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'Waste of time': GOP guest put on spot as he defends Trump birthday plan on live TV

With near-daily plane crashes, rising grocery bills, and massive infectious disease outbreaks erupting throughout the United States, CNN's John Berman on Tuesday questioned the wisdom of Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) proposing to make President Donald Trump's birthday a federal holiday.

While interviewing Republican strategist Joseph Pinion, Berman asked if crafting such proposals was really the best use of the congresswoman's time.

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'Got the math all wrong': Pro-MAGA reporter slams White House over Social Security claim

Pro-MAGA television host Trish Regan criticized the White House after it claimed that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) allegedly discovered that "tens of millions" of dead people were receiving Social Security checks.

"I've been fighting fake news reporters all day long here in the Washington, D.C. swamp who are trying to fear-monger the American people into believing that this administration is going after their hard-earned tax dollars and their hard-earned Social Security checks," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday.

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CNN pulls plug as interview with MAGA congressman descends into shouting match

A contentious interview with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) got so out of control Tuesday that CNN anchor Pam Brown finally cut him off.

The discussion centered around Elon Musk's control of the Department of Government Efficiency and the myriad controversies surrounding his government cuts and access to sensitive data.

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'Silence has been deafening': Morning Joe aims fury at specific set of ex-Trump officials

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump's former military leaders for remaining silent against the now-president's autocratic moves.

The "Morning Joe" host echoed comments from his colleague Nicolle Wallace, who said "no one's coming to save anybody" after seeing Presidents' Day demonstrations against the administration and its cuts to the government, and realizing that few prominent people have been willing to speak out against the president.

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Pete Buttigieg 'has no right to say anything' about plane crashes: Sen. Markwayne Mullin

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) insisted that Pete Buttigieg "has no right to say anything" about plane crashes — despite his experience as the nation's former secretary of transportation.

Mullin lashed out at the former transportation secretary in a Tuesday Fox News interview after Buttigieg demanded to know how many FAA personnel President Donald Trump had fired before a plane crash on Monday.

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'It's nonsense!' Morning Joe uses bed bug analogy as he flips out on Elon Musk

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pummeled Elon Musk's claims about the federal budget and the sweeping cuts imposed by his Department of Government Efficiency.

Donald Trump's billionaire benefactor and his DOGE workforce have gained access to Social Security databases and other government financial systems, where they claim to have found widespread evidence of fraud.

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'Not true': CNN panel shuts down GOP operative as he misquotes Social Security claim

Republican operative Brad Todd on Tuesday tried to pass off false information on CNN about Social Security payments — but was quickly shot down by fellow panelist Elliot Williams.

While discussing Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency gaining access to highly sensitive data at the Social Security Administration, Todd justified them gaining access to it by mischaracterizing a 2023 inspector general report related to fraudulent Social Security payments.

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'Wow!' MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski astonished to learn who's landing on MAGA's hit list

Donald Trump's administration is preparing to fire hundreds of high-ranking Department of Homeland Security employees as part of a government-wide purge of anyone believed to be standing in the way of the MAGA agenda — and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski was astonished by the reasons workers could be pushed out.

The administration compiled a list of individuals to be targeted across every component of the department, and NBC News homeland security correspondent Julia Ainsley described how agency employees were looking over their shoulders.

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'Cowards': AOC smacks back as Trump's border czar calls her 'dumbest congresswoman ever'

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hit back late Monday at President Donald Trump's "border czar" who has threatened to investigate her for impeding law enforcement — and dubbed her the "dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."

Tom Homan joined Newsmax on Monday night to discuss Ocasio-Cortez's recent live webinar on Valentine's Day advising undocumented immigrants in her district about their rights when encountering Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The webinar, titled "Know Your Rights With ICE," gave migrants information on how to respond if ICE agents show up at their homes or workplaces, advising them not to open their doors without seeing a proper warrant and recommending they document interactions with ICE through video recording or note-taking.

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow unloads as DOGE 'geniuses' try to 'un-fire' nuke experts — but can't

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tore into the Trump administration over recent reports that his team fired — then "un-fired" — workers who oversee the country's nuclear programs.

Maddow told viewers late Monday the National Nuclear Security Administration maintains, refurbishes and oversees the safety of the nation's thousands of nuclear weapons. The agency develops nuclear propulsion systems for submarines and helps ensure "terrorists don't get their hands on a nuclear weapon," noted Maddow, as well as preventing nuclear tech isn't "stolen and sold on the black market."

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Ex-FBI official demands to know who is 'spoon-feeding' Trump 'white terrorist philosophy'

A former FBI official warned Monday that President Donald Trump has been repeating quotes made by a white supremacist, neo-Nazi mass murderer — and demanded to know who has been "spoon-feeding" the president "white supremacy, white terrorist philosophy."

Over the weekend, former Republican Party chairman and Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus whitewashed the new president's threats to violate the Constitution, claiming it was nothing more than entertainment.

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'Upside down and burning': Air traffic audio released in 'incredible' Toronto plane crash

New audio has been obtained of air traffic controllers' first response to the crash of a Delta Connection CRJ-900 that came to rest upside-down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.

"Where is the crash?" stated someone on the audio from the Medevac helicopter, according to a recording obtained by CNN

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'No one is coming to save anybody': MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace​ issues urgent plea

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace told viewers Monday afternoon no one is coming to save them.

And they must act.

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