Russert, son of former “Meet the Press” host and South Buffalo native Tim Russert, is taking time away from political reporting to pursue other interests, he posted on Twitter late Wednesday morning.

MS NOW is elevating anchor Alicia Menendez and moving Luke Russert into her slot on its nightly political “The Weeknight” talk show in a sweeping lineup shakeup ordered by network boss Rebecca Kutler.

Los Angeles - The late Tim Russert's son will take up a family tradition for NBC News, helping to cover the Democratic and Republican conventions. Luke Russert's assignment as a convention ...

While promoting his new book “Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself" in interviews with NBC’s Chuck Todd, Savannah Guthrie, Andrea Mitchell and others, Luke Russert displayed why he ...

Luke Russert announced on Twitter that he is taking time away from political reporting to pursue other interests. (Getty Images) Luke Russert is leaving NBC News. “I always knew from a young age that ...