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For all of his saber-rattling at Iran, Donald Trump is desperately looking for a way out of the war he initiated four weeks ago now that he is not finding it to be the cakewalk he anticipated, according to MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire.

On Friday morning, the “Morning Joe” co-host reported that a recent counterattack by Iran drove home to the president that the leadership of on the Middle Eastern country has the upper hand — and he may have painted himself into a corner.

Anderson Cooper pushed back hard Thursday against President Donald Trump's repeated mockery of California Gov. Gavin Newsom's dyslexia, sharing on air that he has the condition himself and methodically dismantled Trump's claim that it makes someone unfit for office.

"For the record, I'm one of them," Cooper told CNN viewers Thursday. "I had a mild form of dyslexia as a child. Reading did not come easy for me, and I still occasionally mix up Bs and Ds."

President Donald Trump got a damning report card on his cost-of-living policy on Thursday, as MS NOW's Chris Hayes walked through all the ways he has blundered his way into making inflation worse for everyday Americans.

Hayes opened with a blistering summary of Trump's economic approach.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department settled a frivolous lawsuit with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn this week, paying him over $1 million after he claimed he had been politically prosecuted for lying about his contacts with Russia. But in doing so, former prosecutor Kristy Greenberg told MS NOW's Alicia Menendez, they could open up deals of the same sort for Trump's political opponents, particularly New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has been the subject of prosecution for baseless mortgage fraud allegations from a Trump loyalist.

This comes as former FBI Director James Comey is once again targeted by a DOJ investigation, being subpoenaed regarding a so-called "grand conspiracy" against Trump.

President Donald Trump's weaponization of the Justice Department to go after his political enemies is falling apart, New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush told MS NOW's Alicia Menendez on "Deadline: White House" — in part because they have lost too much legal talent and manpower to do it.

This comes as Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte continues to make unfounded criminal referrals against New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose prosecution for mortgage fraud by the Trump administration imploded spectacularly last year after the prosecutor was disqualified.

Former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino celebrated his retirement by pushing to deport 100 million U.S. residents.

During a Thursday appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, Bovino told Nick Sortor that he wanted to deport nearly one-third of the U.S. population, even though most of them are citizens.

A Michigan judge was stunned when a civil defendant joined a Zoom call hearing while driving her car, in footage originally obtained by Fox 2 Detroit and reposted by CBS News — and then lost his patience when she tried to deny she was the driver, despite it being clearly visible on camera.

According to People Magazine, the defendant, Kimberly Carroll, was being sued by a debt collection company for around $2,000, and her case was before Woodhaven District Judge Michael K. McNally.

Mercedes Schlapp, the host of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, seemed stunned after her audience declined to boo former President Joe Biden.

During a conversation with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday, Schlapp asked the Trump official to "compare the Biden years."

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan talked to one attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, who slammed President Donald Trump over his war in Iran.

"I'm at CPAC in Dallas," O'Sullivan explained on Thursday. "It's the biggest conservative conference in the country. And lots of people here are talking about the war in Iran. Trump is not speaking at this event this year."

In an interview with MS NOW’s Rosa Flores, two women attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, claimed they first resisted Donald Trump’s war on Iran and have now come around to his point of view.

But they later added that Barron Trump should serve in the military if the president puts boots on the ground.

Donald Trump’s decision to skip an appearance at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this year, combined with his plummeting approval numbers, appears to be having an attendance impact.

Reporting from Grapevine, Texas, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, MS NOW’s Rosa Flores found plenty of booths selling pro-MAGA merchandise — and few takers in the hallways.