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'It's so painful!' Ex-GOP lawmaker cringes on CNN as Trump clip plays

A former Republican lawmaker cringed during a segment on CNN after she was shown a clip of President Donald Trump grading his economy on Tuesday.

Trump told Politico's podcast, "The Conversation," earlier on Tuesday that his economy gets an "A+++++" for its performance. That's despite public polling showing that about half of Americans see the rising cost of living as their top concern heading into the 2026 midterm.

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'Are you listening?' Heated clash on CNN as Republican tries to deny hearing outrage

A heated CNN anchor gave fierce pushback on Tuesday afternoon to a Republican lawmaker who tried to deny hearing pleas from farmers who said they're struggling to make ends meet.

CNN's Brianna Keilar got in a fiery back-and-forth with Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) after she asked him during a live broadcast about what farmers are saying. Alford claimed that the Trump administration was working to give them more relief when the conversation got heated.

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'Where is your plan?' Senate Republican confronted on Fox News while slamming Obamacare

Fox News host Martha MacCallum challenged Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) to present the Republican health care plan after he blamed Democrats and the Affordable Care Act for rising costs.

During a Tuesday interview, McCormick acknowledged that "health care costs have gone up dramatically," blaming it on former President Barack Obama's signature law.

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Confused Trump can't keep his popes straight when asked about harsh criticism

During a filmed interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, President Donald Trump became confused when confronted with comments made by the first American pope, Pope Leo XIV.

As part of the 45-minute interview, where the president professed, “I watch everything, yeah. I watch everything. I see a lot of things,” Trump seemed surprised the Chicago-born pope has criticized his administration for the forced roundup of immigrants by ICE on orders from the Department of Homeland Security.

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'Republicans made a fundamental error': Expert warns GOP scheme is about to backfire

President Donald Trump has consistently pressured Republicans in Texas and elsewhere to redraw U.S. House of Representatives district boundaries in the middle of the decade as a means of giving the GOP an advantage in next year's midterm elections. But one prominent elections expert is predicting that strategy may ultimately backfire.

During a Tuesday appearance on liberal commentator Bill Press' podcast, Larry Sabato — who is the director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics — said that based on 2025's off-year elections in which Democrats enjoyed lopsided victories in multiple states, Republican gerrymandering efforts may not save the GOP's majority in the House of Representatives.

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'He’s devastating the economy!' Battleground state voters reject Trump

Residents and business owners in Mount Pocano, Pennsylvania, tell reporters that President Donald Trump’s boasts of an “A+++ economy” are going to fall hard in the face of reality as his economic tour of Pennsylvania kicks off this week.

“You pretty much just walk into a business, and you ask folks out loud, ‘What do you think of the economy?’ And they'll tell you. And it's not reflective of the economy that Donald Trump is speaking about,” said MS NOW Senior White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard.

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Racist and profanity-laden game show rented public school gym — and sparks firestorm

A nonprofit that raises money for a San Diego County high school district is under fire for renting out one school's gym for a “punishment” game show that featured racist attacks, profanity and bondage-themed penalties for participants.

According to a report from the San Diego Union Tribune, “the Canyon Crest Academy Foundation — a nonprofit separate from the district that raises money for the high school” agreed to rent out the gym for a show called “24-Hour Tag,” where the four participants were tormented as it was streamed on Twitch.

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'Broke in under an hour': Hegseth mocked as he unveils 'future of warfare' — and it fails

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after a new military artificial intelligence website appeared to fail immediately.

"The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI," Hegseth said in an announcement posted to X on Tuesday. "And that's why today we are unleashing genAI.mil. This platform puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."

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Trump insists birthright citizenship only 'meant for the babies of slaves'

President Donald Trump insisted that the U.S. Supreme Court should revoke birthright citizenship because he said it was "meant for the babies of slaves."

During an interview with Politico this week, correspondent Dasha Burns asked Trump about the upcoming Supreme Court case.

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​Sonia Sotomayor hits Elon Musk with 'quid pro quo' accusation

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.

During a Tuesday hearing on campaign finance laws, Sotomayor made the suggestion to an attorney for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, who was arguing to further cut back campaign finance limitations.

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Resurfaced Bondi admission could be damning for Trump: report

A legal brief authored by Pam Bondi before she became Donald Trump’s Attorney General could come back to haunt their relationship.

On Tuesday, MS NOW host Jonathan Lemire pointed to a report from the New York Times which uncovered work that Bondi did for a conservative think tank that was submitted to the Supreme Court — and made a case for the limitations of presidential power.

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'Don't be dramatic': Sneering Trump belittles tales of struggling Americans

Donald Trump was in no mood to hear from another female reporter asking about his administration's failures during an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns.

Politico posted a 45-minute video Tuesday showing the president sitting down with Burns, in which he gave rambling answers that went far off the topic. But he took real offense when she asked him about the upcoming end of the Affordable Care Act subsidies — and responded with a sneer.

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'This is one of your supporters!' Trump confronted as fan gives him scathing review

President Donald Trump was confronted by Politico's Dasha Burns after one of his supporters complained about prices rising faster than wages under his administration.

During an interview this week, Burns asked Trump to grade his economic performance.

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