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As President Donald Trump's nominee for the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, looks headed for failure, his mother has jumped into the trenches to help him by storming the offices of Democratic lawmakers and demanding a meeting with them.

According to The Daily Beast, "Donna Gallo Ingrassia, a New York-based real estate agent, attempted to intervene on her 30-year-old son’s behalf by personally visiting the offices of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia, the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight Committees."

President Donald Trump has failed to deliver on one of his splashiest campaign promises, according to a new analysis.

The president promised to make in vitro fertilization free for all Americans – "because we want more babies, to put it nicely," he said – and issued an impotent executive order pledging action on the issue. But the plan he finally rolled out is "a bit of a dud," wrote Slate columnist Jill Filipovic.

The White House announced on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will not attend a meeting in Hungary with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Speaking about the report on MSNBC, international affairs reporter Elise Labott is hopeful that this will influence Trump's decision about sending more weapons to Ukraine. It hasn't in the past, however.

Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them.

Reporting on the letter, MSNBC's Kevin Fry explained, "Quite frankly, they seem to see the writing on the wall, which Democrats are really hitting Republicans on for quite some time, that if these premiums start to skyrocket, which is what we're expecting them to do in the next couple of weeks, people get those notices in the mail."

Far-right podcasters are being handed an opportunity to gain whatever credibility a Golden Globe award carries with it via a five-figure package designed to go straight to the selected voters, comprised of journalists representing over 76 nations.

According to a report from Oliver Darcy’s "Status," Penske Media Corporation founder Jay Penske has given the go-ahead for “Best Podcast” award at the next Globe ceremony, with his company announcing 25 podcasts eligible to be considered.

Republicans in battleground districts are begging Speaker Mike Johnson to pass some kind of shutdown package because they're facing backlash at home.

Angry Americans face slower airports, unanswered phones and stagnating paperwork. And they're calling congressional leaders asking for help.

President Donald Trump has reportedly demanded that his Justice Department pay him $230 million in taxpayer dollars as compensation for past actions that he disagreed with.

Trump submitted claims to the Justice Department beginning in 2023, alleging that his rights were violated by investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, The New York Times reported Tuesday. A complaint submitted last year accused the Department of Justice of privacy violations that occurred during an FBI search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee went on the attack Tuesday in defense of the Trump administration’s bulldozing of the White House’s East Wing, specifically targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Demolition on the White House’s East Wing began on Monday as part of President Donald Trump’s plans to construct a $200 million ballroom. Images and video were captured of a bulldozer tearing down the East Wing, which was erected in 1942 under the Roosevelt administration.

A Republican strategist reminded President Donald Trump that many of the people who voted for him in 2024 aren't hardcore MAGA loyalists — and won't be there for the next election.

New Jersey and Virginia elections are coming up in a few weeks, and GOP strategist Annalyse Keller called the "No Kings" protests perfectly timed for those states.