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Trump could be stuck with Powell as 'shadow Fed chair' due to Pirro's failures: report

Donald Trump's attempt to force Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell out of office appears destined to backfire spectacularly, with the botched criminal prosecution potentially extending Powell's stay rather than shortening it.

According to reporting from Yahoo Finance's Jennifer Schonberger, the failed prosecution effort has been complicated further by the possibility that Powell's successor, Kevin Warsh—Trump's nominee for the position—could remain stuck in confirmation limbo indefinitely.

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Tom Homan scrambles to explain ICE airport duties after Trump puts him under the gun

Donald Trump’s impulsive weekend decision to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the nation’s airports to do the jobs of TSA agents not being paid by the administration, put his border czar on the spot on CNN.

Early Sunday morning, the frustrated president said ICE would pulled from their jobs grabbing immigrants off the street to help out at airports plagued by TSA sick-outs and that Homan would be responsible for getting it done.

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Trump launches into mid-morning incoherent freak-out over ‘total racist’ Gavin Newsom

President Donald Trump lashed out at California Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday as a “total racist” in a lengthy and confusing rant against several Democratic figures.

Trump’s attack on Newsom was in reference to remarks the California governor made last month to a predominantly Black audience in Atlanta, Georgia, telling them he was “like you” due to scoring below average on a standardized college admissions test.

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Pete Hegseth’s attempt to drum up support for Iran war immediately blows up in his face

Amid the ongoing Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video on social media Friday of a U.S. servicemember urging fellow servicemembers to be “combat ready” and ready for deployment, but over the weekend, the post soon backfired after critics pointed out it was five years old and featured a retired Marine who had been relieved of duty amid controversy.

Hegseth shared the video without context, leading onlookers to assume that the U.S. servicemember was speaking about the need to be “combat ready” as it relates to the Trump administration’s war against Iran. On Saturday, however, political commentator Micah Erfan revealed the context around the video, context that appeared to undercut Hegseth’s apparent effort to drum up support for war.

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Kennedy family member laughs off Trump getting a 'Profiles in Courage' award suggestion

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Jack Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy, burst into laughter at the suggestion that Donald Trump might want to be given one of the “Profiles in Courage" awards that have been given to Democrats and Republicans alike.

Appearing to promote the upcoming ceremony for the award given annually by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those former President John F. Kennedy, Sclossberg was put on the spot by co-host Jackie Alemany.

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'We’ve got to get people here': House leaders spooked by GOP no-shows for crucial votes

House Speaker Mike Johnson's razor-thin majority faces a growing crisis as Republican lawmakers increasingly fail to show up for votes, leaving bills stranded and the Louisiana Republican scrambling to maintain legislative momentum.

According to reporting from The Hill, Johnson finds himself watching bill after bill collapse simply because the votes aren't there when it's time to tally results.

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‘Trump is cooked’: Fears of ‘collapse’ spread as war sparks shortage of critical resource

The United States’ war against Iran has triggered a shortage of a critical resource, one so crucial to the economy that one expert predicted a “horrendous” and imminent “collapse,” while another said that President Donald Trump would bear the blame.

That resource is Helium, which plays a critical role in applications ranging from semiconductor manufacturing to medical equipment. Shortly after Trump first authorized strikes on Iran late last month, Qatar, which supplies a third of the world’s helium, was forced to halt production of the critical resource.

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Trump's new tariff 'shenanigans' are about to hit another brick wall: report

Any hope that the Donald Trump administration might have about dragging its feet and not refunding the tariff money the Supreme Court said was illegally collected is headed for a reality check, attorney Ray Brescia reported for MS NOW.

The Supreme Court designated the relatively obscure Court of International Trade to oversee implementation of its stunning February ruling on tariffs after the high court's own decision left critical questions unanswered.

