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Steve Witkoff slammed for 'humiliating bootlicking' after plans to reminisce with Putin

President Donald Trump's envoy sparked outrage for "sucking up" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin with plans to reminisce about their meeting.

On Saturday, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to meet with Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. At one point during their meeting, Witkoff told Putin that their meeting would be a special memory later in life.

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Natalie Harp’s ‘hold’ over Trump puts major White House ‘promotion’ in play: journalist

Natalie Harp, President Donald Trump’s 35-year-old female aide, could very well score a senior administration role due to her unusual “hold” over the president, veteran political journalist Chris Whipple argued on Saturday.

Following the abrupt departure last month of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, speculation has grown as to who might fill the now-vacant role. While some have speculated that ousted Fox News host Maria Bartiromo may be tapped for the position, others, like MS NOW’s Alex Witt, wondered if Harp may end up being selected given her unusually close relationship with Trump.

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Trump's hair 'patch kit' toted around next to the nuclear codes: biographer

President Donald Trump's hair requires maintenance from a "patch kit" that's carried around next to the nuclear codes, a biographer revealed.

During a Saturday episode of "Inside Trump's Head", author Michael Wolff, who's written several biographies about Trump, revealed how Trump's hair is put together with a "patch kit" that's toted around with the nation's most important material.

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'I'll tell you a secret': Ex-GOP operative spells out how to take down Trump White House

Former Republican strategist turned anti-Trump commentator Rick Wilson spilled the beans on his "Against All Enemies" show Friday about how Democrats can put the screws to the president if they win the midterms in November.

For all their bluster otherwise, Wilson said, the White House is preparing for Democrats to be in charge: "They're starting to talk about executive privilege, about lawyering up, about making sure that people have their ethics disclosures and their financial disclosures and their personal paperwork in line, that they haven't saved any incriminating documents, and that they're not going to be patsies when they get investigated by the coming Democratic majority."

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Blundering Trump smacked with swift reminder as Oval Office gaffe called out as illegal

Critics of President Donald Trump tried to sarcastically do him a favor as they warned his recent gaffe suggested illegal activity.

On Friday, Trump answered reporters' questions from the Oval Office, and when asked about the MAGA Inc. Super PAC, which hasn't been sharing funds with GOP contenders ahead of the midterms, he said it's "my money," even though it's not legally his money.

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'Blood boiling': Trump infuriates after dismissing his war as 'small potatoes'

President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of the Iran war when pressed by reporters in the Oval Office during an executive order signing ceremony on Friday.

"The Vice President said yesterday that he would not describe the conflict with Iran as a war…If this is not a war, what exactly is it?" asked ABC's Rachel Scott. Trump replied, "I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us. It's not a big thing."

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GOP gets grim prediction as Trump 'aggressively makes things worse' for his own party

Former Republican strategist turned anti-Trump commentator Rick Wilson has a blunt message for Republicans going into the fall: Trump is on the brink of destroying you.

In a way, Wilson told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Friday, the conditions are similar to the enormous wave election in 2006 that saw Republicans swept from power in both chambers of Congress — but there is a key difference.

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Epstein survivors join Rosie O’Donnell in defiant showing amid Trump admin stonewalling

Amid the Trump administration’s ongoing refusal to release its remaining trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related files, comedian Rosie O’Donnell joined with several survivors for a defiant performance.

O’Donnell released video of the performance in a social media post on Instagram Thursday.

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'Ridiculous montage of lies': Mike Johnson humiliated over repeated 'historic' boast

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s insistent claims that he has presided over one of the most “successful” congressional sessions in history were swiftly dismissed on MS NOW Friday morning.

Host Stephanie Ruhle shared a montage of clips of the Louisiana Republican boasting about GOP achievements while he also disparaged skeptical reporters for questioning him.

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'Did I read that right?' CNN host shocked by Trump's bleak ballroom admission

CNN's Audie Cornish professed herself shocked Friday morning by a blunt question that led President Donald Trump to make a bleak ballroom admission in a new New York Magazine report.

Reporter Ben Terris appeared on "CNN This Morning" to discuss his tour of the White House ballroom construction site with the 80-year-old president — and the direct questions he asked.

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Ron DeSantis melts down at protester with a rambling George Soros rant: analyst

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) lost his composure at a heckler and began screaming about George Soros in a confrontation caught on camera.

Progressive political analyst David Pakman highlighted the moment in a Thursday episode of his David Pakman Show. He marveled at "the anger" from a politician who has "run for president of the United States."

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'I'm going to get in trouble!' Trump-backed candidate squirms over data centers on CNN

Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton squirmed on CNN as he was asked about the contentious issue of data centers.

During a Thursday appearance, the Trump-endorsed Hilton was interviewed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins about his stance on data centers. Collins noted that Hilton has said he considers data centers "essential" before asking him if there should be federal guidelines.

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Jen Psaki uses troop interviews to blow up JD Vance's 'happier than ever' claim

Vice President JD Vance is doing everything in his power to whitewash what the Iran war is doing not only to civilians, but to our own troops, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Thursday's edition of "The Briefing."

Psaki started with a searing overview of Vance's defense of a recent U.S. strike that hit a wedding.

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