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Trump is 'repellent' to growing number of swing voters: Republican focus grouper

Former President Donald Trump could be heading for a much worse performance in November than his poll numbers suggest if, as most experts suspect, he continues winning primaries and takes the GOP nomination again, Republican focus grouper Sarah Longwell told MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday's edition of "All In."

There are two main reasons why Trump is facing a huge hidden liability, she argued — and both have to do with the fact that voters aren't yet truly processing what a Trump rematch actually means.

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Trump says those who donate to Nikki Haley starting now are 'permanently barred' from MAGA

Donald Trump on Wednesday evening drew a line in the sand, saying anyone from this moment forth who contributes to Nikki Haley is barred from the MAGA camp.

Trump beat Haley in the New Hampshire GOP primary, and then told reporters he didn't "care" that she said she was sticking around in the race. On Wednesday, however, it appeared something changed.

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'Republicans undermine our own message': Trump aide warns GOP against denying Biden a win

Former Trump administration communications official Alyssa Farah Griffin warned on Wednesday that Republicans are creating a trap for themselves by refusing to work with President Joe Biden on border issues.

This comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has blamed Donald Trump himself for the party's apparent rejection of an in the works bipartisan Senate deal that would pair together aid to Ukraine with border security reforms, and as many Republicans have outright argued the issue should be blockaded until they can get President Joe Biden removed from office — a sentiment expressed on X by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).

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'Judge uncorked a blistering warning' to cop convicted in Jan. 6 riot: report

A judge handing down a sentence to a Chicago cop and his sister after a jury convicted them of four misdemeanors for entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot "uncorked an unbridled denunciation" of the events of that deadly day, detailed CBS News correspondent Seth MacFarlane.

Karol Chwiesiuk, 32, who has been on unpaid leave with the Chicago Police Department, and his 30-year-old sister Agnieszka Chwiesiuk, who journeyed with him to D.C. and entered the Capitol, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes to 90 days of home detention and three years of probation.

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'Donald has a crowd size problem': Mary Trump says turnout issues will 'trigger' her uncle

Donald Trump's niece says that she's able to predict the ex-president's next "trigger" because she knows him so well.

Specifically, Mary Trump was referring to reports that, recently, the former president's rallies have lacked the vigor that they had in the past. She also pointed to Trump reportedly having "empty seats all over the arena."

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'We're in a quandary': Mitch McConnell reportedly blames Trump for failing Ukraine bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is signaling serious doubts about the ability to move the Senate's combined Ukraine aid and border reform package, which has been in talks for weeks between GOP leadership and the White House but has no concrete text as of now — and a big part of the reason appears to be former President Donald Trump.

"Senate Minority [Leader Mitch McConnell] cast fresh doubt on linking Ukraine aid to a border security bill, acknowledging that the politics have been complicated by former President Donald Trump's campaign," wrote Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman on X Wednesday, noting, "McConnell has been the most staunch advocate for aid to Ukraine and has pushed the Senate to give quick approval to a not-yet-released border bill."

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Trump gives shoutouts to two disgraced business figures after winning N.H. primary

After winning New Hampshire's primary, former President Donald Trump took a bow for winning the Nevada primary (which hasn't happened yet) and then pointed to two people in the crowd in Nashua: casino mogul Steve Wynn and subprime mortgage billionaire John Paulson.

"I'm pleased to announce we just won Nevada," he said to cheers. Then he scoped the crowd trying to find the VIPs.

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'Like a dirty old shoe': Internet laughs at Trump's apparent makeup job gone wrong

The internet noticed that former President Donald Trump's face had an unusual, smeared appearance at an event on Tuesday evening in New Hampshire, that appeared to be the result of a bad makeup job.

A group of current and former Republicans invited people on social media to "name this foundation shade" following the event.

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Revealed: Voter analysis explains the 'real winner' of the New Hampshire primary

The Washington Post's opinion editor responded to new polling data from New Hampshire Republican voters, revealing the actual winner of the primary in the state was "the big lie" that Donald Trump won in 2020.

Speaking on MSNBC Wednesday, host Alicia Menendez explained that 64 percent of Iowa voters and 50 percent of New Hampshire voters didn't care whether Trump was convicted of a crime. The numbers aren't a shock in Iowa, after national polls showed closer to 66 percent of Republicans agreed with the statement. But it spells disaster for Trump in New Hampshire.

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House ethics committee contacts minor from Matt Gaetz 'sex trafficking' probe: report

The woman who was 17 at the time when she allegedly had sexual relations with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been contacted by the House Ethics Committee, according to CNN citing a source.

The GOP-led committee, chaired by Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), has been investigating Gaetz and recently began conducting interviews of "multiple new witnesses" suggesting it is ramping up its fact-finding efforts.

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'You should be in cuffs': Greg Abbott shredded over 'hogwash' letter defying Supreme Court

The state of Texas lost in its clash with the Border Patrol at the Supreme Court, with the justices allowing federal agents to clear away razor wire the state National Guard unilaterally installed to impede border agents from apprehending migrants in favor of its own blockade. But in a one-page letter issued shortly after, Gov. Greg Abbott flouted the court's ruling, proclaiming the migrants at the border to be an "invasion" and invoking Texas' "right to self-defense" as supreme over federal immigration laws.

Abbott's statement swiftly earned cheers from Trump-supporting voters and lawmakers — but it also triggered scorn bordering on downright horror from attorneys and legal observers.

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Second Trump term would suffer from poor 'quality of people': ex-National Security Adviser

Former President Donald Trump will not be able to surround himself with qualified people to advise him if he is elected to another term, warned former National Security Adviser John Bolton in a radio interview reported on by Newsweek.

Bolton, who clashed with Trump while in the White House, has become a sharp critic of his former boss since leaving, calling him unfit for office and particularly focusing on the criminal case involving the keeping of classified defense information at Mar-a-Lago.

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