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The Republican National Committee's new chair Friday gave a resounding "No" to a question he asked himself on nationally broadcast television: Was the nation better off under former President Donald Trump?

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Tall tales about China influencing the 2020 presidential election with nefarious bamboo-filled ballots were ridiculed by most elections experts -- but not by Cochise County Recorder David Stevens.

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reported on Friday that Stevens has invested $200,000 in purported "fraud-proof" paper to use for ballots in elections, only to see the returns on that investment go up in smoke.

Donald Trump has fully captured the Republican National Committee and stacked its leadership with allies and family members, much to the disappointment of some longtime GOP activists.

Al Cárdenas has twice led Florida's Republican Party, served on the RNC's executive committee, and chaired the American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual CPAC event, but he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he barely recognizes the national GOP organization after the MAGA takeover.

Donald Trump's former attorney claims the obstruction charge in his classified documents is weak because the former president left behind "dozens" of banker boxes filled with papers.

Jim Trusty, who served as the former president's counsel to defend against accusations that he hoarded classified documents from the White House at his Mar-a-Lago estate but quit in June, cast doubt on the strength of the case on CNN's "The Source" with Kaitlan Collins.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough excoriated Donald Trump's understanding of foreign policy and national security on Friday.

The former president and presumptive Republican nominee told Newsmax host Greg Kelly that European nations weren't spending enough to support NATO, adding that they were actually in more danger from Russia than the U.S. due to their geographic proximity, and the "Morning Joe" host ripped his claims to shreds.

Federal judge Aileen Cannon finally ran into an argument from Donald Trump's lawyers she found "ridiculous," according to a very relieved legal expert.

The U.S. District Court judge rejected Trump's bid to throw out his classified documents case and appeared to be skeptical of a separate effort to strike down the Espionage Act statute that supports much of the case against him, but MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that the ruling contained some warning signs.

The fact that New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed to a 30-day delay to the start of the Trump hush money fraud trial suggests something is seriously awry, according to CNN legal analyst Elie Honig.

Honig, who is an alum of the the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District in Manhattan, discussed his suspicions that there are potential minefields in the thousands of pages of documents that were delivered on Thursday by the SDNY.

If Judge Aileen Cannon were to dismiss the case it would please former federal prosecutor and Trump critic Glenn Kirschner.

Kirschner discussed his hope that Cannon spikes the case to allow for an "impartial judge" to take over on the most recent episode of his "Justice Matters" podcast.

The takeover of the Republican National Committee by loyalists of former President Donald Trump is only the start of a new wave of insanity, warned former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) on MSNBC Thursday evening.

His comments followed Lara Trump, the former president's daughter-in-law and a newly-appointed high-ranking officer in the national GOP, calling for abolition of all forms of early and mail-in voting, and as the RNC starts laying off staffers en masse and closing up minority outreach programs.

Legal analyst Neal Katyal explained that he considers himself to be an excellent attorney — but even he wasn't sure he could win Donald Trump's classified documents case.

Katyal, the former acting solicitor general for Barack Obama's administration, spoke to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace Thursday after Trump spent the day in a Florida courtroom. Wallace could not understand why the case hadn't moved forward — and why special counsel Jack Smith hadn't officially complained about Judge Aileen Cannon's delays.

Former President Donald Trump's arguments Thursday to dismiss the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case were completely wrong, former federal prosecutor Elliot Williams claimed on CNN.

The arguments, delivered before Judge Aileen Cannon, didn't appear to sway her — although the judge, controversial for her repeated orders that experts suggest have favored Trump, kept her opinions close to her chest in the hearing.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell declined on Thursday to reveal evidence that he said would "shock the world" by proving voting machines were used to rig Kari Lake's (R) failed election for governor in Arizona.

Lindell initially promised to reveal the evidence on the Supreme Court's steps but backed off, saying it was "too dangerous."

To the amusement of his Democratic co-panelist, GOP campaign strategist Scott Jennings questioned the Republican National Committee hiring election denier Christina Bobb as counsel overseeing election integrity.

Bobb, a former Donald Trump attorney and anchor on the right-wing One America News, is the latest hire by the RNC that is undergoing turmoil with firings after Trump loyalists were installed after the purge of former head Ronna McDaniel.