Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure and financial turmoil, according to a new report.

Since the start of Trump's presidency, ex-psychologist and famed TV doctor McGraw positioned himself as an active participant in the administration. He became a firsthand witness to ICE raids, a critic of protests, and an ever-present volunteer for the executive branch — attending events like RFK Jr.'s swearing-in and appearing with Trump after the Texas flooding.

But his media venture, Merit Street Media, launched in 2024 with grand ambitions and alignment with MAGA media, has been crumbling since, Slate reported Tuesday. McGraw declared at the time, "American families and our core values are under attack. Together we are going to stand strong and fight for the very soul and sanity of America."

However, the network quickly unraveled. Within months of launching, Merit Street Media experienced multiple setbacks.

Dozens of employees have been laid off as it averaged just 27,000 weekly viewers, broadcasting partnerships floundered and, in July, it filed for bankruptcy.

It also got hit by a lawsuit from distributor Trinity Broadcasting Network accusing McGraw of fraud and misrepresentation, Slate reported.

"A total collapse finally kicked off this summer," Slate reported. "In late June, Dr. Phil Primetime went on another “summer hiatus,” and 40 more Merit Street Media staffers were laid off."

Undeterred, McGraw quickly launched Envoy Media Company with Steve Harvey, proposing a "citizen journalism" platform. However, this move was viewed skeptically, with Professional Bull Riders — which claims Merit Street Media owes in $3.5 million — accusing him of orchestrating the bankruptcy to avoid paying debts, Slate reported.

McGraw's transformation from a relatively neutral TV personality to a politically charged media figure seems to have backfired, Slate reported. As the "anti-woke" British outlet UnHerd noted, his "reinvention as a culture warrior isn't working." There are already numerous MAGA-aligned media personalities, and McGraw's approach lacks the authenticity of those who have been consistently politically engaged, Slate reported.

"McGraw decries politics in one breath, then repeatedly pops up at the White House and films videos about 'Cowardly Democrats' who 'Spit in the Face of All Texans," Slate reported.

"How’s that workin’ out for ya?"

Vice President JD Vance made a rude and racially charged jab at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) after she celebrated the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The Massachusetts Democrat praised the pause in hostilities and the prisoner exchange and called for a two-state solution to resolve the longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine after President Donald Trump and other world leaders signed a declaration for bringing peace to Gaza.

“For two excruciating years, I have called for the return of the hostages brutally kidnapped on October 7th and held in Gaza,” Warren posted on X . “Today is a good day. Surviving Israeli hostages are finally home and reuniting with loved ones. I’m thinking of them and their families on this joyful day and praying for their full recovery.”

“We must end the war in Gaza, surge humanitarian aid, and negotiate a two-state solution now," the senator added.

Warren's post set off howls of protest among conservatives, with right-wing podcaster Megyn Kelly calling her "so gross" and demanding she admit out loud that "Trump did it," and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) saying, "Perhaps the words you’re looking for are ‘thank you, President Trump."

But Vance made his attack even more personal.

“The president told me he did this on Indigenous Peoples Day in honor of you," the vice president posted.

Trump has slurred the senator as "Pocahontas" for nearly his entire political career, in apparent reference to her claim to have Native American heritage.

Warren claimed partial Native American heritage while teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard law schools decades ago, which Trump and other conservatives mocked as untrue. She released DNA test results in 2018 showing she had Native American ancestry dating back six to 10 generations.

Trump insisted the results were "bogus" at the time, and Warren eventually issued an apology to the Cherokee Nation after its leaders issued a statement saying that "using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong."

The president actually rolled back Joe Biden's 2021 presidential proclamation of Indigenous People’s Day last week, with his own declaration restoring the second Monday in October as Columbus Day to honor Christopher Columbus as a “giant of Western civilization.”

The now-vacant home of convicted sex offender and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is struggling on the market even after a major price cut just three months after being listed, leaving realtors struggling to sell the property that they say has been tainted by Maxwell’s heinous crimes.

“It’s not famous in a good way,” said real estate agent Cara Ameer, speaking on the difficulty of finding prospective buyers for Maxwell’s home in Bradford, New Hampshire, the place where she was arrested in 2020, speaking with Realtor.com in a report published Monday.

“The backstory may be enough to quash any interest from a buyer, let alone not wanting to give their money to Maxwell or anyone connected to her by buying the home."

Maxwell was arrested at the near-$1 million mansion after federal agents obtained a search warrant to track Maxwell’s location using cellphone data, with the arrest following the death of her associate Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, with Maxwell later accused of conspiring to recruit and groom victims for him.

Maxwell was ultimately convicted on five sex-trafficking charges related to Epstein’s alleged crimes, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and yet, even while incarcerated, her history is now plaguing realtors in New Hampshire.

“There may be people who feel morally opposed to having anything to do with this property because of Maxwell’s prior actions, particularly that this home was used as a hiding place before she was arrested,” Ameer said, speaking with Realtor.com. "The negative publicity surrounding this property is going to be difficult to overcome, no matter what.”

Maxwell’s home, a 156-acre estate, was listed for $2.5 million in September, but saw its price cut by $130,000 just three months later, Realtor.com reported Monday. Still, Ameer said finding a buyer for the home – even at a reduced price – has proven difficult.

“Finding that one buyer who may not care will be difficult, [particularly if] the proceeds of the home are used to support the defense of someone associated with such awful behavior involving young girls,” Ameer said.