Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill.

In today’s edition, national political reporters Bridget Bowman and Henry J. Gomez explore how Senate candidates in key races are responding to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict. Plus, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down what we can and can’t lear from the early polls…