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Blacked out faces in Epstein photo creates a 'problem for Donald Trump': MS NOW reporter

A collection of Jeffrey Epstein photos released by Democrats on Friday contained one of Donald Trump with an assortment of women which is already raising questions about the president and his relationship with the notorious sex trafficker.

None of them good ones.

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'Incredibly disturbing': Dem previews Epstein photos lawmakers have yet to release

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, revealed that lawmakers had unreleased Jeffrey Epstein photos that are "incredibly disturbing."

Garcia spoke to reporters after the committee released a trove of photos that included prominent figures like President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton.

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'They don't love him as much': Data expert says Trump losing his base after new GOP rebuke

Indiana Republicans rejected an intense pressure campaign by President Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional maps, and CNN's Harry Enten said that shows his grip on the GOP's MAGA base is weakening.

The GOP-controlled state Senate voted against the mid-decade redistricting measure Thursday following months of pressure and violent threats against legislators, and Enten told "CNN News Central" the political loss flowed from his softening support within the Republican Party.

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'Flat-out awful': Trump 'cracks GOP base' with 'horrendous' polling on crucial issue

President Donald Trump's approval rating on a key issue is "flat-out awful," according to CNN's Harry Enten.

A Republican proposal to set up health savings accounts to purchase insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed Thursday on a largely part-line vote, and Enten told "CNN News Central" that polling shows Americans do not approve of the president's approach to health care at all.

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'Uh': Onlookers stunned after Trump makes 'bizarrely monstrous' comment about youngest son

Political observers were shocked late on Thursday night when Donald Trump made a comment about his son, Barron, that some deemed to be "weird."

At an event, the president said of his wife Melania's most recent project, "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy."

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Former Trump appointee raises red flag over 'elderly' president dragging the GOP down

During an appearance on MS NOW on Friday morning, a former Donald Trump appointee to the State Department expressed alarm at the president’s collapse when it comes to addressing voters' concerns and suggested age maybe taking it’s toll.

Speaking with “Way Too Early” host Ali Vitali, Matthew Bartlett, now a GOP strategist, called the atmosphere for the GOP dangerous with the midterms right around the corner while suggesting the party should have anticipated the president’s decline.

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'This is crazy': GOP speechwriter calls out MAGA star's remarks about Charlie Kirk killer

Former GOP speechwriter Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," on Thursday roasted a MAGA star's recent remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder in September.

Tucker Carlson, a MAGA media personality, appeared on a recent episode of "This Past Weekend," a podcast hosted by comedian Theo Von. During the episode, Carlson told the audience that they shouldn't trust the FBI's investigation, and floated theories suggesting a foreign government may have been involved.

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Analyst 'blown away' as Trump finds out how 'little juice he has' in deep red state

Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark, said on Thursday that he was "blown away" after Indiana Republicans rebuffed President Donald Trump's pressure campaign to change their election map ahead of the 2026 midterm.

Indiana's Senate voted down a bill on Thursday to change the state's election map by a 31-19 majority, despite Republicans having a 40-10 majority in the Upper Chamber. The new map would have made the state's two Democratic-held Congressional seats more favorable for Republicans.

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Trump snubs Cabinet secretaries at Congressional ball fearing they won't get applause

President Donald Trump took the time to shout out certain Republican lawmakers at the Congressional Ball on Thursday night, but passed up the chance to tout some of his Cabinet secretaries, fearing they'd face jeers.

Trump was delivering remarks at the annual White House Congressional Ball, in which the president hosts for members of the House and Senate.

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Nicolle Wallace calls out 'gold-gilded' Trump as Americans asked to tighten their belts

Former Republican speechwriter Tim Miller and MS NOW host Nicole Wallace say the voting public has good reason to be angry at President Donald Trump for asking Americans to tighten their belts for the holidays.

While praising his tariffs, Trump recently suggested Americans surrender pencils from overseas and support domestic companies over foreign companies.

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Trump hit with brutal fact-check to his face in the Oval Office

A reporter brutally fact-checked one of President Donald Trump's favorite claims about one of his administration's bombing campaigns during a press conference in the White House on Thursday.

Trump held a ceremony for an executive order he signed banning states from enacting laws that regulate artificial intelligence technologies. After the bill signing, Trump took questions from the press. One reporter asked him about his administration's efforts to end the war in Gaza. Trump's answer weaved through his administration's bombing campaign against Iran, which he claimed "obliterated" the country's nuclear bomb production sites.

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CNN reporter stunned as Trump gets 'biggest rebuke' of his second term​

CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny was stunned on Thursday after anchor Jake Tapper broke news that Indiana Republicans had rejected attempts to change the state's election map ahead of the 2026 midterm.

Zeleny joined Tapper on Thursday's broadcast of "The Lead" to discuss a pressure campaign President Donald Trump and Republicans were waging to redraw the maps. The efforts happened at a time when other Republican-controlled legislatures, like Missouri and Texas, have redrawn their maps through a process called mid-cycle redistricting.

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'We'll see who's left': Trump Cabinet warned of a possible January 'whacking'

"Shark Tank" investor and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary on Thursday signaled that President Donald Trump will make decisions in the coming weeks to change his cabinet.

O'Leary told CNN's Kasie Hunt that the economy is a major pain point for Trump, whose polling dipped to its lowest yet, while the president's "road show" is a sign that he's looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections in hopes of drumming up support from his base.

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