When the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump last February, readers had to wade through seven separate judicial opinions totaling 170 pages to grasp that the court had invalidated sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Yet the decision sidestepped a crucial issue: how the administration would refund billions in illegal tariffs collected from businesses and consumers.

Rather than address this question directly, the Supreme Court returned the matter to the Court of International Trade, a body Congress created in 1980 to resolve disputes affecting international commerce.

What might have seemed like an opportunity for delays has instead produced an unlikely champion of accountability. Judge Richard Eaton has emerged as a formidable obstacle to any administration strategy of prolonging the litigation.


Rather than adopt the verbose, jargon-laden style common among legal authorities today, Eaton has demonstrated a masterclass in brevity and clarity. His straightforward approach leaves no doubt about the administration's legal obligations and severely constrains its ability to evade restitution.

Eaton's opinions have been exemplary in their judicial economy and efficiency, with no patience for bureaucratic delays, with Brescia writing that Eaton, "appears to be holding the administration’s feet to the fire and does not appear like he is about to tolerate many shenanigans should the administration seek to drag those feet in an effort to evade the law."

Constitutional law requires tariffs to be lawful, and the Supreme Court has confirmed these were not. Yet without enforceable remedies, such rulings become hollow. A seasoned judge operating from lower Manhattan—someone with decades of courtroom experience managing litigation tactics—has ensured the rule of law prevails through straightforward, decisive action.

Courts must function as meaningful checks on executive power abuses. Judges like Eaton, willing to clearly articulate what the law demands in accessible, concise language, prove essential to that constitutional role.

Trump vows to make good on imminent ICE threat: ‘Tom Homan is in charge!’

President Donald Trump vowed Sunday to make good on his previous threat to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports nationwide in a fiery rant shared on social media.

“On Monday, ICE will be going to airports to help our wonderful TSA Agents who have stayed on the job despite the fact that the Radical Left Democrats, who are only focused on protecting hard line criminals who have entered our Country illegally, are endangering the USA by holding back the money that was long ago agreed to with signed and sealed contracts, and all,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Trump is 'grappling with a lack of control' as his plans go awry: Axios

As Donald Trump’s war on Iran enters its 23rd day, the administration is putting out signals that it would like to begin peace talks at the same time that the president is raising the threat that he will destroy the country’s energy infrastructure within two days.

Appearing on MS NOW, to discuss the mixed messaging, AXIOS reporter Eli Stokols stated that the president is clueless about the best path to proceed down, and events on the ground –– particularly the closing of the Strait of Hormuz –– show no signs of being easily resolved.

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Trump’s threat met with dire warning: ‘Price of oil will remain high for a long time’

President Donald Trump’s demand Saturday that Iran “fully open” the Strait of Hormuz by Monday night was rebuffed Sunday morning by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, who not only appeared to dismiss Trump’s open threat, but issued one of his own.

Following the United States’ surprise attack on Iran last month, the Middle East nation has denied U.S.-aligned ships access to the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil trade flows, sending oil prices soaring and reportedly sparking panic within the Trump administration.

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Trump allies realizing his Iran 'formula' may 'come back to bite' GOP later: biographer

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies seem to be realizing that there is no "formula" to save Trump from the disastrous fallout of the war in Iran, according to one of Trump's biographers.

Since Trump decided to bomb Iran in late February, global energy markets have been in upheaval. The average cost of a gallon of gas in the U.S. has risen by more than $1 per gallon over the last month, at a time when public polls show voters are most concerned about the rising cost of living.

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Judge slams Trump's DOJ for making a rookie error in Minnesota protester probe

A federal judge slammed President Donald Trump's Department of Justice during a recent court order after the agency admitted to making a rookie mistake in the probe of protesters who attended a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to a new report.

In January, protesters attended a service at City Church in St. Paul, where the pastor, Dave Easterwood, also serves as a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in the state. Following the protest, the Department of Justice charged 39 people, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, with conspiring to violate religious freedoms and interfering with the exercise of religious freedoms.

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