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'Economic earthquake' batters Trump in new brutal jobs report: MS NOW

The Donald Trump administration suffered a fresh embarrassment on Friday morning with the new jobs report revealing what was supposed to show a substantial job increase and instead revealed the country lost jobs.

With the country reeling from newly increased fuel prices since the president launched a war on Iran, creating chaos in the Middle East, the administration had been looking for some good news which failed to materialize.

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'Hothead' GOP senator replacing Kristi Noem dragged on CNN: 'Do you know how sad that is?'

President Donald Trump finally fired his long-embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and panelists on "CNN This Morning" chewed over his nominee to replace her.

The 79-year-old president tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who is probably best known for challenging Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing, to lead DHS after firing Noem, and the panelists argued over the Oklahoma Republican's qualifications for the cabinet role.

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'A deep embarrassment': White House sparks outrage with latest Iran 'propaganda' video

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Thursday after the White House posted its most recent "propaganda" video about the Iran war.

The White House published a montage of strikes against Iranian targets interspersed with clips from popular action movies and television shows. The video was captioned, "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY," on X.

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CNN host delivers brutal fact-check on Trump's 'regime change' in Iran: 'Let's be honest!'

CNN's Abby Phillip delivered a brutal fact-check on Thursday over President Donald Trump's "regime change" ambitions in Iran.

Trump gave an exclusive interview to Axios on Thursday, where he claimed that he should play a role in picking Iran's next leader. Those comments seem to follow in line with one of his stated ambitions for striking Iran in the first place, which he said was to create the conditions for the Iranian people to rise up and take over their government.

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Expert flags 'bigger risk' Trump just created by firing Kristi Noem

A former GOP speechwriter flagged a "bigger risk" that President Donald Trump just created after he fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

On Thursday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was replacing Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective on March 31. Noem was given another position, Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, for an initiative that Trump said he will announce more details on later.

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Gov dangling clemency for imprisoned Trump ally even if she fakes remorse: reporter

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis appears to be dangling clemency for an ally of President Donald Trump's who is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for election-related crimes.

Polis said on Wednesday that Tina Peters, a convicted felon and former Colorado county clerk, must show "contrition and apologize for her actions" if he is going to commute her sentence, journalist Kyle Clark with 9News reported. That led Clark to question whether Peters could have her sentence commuted if she faked an apology, and it appears that the answer is yes, he said on Thursday.

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MS NOW's Jen Psaki reveals chilling quotes from Trump's DHS pick that show what's to come

With President Donald Trump firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, his new replacement, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), will be in the spotlight.

MS NOW's Jen Psaki explored some of the things Mullin has said and done in the Trump era — and why it is a sign not much may change.

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'Who's gonna tell him?' Trump flamed as stock market brag backfires

Political analysts and observers flamed President Donald Trump over his latest gaffe.

Trump spoke at an event at the White House on Thursday to honor the 2025 Major League Soccer Champions, Inter Miami CF. During his remarks, Trump made a curious statement about his administration's actions in Iran that raised eyebrows among several onlookers.

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Corey Lewandowski to 'leave with' Kristi Noem amid affair rumors: report

Special government employee Corey Lewandowski is expected to leave the Department of Homeland Security when Secretary Kristi Noem departs later this month.

Sources told Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich that Lewandowski's departure became evident soon after President Donald Trump said he was firing Noem.

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Kristi Noem may have learned of her firing from Truth Social: report

It's unclear how now former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discovered she was fired, and reports Thursday indicate she could have found out about it on Truth Social.

CNN senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes reported that Noem was speaking at the Sergeant Benevolent Association Major Cities Conference in Nashville just as President Donald Trump had announced via his Truth Social platform that he would replace her with MAGA ally and former MMA fighter Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and demote her to "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas." A White House official said she was apparently aware as she was speaking that she had lost her position.

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DHS insiders 'stunned' by timing of Kristi Noem's firing: report

Department of Homeland Security insiders were stunned Thursday after news that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was ousted by President Donald Trump, and people inside the agency reportedly were growing increasingly frustrated over her leadership and long-rumored affair with Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee.

CNN correspondent Priscilla Alvarez reported that DHS officials were surprised after Trump said that he had decided to replace Noem with former MMA fighter and MAGA Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and demote her to "Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas."

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Fox News taken aback by 'rattled' Kristi Noem's remarks after ouster: 'That was weird'

Fox News host John Roberts described Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as "rattled" moments after President Donald Trump fired her.

Roberts' network broadcast remarks by Noem as news broke that she would be replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).

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White House's 'Call of Duty' style war hype videos 'offensive' to slain troops: analyst

An analyst on Thursday described the White House's recent video game-style hype videos as "distasteful" following the recent deaths of six American service members in the war against Iran.

The videos, which have a similar presentation and style to the popular game "Call of Duty," have been posted on the White House and Department of Defense's social media accounts and have been produced to "set the narrative" and appeal to President Donald Trump's base, which includes gamers, CNN anchor Dana Bash reported.

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