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GOP lawmaker calls out Trump DOJ's inadvertent Epstein files admission on CNN

A GOP lawmaker called out President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Monday during a live interview on CNN over an inadvertent admission from the Deputy Attorney General about the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source," where the two discussed the unredacted Epstein files that Massie and other lawmakers reviewed on Monday. Massie was among a handful of lawmakers who claimed the files were proof that the Trump administration is covering something up because the documents included redacted names for six of Epstein's co-conspirators, while personally identifiable information about Epstein's victims has been released.

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Mockery as Megyn Kelly erupts on Piers Morgan's YouTube show: 'Football is ours!'

Political analysts and observers mocked a MAGA pundit on Monday after she short-circuited about American football on a British YouTube program.

MAGA pundit Megyn Kelly joined British YouTube host Piers Morgan on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" to discuss the reactions to Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny's halftime performance at Super Bowl LX on Sunday. She said Bad Bunny's decision to perform his show in Spanish was a "middle finger to the rest of America," even though parts of the show were performed in English.

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Guthries may be using coded language to communicate with mother's abductor

A former FBI agent said on Monday that she was "personally distraught" by the correspondence between Nancy Guthrie's daughter and her mother's abductor.

Bryanna Fox, an associate professor at the University of South Florida and a former FBI agent, told CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview on "The Lead" that the video Nancy's daughter Savannah Guthrie posted on Saturday had her concerned that she may have been communicating with the abductor using coded language.

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Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea as abduction deadline nears: 'Hour of desperation'

"Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie on Monday shared a new video message and direct appeal to the public as the search continues for her abducted mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie.

Guthrie posted a new video on Instagram, thanking people for their prayers and support for her family, including her mother. Nancy went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, sometime overnight between Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The last message, posted by the family on Saturday, had appeared to be a direct appeal to a potential ransom or abductor, and the message this week has appeared to differ in tone as the second ransom deadline was reportedly hours away.

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MAGA lawmaker loses it over Olympians criticizing Trump with threat against athletes

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) melted down and threatened Olympians after several athletes representing the United States openly criticized President Donald Trump's administration and the current state of America.

Scott delivered a curt response to the Olympic athletes currently competing at the Milan Cortina Winter Games voicing their concerns about their home country in a video message on X posted Sunday night, The Daily Beast reported. It's unclear which athlete or comment prompted his reaction.

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MAGA pollster sounds alarm on Trump: 'The ICE stuff — no bueno — it is not good'

MAGA pollster Mark Mitchell of Rasmussen Reports warned that President Donald Trump's poll numbers were plunging because of the harsh tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"In his inauguration speech, he promised that this was the golden age of America," Mitchell told host Benny Johnson on his podcast Monday. "And the bad news here is that his numbers among the young people are just absolutely atrocious now. And people have freaked out over Donald Trump just in the last week or two in a way that's dangerous."

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'This number blew my mind': Independents hand Trump 'staggering' 53-point drop in support

President Donald Trump lost a "staggering" measure of support on one of his greatest strengths with voters just a year into his second term, according to a new analysis.

The 79-year-old president boasted in a new interview that he's very proud of the economy right now, but CNN's Harry Enten found Americans don't seem to share his rosy assessment — and blame him for the problems they face.

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Steve Bannon warns of 'nuclear winter' as GOP scheme backfires on party

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon complained that Republicans were facing a "nuclear winter" in their redistricting battle to gain seats against Democrats in the midterms.

During a Monday interview with right-wing host John Frederick, Bannon noted that Virginia was set to redistrict 10 to one in favor of Democrats.

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Trump support 'absolutely collapsing' among group vital to every election win: data guru

President Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support from a crucial voter demographic that backed him in each of his election wins, and a data analyst said that appears to be bleeding sut from the Republican Party.

The 79-year-old president has historically enjoyed solid support from voters without college degrees, but CNN's Harry Enten said he's quickly losing that backing a year into his second term.

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Ghislaine Maxwell clams up as new video released by DOJ reveals her life behind bars

Ghislaine Maxwell, co-conspirator to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, decided to invoke her 5th Amendment rights and refused to answer any questions Monday as the Department of Justice released a new video revealing her life behind bars.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said that Maxwell declined to answer lawmakers' questions when she came before the committee Monday, and has asked for clemency from President Donald Trump. Her attorney said in his opening statement that neither Trump nor former President Bill Clinton were blameless in Epstein's crimes. Her attorney also told lawmakers that she has a habeas corpus petition pending.

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Conservative sounds alarm on under-the-radar Trump move to pay off cops to assist ICE

During an appearance on MS NOW Monday, conservative commentator Matt Lewis raised the prospect of Donald Trump taking over local police departments by paying them off to help out in rounding up immigrants.

Using his Substack column from Sunday as a jumping-off point, Lewis claimed the American public is likely unaware of a program in place that allows local cops to take part in a “Task Force Model” offered by the federal government to supplement and assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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'Do we have to read it?' Morning Joe buries GOP senator over 'pathetic' Trump defense

An attempt by a Republican lawmaker to provide cover for Donald Trump after he posted an extremely offensive video on his Truth Social account depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes got a smackdown on MS NOW on Monday morning.

During a segment on “Morning Joe” looking back on the controversy that rocked the White House last week and had Trump administration officials scrambling and contradicting each other, co-host Jonathan Lemire began to read a social media post from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).

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'Hypocrites': GOP lambasted as video shows halftime show played at Trump Super Bowl party

Despite the White House insisting that President Donald Trump would “much prefer” to watch the “All American” alternative Super Bowl halftime show, video suggests that the official performance by Puerto Rican artist and Trump critic Bad Bunny was aired “on the big screens” at Trump’s private watch party in Florida on Sunday.

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, has been the target of MAGA scorn since being announced as the headliner for Super Bowl LX’s halftime show.

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