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'Straight out of South Park': MS NOW hosts burst into laughter as Trump plan falls apart

MS NOW host Joe Scarborough and “Morning Joe” regular John Heilemann had a good laugh on Wednesday morning over a report that Donald Trump and the Israelis had a grand plan to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the leader of Iran.

According to the New York Times report, “… the audacious plan, developed by the Israelis and which Mr. Ahmadinejad had been consulted about, quickly went awry, according to the U.S. officials who were briefed on it.”

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Republicans panic as Trump appears 'maniacally focused' on risking GOP majorities: report

President Donald Trump seems to have thrown caution to the wind to pursue his own priorities, according to a new report.

The 79-year-old president has endorsed loyalist candidates in GOP primaries that might face a stiffer challenge in November's general election and prioritized costly and unpopular projects as gas prices related to his Iran war further drive up cost of living concerns, and NOTUS reported that Republicans are growing concerned.

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Ex-MAGA influencer shares election conspiracy theory involving Elon Musk

Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer who has renounced her past rhetoric, claims Tesla CEO Elon Musk told her he knew President Donald Trump won the 2024 election hours before the Associated Press called it at 5:34 a.m. ET on Nov. 6.

St. Clair alleges Musk possesses "real-time data" on elections through secretive satellite technology.

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Trump won't have his gold coins in time for America's 250th birthday: report

The U.S. Mint won't be able to produce gold coins bearing Trump's face before America's 250th birthday, according to a new report.

"The Mint is currently in the design stage of a large 24k gold coin depicting President Trump in commemoration of the United States Semiquincentennial," April Stafford, the director of the office of design management at the U.S. Mint, wrote in a legal filing published by Newsweek.

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'A curse for the party': WaPo warns Trump's 'pyrrhic victory' could cost GOP dearly

President Donald Trump scored a personal victory on Tuesday evening when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a lawmaker who has been a thorn in his side for months, was defeated by MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the GOP primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — but this may soon prove a "Pyrrhic victory," The Washington Post's editorial board warned.

That's because Trump is creating an environment in which vulnerable incumbent GOP lawmakers around the country are too terrified to distance themselves from him, the board argued — at a moment when Trump's name is more toxic than it has ever been with voters.

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Details from Epstein's ranch suggest connections to CIA: journalist

After analyzing the Justice Department's files, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez concluded Jeffrey Epstein's advanced communications infrastructure is tied to U.S. intelligence.

Valdes-Rodríguez identified military-grade technology at Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico, including a "private microwave communications link" still maintained by current owner Don Huffines, an ally of President Donald Trump, according to her Substack.

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WSJ torches Trump's 'rotten' deal as 'emblem of today's warped political age'

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board torched one of Trump's latest deals in a Tuesday opinion piece.

"Could future historians ask for a better emblem of today's warped political age?" the board wrote about Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Trump created the fund by dismissing a lawsuit against the IRS and even secured additional protections for himself.

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Trump's $1B ballroom funding on the verge of being 'ejected' by his own party

Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.

The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1 billion taxpayer-funded security request tied to the broader East Wing modernization project that includes the ballroom.

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RFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law quits 2 top intel jobs amid break with Trump: report

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law is leaving her roles in the Trump administration.

"Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is stepping down this week from two key administration posts," reported The Washington Post. "The departure of Kennedy ... is the latest in the senior echelons of national security agencies. Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in March, breaking with President Donald Trump over the war in Iran."

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'Another scalp for Trump': Thomas Massie's defeat sparks frenzy

President Donald Trump got his desire on Tuesday evening as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a longtime thorn in his side who frequently bucks the GOP on key votes and co-sponsored the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files, lost his re-nomination to MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.

The result triggered a firestorm from commenters on social media, many of whom noted the president's ongoing power and control over the electorate of the Republican Party.

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Trump cuts left region 'dangerously exposed' to fatal virus now infecting hundreds: report

A humanitarian group says that funding cuts by the Trump administration left a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "dangerously exposed" to a rare strain of Ebola that has killed more than a hundred people, according to a new report.

The International Rescue Committee told Politico that losing funding under the Trump administration in March 2025 forced it to reduce early-warning systems to detect Ebola in the region.

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WSJ warns Trump about to repeat catastrophic mistake that once cost Republicans Georgia

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board wasn't happy with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning he's about to repeat the political catastrophe that cost Republicans control of the Senate five years ago.

In a sharply worded editorial published Tuesday, the Journal's editorial board argued that Trump's last-minute endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in next week's GOP runoff puts the Texas Senate seat in play and effectively hands Democrats a path to flipping the chamber.

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JD Vance awkwardly answers questions on Trump's stock trades

Vice President JD Vance awkwardly sidestepped questions on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's financial disclosures showing stock trades in companies Trump publicly promoted at White House events and on Truth Social, sometimes including ticker symbols encouraging purchases.

A reporter highlighted the contradiction between the administration's anti-corruption messaging and Trump apparently enriching himself through stock manipulation while possessing access to nonpublic information as president.

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