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'Huge problem': Insiders say WH having a 'full-blown meltdown' amid latest scandal

U.S. diplomat Brett McGurk, who has held senior national security positions under both Republican and Democratic presidents, expressed his concern Tuesday on CNN over government insiders claiming the Pentagon was disintegrating under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Hegseth used the unsecured Signal app a second time to share sensitive Houthi attack information with family members. Hegseth went on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning to blame the information "leak" on three Pentagon aides whom he appointed, then recently fired.

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Karoline Leavitt's special briefing guest dubs Abrego Garcia 'the Maryland Man hoax'

Right-wing influencer Tim Pool asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to criticize the media over the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which he called "the Maryland Man hoax."

During Tuesday's White House press briefing, Leavitt revealed she had invited Pool to sit in as a member of "new media." The right-wing influencer was allowed to ask the first question of the briefing.

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'Look at my big job': The View claims bragging caused Hegseth to stumble into scandal

The co-hosts of "The View" bashed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday after another Signal scandal.

It was discovered Hegseth shared sensitive military information with his wife and brother on the app Signal. The news comes a month after Hegseth and other top administration officials were part of a Signal chat discussing military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.

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'Show respect': Nancy Mace town hall devolves into chaos over moment of silence for Pope

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) clashed with a constituent this week after she refused to hold a moment of silence for the late Pope Francis.

On Tuesday, Mace shared a video from Monday night's town hall event in her district, where a constituent stood up to complain that the lawmaker had not observed the pontiff's death.

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'Don't know who to trust': Ex-general warns US commanders wary of sharing info with boss

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is embroiled in another Signal scandal after it was discovered he shared sensitive military information to his wife and brother. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling said that this will likely give the nation's top commanders pause in the future when talking to Hegseth.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Hertling, an Army veteran, said that he hasn't seen much from the National Security Council or the National Security Advisor regarding an investigation. He noted that in a regular administration, there would be a swift probe after such revelations.

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'Harassed': Nancy Mace hurls sexual threat insinuations at constituent she berated

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said the South Carolina man who she cursed at in a Ulta Beauty store makeup aisle over the weekend made her feel “threatened and harassed” after he inquired about whether she would be holding more town halls this year.

Mace recapped the events that have since gone viral and show her lashing out as she repeatedly hounds the man, identified as Ely Murray-Quick. He later took to Facebook to tell his followers that he asked Mace “a simple question – 'When are your next few town halls?,'" according to a report in The Independent.

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'Planet you do not want to be on!' CNN analyst aghast as he shares record-breaking numbers

President Donald Trump's trade war has led to a collapse of the stock market that eclipses any other presidency in modern history, CNN forecaster Harry Enten told CNN's Kate Bolduan on Tuesday morning.

"The stock market was down in a big, big, big way yesterday," Bolduan asked him. "How poorly has the stock market done since Trump took office?"

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'All over the place': Fox News slammed as 'shaping narrative' in Pete Hegseth interview

In the wake of his second scandal in weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared on Fox and Friends Tuesday for a softball interview that was immediately blasted by viewers.

Blaming leakers inside the Pentagon, Hegseth complained that he'd done nothing wrong after a Sunday report claimed he's shared military tactics in a Signal chat with his wife and brother. Just weeks earlier, he was accused of doing the same thing, but that time including an Atlantic journalist.

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Project 2025 expert claims Elon Musk was deliberately played to become admin's fall guy

The author of a new book on Project 2025 suggested tech billionaire Elon Musk got played by the authors of the right-wing blueprint guiding Donald Trump's second presidency.

Musk has made sweeping cuts to the federal government from his perch as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, but The Atlantic's David A. Graham told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that White House budget chief Russell Vought and other authors of Project 2025 were happy to let him take the blame for the deeply unpopular cuts they had recommended themselves.

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'Go back to your day job': Morning Joe cracks up as he relishes Tesla 'getting routed'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed tech billionaire Elon Musk for tanking his own company as President Donald Trump allows him to slash the government workforce.

The electric vehicle maker will release its first quarter financial reports Tuesday in a conference call after the markets close, but the company's stock has already plummeted 50 percent from its record high as Musk aligns himself with Trump. "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire said the Tesla CEO may make some news on that call.

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'Oh my God!' Morning Joe's Mika reacts to historically-bad month for Trump

The stock market is headed for a historically bad month thanks to President Donald Trump's economic policies, and panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were stunned.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is on track for the worst April since 1932, while the S&P 500’s performance since Inauguration Day is the worst for any president going back to 1928, and the Wall Street Journal's editorial board wrote that Trump's tariffs are "the biggest economic policy mistake in decades."

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'Were they being clever?' Expert suspects embattled Trump official involved in cover-up

Former Pentagon special counsel and federal prosecutor Ryan Goodman said Monday that the national security issues plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have gone from bad to worse — and he suspects a cover-up may have been afoot at the Pentagon.

Speaking to CNN’s Erin Burnett on her show, “OutFront,” Goodman aired his suspicions following new bombshell revelations that the embattled defense secretary shared confidential attack plans on a Singal chat for a second time – on this occasion, with his wife, brother, personal attorney and about a dozen other people in tow, according to media reports.

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'Just Google': House Dem schools clueless Fox News host on Trump deporting US citizens

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) educated Fox News host Will Cain about President Donald Trump's desire to deport U.S. citizens.

During an interview on Monday, Cain asked Frost why he had traveled to El Salvador to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a mistakenly deported Maryland man.

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