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GOP lawmaker moves to force Pam Bondi deposition on bungling Epstein files release

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) moved to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify under oath for a deposition about her controversial release of files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

On Tuesday, Mace unveiled the motion during House Oversight Chair James Comer's (R-KY) hearing on alleged fraud in Minnesota.

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Iranian minister says Trump official lied about how war began: 'That was not true at all'

The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister said Wednesday that a Trump administration official did not give the real story about what prompted the war with Iran.

Majid Takht-Ravanchi told MS NOW anchor Ana Cabrera that Iran has continued to defend itself and its civilians after the surprise attack from the United States and Israel started on Saturday. He said that Iran has not received any messages from the United States and that Iran has also not sent any messages following the failed negotiations in February, saying that the Trump administration had not clearly represented what happened during those talks.

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Dem blasts Kristi Noem at hearing for misusing resources to protect her 'special blanket'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MA) berated Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for allegedly misusing her department's resources to purchase luxury jets and forcing staff to protect her "special blanket."

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Raskin confronted Noem's controversial management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Dem senator stuns CNN anchor with 'just keep killing' strategy for Iran war

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed full-throated support for Israel's plan to kill anyone who is appointed by the Iranian regime to lead the nation.

A joint U.S.-Israeli military operation decapitated Iran's leadership structure over the weekend, and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that "any leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime" would become "an unequivocal target for elimination," and the Pennsylvania Democrat told "CNN News Central" that he wholeheartedly agreed.

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Ex-senator warns Trump faces 'biggest problem' yet in Iran: 'They can't fix this now'

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) shredded President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" Wednesday, for rushing headlong into a war in Iran without any idea why they are doing it or what they are going to do now that it's happening.

"You said on Armed Services, these are issues you've thought a lot about," said anchor Jonathan Lemire. "Give us your take now about these mixed messages from the administration as to why this war even began. But more than that, it seems so very clear there's not a plan for the day after, including President Trump yesterday, in a moment, perhaps, of unexpected candor, said it sort of dawned on him like, oh, he was asked who could follow the Ayatollah as Supreme Leader? And he's like, oh, well, I guess the worst case would be someone who's just as bad. It's very clear there's no plan for the next day."

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GOP lawmakers 'walked into a trap' that could spell Trump official's downfall: MS NOW host

MS NOW's Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist mocked Republican lawmakers for allowing themselves to get walked into a trap that could bring about the downfall of one of President Donald Trump's cabinet officials.

The House Oversight Committee released videos this week of Hillary Clinton's testimony about Jeffrey Epstein, whom she said she could not recall meeting, and the "Morning Joe" co-hosts said the former secretary of state was impressive in her handling of the questions from GOP lawmakers.

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Economist predicts 'a lot of bad things' for markets if Iran war grows

The war in Iran could very quickly turn bad for Americans at home if it continues, economist Steve Rattner warned Mike Barnicle on MS NOW Wednesday morning.

"Wall Street clearly does not like unpredictability or uncertainty. No one does," said Barnicle. "But on the global stage, there's no way of telling how long we will be actively involved on a daily basis in a war in Iran. What happens if this war lengthens out in terms of the United States presence and participation in that war? What happens to those charts behind you right now?"

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Trump's UN ambassador threatens Iranian counterpart: 'He should be careful with his words'

President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations threatened his Iranian counterpart in an appearance on Fox Business.

U.S. envoy Mike Waltz clashed with Iran's UN ambassador Saeid Iravani at an emergency meeting Sunday of the UN Security Council after the president ordered joint airstrikes with Israel that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders, after the Iranian envoy urged American representatives to "be polite."

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Trump on 'extraordinarily narrow ledge' as he takes on war at his lowest point: journalist

President Donald Trump has little room to maneuver politically after pushing the nation into war with Iran, according to a veteran journalist.

The 79-year-old president ordered the airstrikes at his lowest approval yet, and early polling shows just one in four Americans approve of the operation, and CNN's Ron Brownstein said that leaves Trump in a perilous position.

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'Unbelievable': Conservative analysts floored by 'ghoul' Kristi Noem's Senate hearing

Conservative analysts at The Bulwark were floored on Tuesday after watching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Noem appeared before the committee on Tuesday to answer questions about her agency and some of the decisions she has made as its leader. Republicans and Democrats showed a rare sign of bipartisan unity by sharply questioning Noem about DHS's marketing expenses, some of the contracts the agency has awarded to people close to Noem's inner circle, and the agency's investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both of whom were killed during "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis.

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Ex-GOP staffer flags 'most damning part' of Kristi Noem's brutal Senate grilling

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was shredded during Senate questioning on Tuesday, former Trump administration DHS staffer Miles Taylor told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Tuesday — and, incredibly, he argued, the worst part wasn't even getting chewed out by a Republican senator for literally shooting a puppy.

"The person most culpable for the lowest approval ratings Trump has ever had since he descended the escalator is Kristi Noem," said Wallace. "I mean, I think 100 percent of Americans probably agree nothing other than shooting and murdering a puppy is sick. When that is being raised by members of your own party in televised hearings, how much of that does Donald Trump tolerate?"

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'How dare you?' MAGA civil war erupts as Megyn Kelly attacks 'weak' host of 'The View'

A MAGA feud broke out between podcaster Megyn Kelly and conservative guest host of "The View" Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Tuesday.

Hasselbeck, who returned to the daytime talk show to fill in for host Alyssa Farah Griffin, delivered criticism of Kelly, The Daily Beast reported.

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Anchor blindsided as CNN plays unedited montage of MAGA's profane criticism of Trump

CNN host Kasie Hunt was visibly taken aback on Tuesday after she played an expletive-laden montage of MAGA figures criticizing President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

Hunt played the montage on "The Arena" on Tuesday, which included commentary from MAGA radio personality Megyn Kelly, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who cited her falling out with Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein files as her reason for leaving Congress in January.

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