposals contained in the compact.

Trump and Marjorie Taylor Green's recent fallout is one of many disagreements between the two once strong allies.