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'Frustrating': GOP insiders unhappy with changes in the new MAGA administration

President Donald Trump's new administration looks a lot different from his first. For starters, Trump's second administration is filled with MAGA loyalists who appear to be willing to back their leader no matter the consequences.

According to an exclusive Axios report, the difference "is surprising — even frustrating — some longtime friends in his second administration's early days with fewer leaks, a lack of exploitable rivalries, and tighter restrictions on access to him."

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Analyst pours cold water on Trump's 'ambitious' Mars gambit

Donald Trump may believe the U.S. has a "manifest destiny" to travel to Mars before the end of his second term, but technology and timing are against him, according to analysis by MSNBC.

MSNBC editor Ryan Teague Beckwith noted that Trump's inaugural address included a promise to “pursue our manifest destiny into the stars” and “plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars,” but the president's adherence to the details needed to get there has been less than stellar.

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'This is blanket': Host nails Vance after Trump breaks promise on 'case-by-base' pardons

CBS News host Margaret Brennan grilled Vice President J.D. Vance after President Donald Trump broke a promise to pardon Jan. 6 rioters on a case-by-case basis.

During an interview that aired on Sunday, Brennan noted that Vance had promised in a Fox News interview that violent offenders would not be pardoned.

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Lindsey Graham undercuts Trump over his 'mistake' putting officials' lives at risk

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called on the Senate to investigate the "mistake" made when Donald Trump pulled the security details of former administration officials whose lives are still in danger.

During the first week of his second term, Trump withdrew secret service protection from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and his aide Brian Hook, who have all been targeted for assassination by Iran. Trump also revoked security for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been targeted by Trump's own supporters for decisions made during the Covid pandemic.

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'My audience is a little disappointed': Maria Bartiromo calls out Comer's failed hearings

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo told Rep. James Comer (R-KY) that her audience was "disappointed" that his failed congressional hearings did not lead to prosecutions of former President Joe Biden and his family.

On her Sunday Fox News program, Bartiromo noted that Biden had pardoned his family members as President Donald Trump was sworn into office.

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'It’s not entertainment television': GOP senator snaps at White House over nominee threat

Demands by Donald Trump and his advocates that Republican senators fall in line and rubber-stamp all his cabinet nominees is raising some hackles within the GOP caucus.

According to a report from MSNBC, Republican party lawmakers are being pressured to rush through Trump's nominees no matter how many questions are being raised about them, including controversial nominees such as ex-Rep Tulsi Gabbard and FBI head nominee Kash Patel.


The report notes that a senior White House official explained the pressure campaign with, "It’s pass-fail. You either support everyone or you don’t. The Senate needs to advise and consent, not advise and adjust.”

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'Let's stay on Donald Trump': Lindsey Graham subject-change rant cut off by CNN's Bash

CNN's Dana Bash struggled to keep Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on topic when she served up questions about President Donald Trump during Sunday's State of the Union.

During one particular question about Trump's liability in issuing a blanket pardon for the J6 rioters, Graham insisted on bringing up the Biden administration.

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'Not really worried': Lindsey Graham admits Trump broke law to hire 'loyalists' watchdogs

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested Republican lawmakers would do nothing after admitting that President Donald Trump violated the law when he fired over a dozen inspectors general.

In the late-night purge, the White House declined to give Congress 30 days' notice as required by law when firing the departmental watchdogs.

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'So, grocery prices aren't going to come down?' CBS host busts J.D. Vance on the economy

CBS host Margaret Brennan challenged J.D. Vance on President Donald Trump's failure to lower prices despite making scores of executive actions during his first days in office.

"You campaigned on lowering prices for consumers," Brennan noted in a Sunday interview on Face the Nation. "We've seen all of these executive orders. Which one lowers prices?"

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'Something Republicans are very bad about': GOP lawmaker sounds alarm over infighting

Even though President Donald Trump was elected to a second term with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress and is fulfilling his campaign promises, one high-ranking Senate Republican isn't so sure that Democratic opposition has been quelled.

Politico's Eugene Daniels recently interviewed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), one of Trump's biggest supporters and the longest-serving sitting U.S. senator. The 91 year-old Republican also chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will be ground zero for many of Trump's wish-list items like immigration crackdowns and Supreme Court appointments.

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'What do they think is going to happen?' Ex-GOP insider says Trump move will backfire

President Donald Trump and his administration are in for a shock after their recent move, according to an ex-Republican operative.

Former GOP chair Jennifer Horn appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, and was asked by the host of Ayman about the administration's decision to make a late-night firing of at least 12 inspectors general –– including some the president personally approved of in his first term.

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'Some good news': Prosecutor who beat Trump in court isn't backing down from 'threat'

The top lawyer for the state of Washington just beat President Donald Trump in court, and he isn't backing down from the world leader's purported "threat" against him.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance on Saturday shared an interview with Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown, who she says "led the charge" in challenges to Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. Although numerous municipalities filed suit, Brown was first, and the result was a judge temporarily striking down the "unconstitutional" order.

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'Killed an American': Expert puts Trump on notice over President causing 'serious damage'

Donald Trump was warned by an expert on Saturday that the President is causing great harm to the world and the U.S.

Atul Gawande, a former professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and former United States Agency for International Development official, took to social media over the weekend to sound the alarm. The surgeon and medical professor has studied hospital profits in the past.

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