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Financier Bill Browder, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, did not think much of President Donald Trump's efforts to wind down the war in Ukraine during a phone call with his Russian counterpart this week.

During an interview with CNN's Sara Sidner, Browder slapped down Trump's spin this week that his phone call with Putin made progress in winding down the war.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday issued a rare public rebuke of President Donald Trump after he called for the impeachment of a judge who had sharply questioned his administration's decision to employ the Alien Enemies Act to engage in mass deportations.

CNN Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic on Wednesday explained why the chief justice decided to go public with his concerns about Trump's efforts to intimidate the judiciary.

Noting the value of Tesla stock collapsing after investors bail on Elon Musk's automotive company, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claimed it was inevitable and not just because of Musk's personal growing unpopularity.

With the stock in freefall, as sales collapse at a time when other EV products are seeing sales increases, Scarborough claimed it appears that Musk allied himself with Donald Trump because his businesses, much like Trump's have done in the past, are floundering.

On Wednesday's edition of "Morning Joe," the co-host amusingly used Kenny Rogers "The Gambler" to frame his narrative and tell the panel, "Listen to these facts, I wrote them down ... Tesla sales down in the U.S. right? Last year, well, electric vehicle sales up in China. Tesla sales down 49 percent, while EV sales for the rest of the country up 85 percent. In Germany, Tesla sales down 76 percent, while EV sales in that country overall up 31 percent."

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He then added, "His technology is not working. His driverless cars aren't working, the batteries are antiquated."

He continued, "But think about this: this guy's company has lost, Musk's company has lost close to $900 billion in market cap over the last three months. Tesla has always been a meme stock based, you know, as the feller said, the profit to earnings ratio is horribly skewed. One of the most horribly skewed profit to earnings ratios in like the history of Wall Street."

"And so when the bubble bursts on the reputation, the meme stock goes down and my only point here, his point, actually not mine, is Tesla is in deep trouble and it's in deep trouble," he added. "Not just because he's in Washington, but maybe he's in Washington because he knows it's in deep trouble and giving Donald Trump a couple of hundred million dollars."

"That may have been his bailout to help save Tesla, to help save SpaceX, to help save a lot of these other companies that are struggling now, and not just because people think he's doing a Nazi salute or just because he's saying outrageously horrible things or firing veterans every day," he continued. "Maybe it's happening because he knows his companies are going in the wrong direction."

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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow ripped into President Donald Trump’s cozy relationship with Vladimir Putin – a connection she flagged as “unprecedented” and deeply unpopular with Americans.

Maddow devoted a significant portion of her show’s opening monologue on Tuesday to Trump’s affection for the Russian president, hours after they shared a two-hour phone call. The conversation between Trump and Putin came as the MAGA leader suffered “loss after loss after loss after loss” in court battles nationwide, the MSNBC host noted.

A CNN panel devolved Tuesday night as panelists sparred over what rights illegal immigrants are afforded.

The panel on CNN's "NewsNight" kicked off its discussion by hashing out Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' stern rebuke of MAGA calls to impeach judges who have blocked President Donald Trump's agenda.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla who is spearheading the massive Department of Government Efficiency cuts, bemoaned attacks on Tesla dealerships and vehicles nationwide - and suggested darker forces may be responsible.

Musk joined Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Tuesday and was asked about the numerous protests — and several attacks — targeting Tesla, which he has called terrorism.

Yet another Republican congressman found himself under fire at a contentious town hall event, with one constituent standing up and saying "shame" and attendees raining down boos.

Rep. Mike Flood held a town hall on Tuesday — which Republican leadership has advised against amid President Donald Trump's effort to drastically shrink the federal government — in Columbus, Nebraska, which sits in Platte County, a county that swung for Trump with 55% of the vote.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace teared up on her show Tuesday afternoon as a federal judge talked about the 2020 killing of her son, who was shot dead by a gunman posing as a FedEx delivery driver in an attack meant for the judge.

Daniel Anderl, the 20-year-old son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, was killed in July 2020 in a targeted attack at their family home in New Jersey. Roy Den Hollander opened fire when Anderl answered the door. Anderl was shot in the chest and died of his injuries. Mark Anderl, his father, was critically wounded in the shooting.

CNN’s Briana Keilar gave it all she had to try to pin down Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), who was repeatedly asked if the Trump White House responded to his concerns about staffing levels at national parks – but remained tight-lipped.

The moment unfolded Tuesday as the California lawmaker, whose district is home to a number of national forests and includes Lake Tahoe and Death Valley, was pressed by Keilar as she referenced a New York Times report that said nearly 4,000 campsites across California’s national forests could shutter as the summer months approach.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk blamed "terrorism" after multiple vehicles reportedly burned at one of his facilities in Las Vegas.

KLAS reported that the FBI and local authorities were investigating the blaze at a Tesla Collision Center on Tuesday.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was slated to begin a book tour this week but, after flipping to support the GOP's continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown, he faced so much backlash the promotion was postponed.

One appearance that was not, however, was Schumer joining the co-hosts of "The View" on Tuesday — and he got a bruising welcome.