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Melania Trump’s documentary stumbled out of the gate in London, where early ticket sales sharply undercut President Donald Trump’s claims that the film was “selling out fast.” At Vue’s flagship Islington theater, just one ticket sold for an afternoon premiere and only two for an evening showing, according to LBC, prompting the chain’s CEO to describe UK demand as “soft.” Industry insiders told British media the film could be quietly four-walled, in which a filmmaker rents a theater, to pad its release, as projections peg its opening weekend haul far below the reported $40 million Amazon MGM Studios paid for it. Despite the anemic debut and skepticism from box office watchers, the studio insists the film will find an audience as it rolls out to 1,400 U.S. theaters and dozens of countries worldwide.

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A former Trump national security insider says a crucial difference between Donald Trump’s first and second administrations could ultimately sink the White House: the absence of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Olivia Troye argued on The Court of History podcast that Kushner often acted as a moderating force, reining in hard-liners like Stephen Miller and pushing back on extreme proposals, particularly in foreign policy. Without that internal check, Troye said, Miller has become fully unrestrained, adept at manipulating Trump to advance an aggressive immigration agenda that has now plunged the administration into legal and political crisis. The warning comes amid nationwide outrage over ICE operations, including the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, which has fueled protests and calls for Miller and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to step down.

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Political analysts erupted Thursday after President Donald Trump quietly signed an executive order imposing new tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, a move widely viewed as an attempt to economically strangle the island and force regime change. Critics warned the policy would disproportionately punish ordinary Cubans by cutting off energy supplies, while fitting a broader pattern of Trump using economic and military pressure against foreign governments, from Venezuela to Iran. Commentators described the tariffs as secondary sanctions and “economic warfare,” arguing they amount to collective punishment rather than diplomacy, and accused Trump of once again wielding U.S. power in ways that destabilize civilians while escalating global tensions.

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Political analysts recoiled Thursday after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used a friendly Fox News appearance with Sean Hannity to defend her handling of the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, only to seemingly confirm critics’ worst suspicions. Pressed on why she labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist” before facts were known, Noem suggested the administration applies the term first and investigates later — a response that ignited outrage across the political spectrum. Commentators accused her of reversing basic standards of justice, noting that administration officials had already walked back claims that Pretti posed a threat. The moment, meant to clean up the fallout from Minneapolis, instead fueled fresh condemnation of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and its rush to smear a dead protester.

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Chaos erupted at a student-led anti-ICE protest outside Fremont High School in Nebraska when a red SUV flying a Trump 2024 flag struck a girl participating in the demonstration and then fled the scene, video and local officials say. Dozens of students had gathered in front of the school holding signs and chanting when the vehicle repeatedly drove by before accelerating into the protester, knocking her to the side. She was taken to a hospital, according to emergency responders. School administrators were on site supervising, and lawmakers including Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) condemned the hit-and-run and called for a full investigation as police continue probing the incident.

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Former MAGA leader Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Donald Trump and the GOP on Wednesday, claiming they are enabling censorship of citizens posting about Jeffrey Epstein. Greene warned on X that people are leaving the platform because “banning people’s speech is worse than spying on them.”

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) fired back with humor after President Donald Trump called him a "loser." During an ABC News interview, Trump criticized Tillis and Sen. Lisa Murkowski for questioning DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Asked about the insult, Tillis quipped that being called a loser makes him “qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”

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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, a Trump ally, reportedly told EU leaders he was shocked by the president’s mental state after a Mar-a-Lago meeting, describing him as “dangerous.” Fico expressed concern over Trump’s psychological condition, amid growing scrutiny of the president’s health following public appearances showing bruising, swollen ankles, and increasingly rambling speeches.

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A watchdog group says President Trump may be violating the Presidential Records Act by using auto-deleting apps to text world leaders, citing posts showing messages from French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO’s chief Mark Rutte. The group, American Oversight, called on the White House to ensure all presidential communications are properly preserved, noting Trump’s history of mishandling sensitive documents, including the Mar-a-Lago case.

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President Donald Trump issued a stark threat against Iran Wednesday, warning that a U.S. naval “armada” led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is moving toward the region and could carry out forceful military action if Tehran does not agree to a deal to end its nuclear ambitions — comments coming as the carrier and three accompanying warships arrive in the Middle East amid heightened tensions over Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests and its nuclear program. Trump’s Truth Social warning — citing readiness to act “with speed and violence, if necessary” and claiming the next strike could be “far worse” than last year’s attacks on Iranian nuclear sites — has fueled fears of confrontation even as the Pentagon describes the deployment as a show of strength while offering a path to negotiation.

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President Donald Trump is suddenly realizing Democrats have boxed him in over the explosive immigration crackdown in Minnesota, Greg Sargent argued in The New Republic, prompting a cosmetic “pivot” meant to calm outrage without changing anything meaningful. While the White House is leaking talk of cooperation and de-escalation after deadly ICE operations in Minneapolis, Sargent writes that Trump is merely scapegoating one Border Patrol official while protecting everyone else involved — including top DHS leadership — from accountability. The real shift, Sargent notes, isn’t policy but political fear: Democrats are unified, public opinion has turned sharply, and Trump knows they now have leverage to force limits on DHS funding. The result is a frantic attempt to cool tempers and preserve the status quo, even as the fallout from the crackdown grows beyond his ability to manage or spin.

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At a packed but compact Donald Trump rally in Iowa on the same day he was holding a campaign event in a small auditorium, MS NOW reporter Vaughan Hillyard found some Trump voters openly expressing second thoughts about the former president’s leadership — driven in large part by outrage over the killing of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents during Operation Metro Surge in neighboring Minnesota. Hillyard described sizable protests outside the venue calling attention to the Minneapolis shooting and related deportation raids, and shared interviews with event attendees who said the aggressive federal response — including multiple shootings that have sparked nationwide condemnation — made them uncomfortable with Trump’s approach.

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Katie Miller, the MAGA podcaster and wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller, ignited a public political firestorm Tuesday after attempting to discredit a Florida Republican who blamed her husband for Trump’s looming midterm troubles. After state Sen. Ileana Garcia told The New York Times that Stephen Miller could cost Republicans the midterms, Katie Miller fired back on X with claims about Garcia’s past employment — only to be met with a blistering response accusing Miller of racism, internal sabotage at DHS, and even involvement in White House leaks. The escalating clash laid bare long-simmering resentments from Trump’s first term and exposed sharp fractures inside the MAGA coalition.

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