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Nobel Prize-winning economist turned liberal political commentator Paul Krugman broke down for MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday evening why the SpaceX IPO valuation that just made tech tycoon Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire stinks to high heaven.

'You make several critiques," said Melber. "I wonder if you could start with kind of what I've read to be your most conservative kind of math critique, which is you basically lay out why you don't think this thing is worth what it claims to be worth."

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill reported that Iranian negotiators have enlisted senior psychologists to assess communications intended for President Donald Trump during ongoing peace talks with Washington.

According to Iranian sources, negotiators believe Trump is legitimately mentally ill and is operating in an impaired mental state, Scahill explained during his appearance on the podcast “Breaking Points.”

Federal regulators recently looked into why former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is sitting on $14.5 million in campaign funds, despite not having run a campaign for office in years.

According to NOTUS' Mark Alfred, "The Federal Election Commission reached out in April to Nunes’ mom, Toni Dian Nunes, who is also his campaign committee’s treasurer, for answers about her son’s stockpile" — as this level of war chest is "extraordinary" for someone who has been out of office for years with no intentions of running again, and is larger than the cash on hand for all but the most prolific sitting members of Congress like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

A young woman missing for nearly 11 years has resurfaced in Jeffrey Epstein's files, her name pitched to the convicted sex offender by an alleged recruiter now under investigation in France for human trafficking.

A Der Spiegel and ZDF investigation published Friday identifies the woman only as Michele — her last name withheld at her family's request — who was 22 when she walked out of her mother's home in September 2015 and never came back. Her parents only learned her name was in the Epstein documents when reporters told them.

The Trump administration has filed an appeal of the order to take President Donald Trump's name off the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — and legal experts immediately noticed the filing was so vitriolic and unprofessional that the president himself likely had a hand in writing it.

"Without the name, 'Trump' on the Building, our fundraising will not only come to a halt, but any and all monies raised or committed would be obligated to be returned, refunded, or terminated," stated the filing, adding that "people and companies, who have given, or will be giving, millions of dollars to the Center were only willing to do so with the name 'Trump' on the Building. Many did it because they loved the concept of two Great Presidents, one Republican, one Democrat, working together as one."

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin faced criticism after attacking New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a press conference.

Mullin said neither gets along, and added, "It's shameful, and hopefully people in New York will wise up and get a true leader in there in a few years."

The Texas Republican Party decided to parade a fully grown elephant through the hall of their party convention on Friday — and it didn't go well.

According to a video shared by New York Times Texas political correspondent Lauren McGaughy, the elephant "took a giant pee" on the floor just as it was passing the press area, prompting shouts of surprise and laughter from nearby onlookers, with one saying, "Oh, shoot!"