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A private equity firm backed by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, dropped its controversial bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, according to a new report.

Axios reported on Tuesday that Kushner's Affinity Partners withdrew its bid for the company after learning that it was about to reject Paramount's offer to buy the company for more than $108 billion, or roughly $30 per share in an all-cash offer.

Wrestling legend Mick Foley says he is walking away from WWE after three decades with the company, citing its close ties to Donald Trump and what he described as the president’s increasingly “cruel” rhetoric as the breaking point.

Foley, 60, confirmed he will not renew his WWE contract when it expires in June, according to The Daily Beast. While he said he had been troubled for months by WWE’s longstanding relationship with Trump, Foley pointed to Trump’s recent comments following the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, as the final catalyst for his decision.

President Donald Trump received sharp criticism from The Guardian's editorial board on Tuesday after he sued the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, for defamation.

Trump filed a 33-page complaint in a court in Florida on Monday, alleging that the BBC deceptively edited a portion of a documentary that details the president's actions on Jan. 6, 2021. The lawsuit seeks to recoup $10 billion in damages. The BBC has said it will defend itself in the case.

President Donald Trump is on the brink of being abandoned by his own followers, as the very type of person he elevated in politics will not stick around to get his "stink" on them as he goes down, Jesse Edwards, director of Newsweek Voices and Radio, wrote in an analysis published on Tuesday.

Trump "isn’t the worst president in American history. He’s the worst American in American history," wrote Edwards. "That distinction matters because what’s coming next for him has very little to do with Democrats, policy, or ideology. Trump is going to be taken down by his own people first because that is how this always ends for men like him."

In a rare public account, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Patricia Schmidt has offered a detailed glimpse into her relationship with the late financier, describing how he used intimacy and emotional manipulation to maintain control and extract social and professional advantage.

Schmidt, who was 23 and working at Bear Stearns when she first met Epstein in 1987, shared excerpts from her personal diaries with The New York Times Magazine and spoke publicly for the first time about their time together. The diary entries chronicle their interactions throughout the late 1980s, revealing a relationship marked by power imbalances, deception, and psychological control.

Republicans have sent Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a "huge middle finger" during Trump's second term, and one analyst thinks the trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

Before this year, lawmakers on either side of the aisle were hesitant to use discharge petitions as a viable option to pass policies, according to Joe Perticone, a writer for The Bulwark. However, Republican lawmakers have recently used discharge petitions to effectively force the Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and a host of other priorities.

The newest jobs report, insofar as the Trump administration has released any data so far, spells trouble ahead for the country, University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Tuesday afternoon.

"Katy, it looks like you got a rough day today," said Wolfers. "Lots of bad news, and I can deliver it with a smile. But I've just got more bad news for you, mate. Maybe I shouldn't pretend. So unemployment is up. It's up to 4.6 percent. A year ago, it was down at 4 percent. That tells you hundreds of thousands of Americans are struggling to find work right now. Wage growth is weak. That tells you that the labor market is weak. People aren't finding it easy to go out and find themselves a better job when things aren't looking good."

Two top MAGA supporters, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Alex Jones, wondered whether President Donald Trump could be "saved" after his attack following the killing of liberal Hollywood director Rob Reiner.

During a Tuesday interview on The Alex Jones Show, the host said he was "very concerned" about the president's future.